General Architecture & Design Discussion

[archited]

^^^ Excellent news -- a very good design firm! Good for Edmonton!

 

[Daveography]

Nice article, @_Citizen_Dane_!

Forgotten Edmonton reveals stories within the walls as architectural sleuth shares historic homes

Since Ryksen started posting more than two years ago, he has recorded roughly 200 architectural highlights found among the 38 heritage neighbourhoods in Edmonton.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

Thanks @Daveography ! I gotta say I’m super surprised I even got an article about me, can’t say I ever thought I was interesting enough to warrant one, haha.

 

[Platinum107]

@_Citizen_Dane_ Don't say that! What you're doing here is great my guy, not to mention how important teaching today's citizens about Edmonton's own heritage and past is! Keep it up man

 

[archited]

"Green windows"

Award: InVert Self-Shading Windows Flip Energy Efficiency On Its Head

TBM Designs, co-founded by thermobimetal innovator Doris Sung, is tucking a self-powered, kinetic solution within insulated glass units to reduce solar heat gain and glare into buildings.

www.architectmagazine.com

 

[archited]

"Zippered wood" leads to amorphic shapes and forms

Award: Zippered Wood Twists the Standard 2x4 to Craft New Forms

Researchers at the University of British Columbia's HiLo Lab, University of Colorado, Denver's LoDo Lab, and HouMinn Practice push the potential of the ubiquitous wood member.

www.architectmagazine.com

 

[archited]

For those who live in urban areas and are concerned about "City Noises"

Window-Mounted Device Could Keep Out City Noise

A microphone outside the window measures the incoming noise so that an array of two dozen speakers can cancel it out

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Daveography]

 

[archited]

Funny as that is, it is true! Too bad Alberta couldn't have focused on a triple track and used the discarded sand from the Oil "Sands" to become a major manufacturer of all manner of glass -- fritted, floated, annealed, laminated, formed, heat-strengthened, rolled, and so on... PLUS all manner of pre-cast concrete and concrete-amended structural forms, furniture, panels, etc. -- Opportunity missed now that oil prices are crashing!

 

[Daveography]

@archited What does happen with all that sand anyway?

That said, given the geological history of Alberta, I don't think we have any sort of shortage of the stuff.

 

[archited]

@Daveography, true. But remember that saying... "a bird in the hand..." The "treated" sand was simply returned to the site in a non-commercially obtrusive kind of way. At one time the oil sands were so profitable that squeezing a dime or two from aligned income streams was of no interest to oil conglomerates who had invested billions in oil extraction. It is now doubtful that oil prices will ever recover to the $100+ per bbl days of yore and the conglomerates could have had a viable secondary and tertiary income stream if they had not overlooked other opportunities.

 

[danimori]

Hey everyone! Not sure which thread is best to post this in, but tomorrow from 7-8 pm I am doing a webinar with Paths for People about my Masters research on How to Get Sustainable Transport and Design in New Communities. I thought I would let ya'll know here, in case anyone want to tune in. There is an eventbrite for the live, and a copy of the presentation will be available through Paths for People's facebook page as well. Sorry if this is not the right thread!

 

[Daveography]

Great presentation @danimori!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1596831177146238

 

[danimori]

Great presentation @danimori!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1596831177146238

omg thanks Dave! I saw your name on the zoom and I was like OMG this is the best.

 

[Daveography]

From Parking Lots to Palm Trees (And Back Again): A Look Back at Heritage Mall

Brenda Hall was just 18 years old when she stepped off the bus in the community of Kaskitayo on a …

citymuseumedmonton.ca