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4 Principles of Designing with Indigenous Communities Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Center - First Nations Lil’Wat Nation and Squamish Nation, British Columbia - Alfred Waugh, MRAIC (Architect in Charge), Formline Architecture, Wanda Dalla Costa and Adam Slawinski. Image © Formline Architecture Indigenous co-design—a more specific form of the general concept of co-design in which an architect collaborates with a stakeholder community—is a collaborative design process between architects and the Indigenous community as the client. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) recently released a unique resource aimed at designers, clients, funders and policymakers looking for a guide in Indigenous co-design. Four...

HGR Arquitectos reinforces triangular concrete housing against seismic activity Local studio HGR Arquitectos has completed a triangular concrete apartment block with a rounded corner meant to stand up against earthquakes in Mexico City. Known as MO288 – an abbreviation of the building's address – the multifamily project includes 15 apartments and two commercial spaces across six stories. HGR Arquitectos finished the 15,047-square-foot (1,398 square metres) project in March of 2023 for developer Ciudad Vertical. The six-storey building contains apartments and commercial spaces The urban site in the Cuauhtémoc district of the city previously held a building that was structurally compromised...

Transformation towards sustainability Zeppelin convinces with the professional atmosphere of the "Recycling active and civil engineering live" Sustainability was the common thread that ran through the double trade fair "Recycling active and civil engineering live" at the end of April. Solutions were in demand for the careful use of resources in the sense of the circular economy. The range on offer at the trade fair convinced 10,000 visitors from over twenty countries, who came to Karlsruhe to find out about the latest industry trends from more than 260 manufacturers, dealers and service providers. "We are particularly satisfied with the quality...

Fire protection through hot-dip galvanizing is simplified Approval in individual cases will not apply in the future   Hall with R30 fire protection through hot-dip galvanizing (steel construction: Biedenkapp Stahlbau, photo: Henry M. Linder) Fire protection through hot-dip galvanizing has quickly proven to be an economical and sustainable alternative to established fire protection systems and has already been used in many cases. In Germany, this required an individual approval (ZiE) or a project-related type approval (vBG). With the inclusion of the DASt guideline 027 "Determination of the component temperature of hot-dip galvanized steel components in the event of fire" in...

Korodur industrial flooring forms the basis for new Zalando logistics center in Poland Around 500 t of NEODUR HE 3 for 130,000 square meters of storage space NEODUR HE 3 from Korodur is designed for industrial floors that have to be particularly abrasion-resistant and wear-free. In addition to logistics, including high-bay warehouses, parking garages, industrial, assembly and aircraft hangars and workshops are typical locations. High resistance to abrasion and wear and tear is one of the essential requirements for industrial floors in logistics. For the construction of its new logistics center in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2022, the online fashion retailer...