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The article discusses the construction of a pelota frontón, or walled court, in Aguilar de Codés, a small town in northern Spain. The project was designed by Verne Arquitectura with Alejandro Maortua and aimed to respect local building traditions and the physical context. The architects incorporated elements of the old stone mansion that previously occupied the site, such as the footprint and the hipped roof. The building is constructed of precast-concrete panels and clad with sandstone from Catalonia, blending modern and historic elements. The frontón also includes a low annex for changing rooms and community functions, as well as an outdoor plaza. The design integrates the building with its surroundings and pays homage to the town's cultural connection to the sport of pelota. [Extracted from the article]

The architects considered using structural cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, "but, to ensure full future adaptability, we opted for a mass-timber frame, with wooden floors and facades too", explains Moreau. Construction of their Bruneseau building began just days before the French fire service issued a circular, on January 1, 2020, prohibiting exposed external wood until further notice. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,057 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PLANNED IN the 1980s and officially launched in 1991, Paris Rive Gauche is the French capital's biggest redevelopment program since Haussmann's transformation of the city in the mid-19th century. [Extracted from the article]

"Hermès runs a policy of responsible, structured growth", says François-Pierre Feydeau, head of Hermès's Norman hub. Though Hermès has not divulged struction cost, this, Ghotmeh says, is a building that "tries to bring beauty to a text where nobody has bothered to care beauty." DEPARTMENTS THOUGH PERHAPS best known today for its ladies' silk scarves, French luxury brand Hermès started out as a saddlemaker and still produces numerous leather goods, among them the famous Kelly purse, launched in the 1930s and given its current name after Princess Grace of Monaco was spotted hiding her pregnancy behind one in the late 1950s. [Extracted from the article]

WOOD IS an ages-old construction material - but it is one that is receiving renewed attention, especially with the rise of mass timber. One tool that can help determine if a wood product originated from such a forest is certification. [Extracted from the article]

And there were other cost offsets: the factory fabrication of the timber components and their steel connectors, aided by a highly detailed digital model, shaved two to three months off the construction schedule, says Korb. Instead, they rely on "mass timber", a term that encompasses a group of engineered wood products made from smalldimension lumber, wood plies, or other types of wood fibers assembled under pressure and fixed with adhesives, producing construction components of exceptional strength. In its State of Tall Timber 2022 report, released this past February, CTBUH counts 139 mass-timber buildings, eight stories or higher, that are complete, under construction, or proposed, globally. [Extracted from the article]

Learning Objectives 1 Explain factors that influence how much carbon is stored in wood building products. The carbon in wood, paper, grass trimmings, and other organic matter removed from the atmosphere by photosynthesis, which will ultimately be returned to the atmosphere through burning or decay. cross-laminated timber (CLT) An engineered-wood panel consisting of layers of lumber stacked with the grain at 90-degree angles and glued together with structural adhesives. Applications include floor slabs, walls, and roofs (A, right). dowel-laminated timber (DLT) A mass-timber product made of dimensional softwood lumber stacked and friction-fit together with hardwood dowels. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the strategies and programs launched by structural companies in the U.S. to help meet the country's goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, particularly in reducing the embodied carbon in new building constructions to achieve zero-carbon structures. Also cited is the Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program launched by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, with participants like PCS Structural Solutions.

The article discusses that Metropolitan Park office development across the Potomac River from the nation's capital, Clark Construction Group's John Swagart and Jeff King walked door to door, introducing themselves to shopkeepers near the MetPark site. It mentions that the goodwill ambassadors were pounding the pavement to inform MetPark's neighbors of the plan to dig a 50-ftdeep hole.

The article discusses the use of wood as a construction material in tall and mid-size buildings. Particular focus is given to large timber structures made from engineered wood products such as glue-laminated (glulam) beams and posts and laminated strand lumber (LSL). According to the author, wood is becoming more attractive to architects because it is a renewable material and can rest on smaller and less expensive foundations than heavier materials. The Treet timber tower in Norway is discussed.

This greater attention has revealed that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with materials used in buildings and construction account for 28 percent of building sector emissions and 11 percent of global GHG emissions.2 Are we able to dive deeper into these numbers to find ways to reduce a building's carbon footprint in meaningful ways? It advances the use of low-carbon/ carbon-sequestering materials, building materials with high-impact potential for emissions reductions, and whole-building approaches to emissions reductions. [Extracted from the article]