Risks construction workers face, builder injury

Risks construction workers face, builder injury

Risks Construction Workers Face – working in the construction industry involves several risks that can cause major injury or even death in some cases. The Bureau of Labor And Statistics report over 900 workers died in the construction business in 2015.

Aperture Housing in Vancouver, BC homes

Aperture Housing in Vancouver, BC homes

Designed by Arno Matis Architecture the six building blocks are bisected with water gardens and bamboo courtyards that animate volumes with reflective light. The shallow massing results in bright, light-filled residences.

Meygoun Residential Complex, Tehran Housing

Meygoun Residential Complex Tehran

Wide windows embrace beautiful natural scenes and illustrate time passing from sunrise to the sunset in this design by New Wave Architecture. Building facades are covered with rock-shaped ‘crusts’ inspired by sharp edge stone around the site.

Amenity Spaces at 520 West 28th Street, NY

Amenity Spaces at 520 West 28th Street NY

The development, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is located along the High Line has 21 interlaced levels, and features 39 residences ranging in size from two- to five-bedroom residences and a triplex penthouse.

Wind Tower Salmiya Building, Wafra Housing

Wind Tower Salmiya Building

The international design firm AGi architects, led by Nasser Abulhasan and Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea, picked up the Sustainable Project of the Year Award for Wind Tower at Middle East Architect Awards, at a gala dinner held in Dubai.

The Luna Tower at 18 Lun Fat Street Wan Chai

The Luna Tower at 18 Lun Fat Street in Wan Chai

The Luna at 18 Lun Fat Street in Wan Chai, a new residential tower from Make Architects for Vanke Property Co., Ltd. setting the standard for high-quality serviced apartments in Hong Kong.

2018 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards winners

New housing at Leith Fort, Edinburgh

2018 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards winners – Leith Fort, Edinburgh: 94 new-build residential units: the new housing reinterprets the form of colonies housing, a traditional social housing typology found in many neighbourhoods across Edinburgh.

Old Brewery Gardens Manchester

Old Brewery Gardens Manchester

Assael Architecture and Prosperity Capital Partners secure a resolution to grant planning on Old Brewery Gardens scheme, transforming famous Boddington’s Brewery site, bringing 556 new homes to the city.

50 Scollard Apartments in Downtown Toronto

50 Scollard Apartments in Downtown Toronto

Designs for Foster + Partners newest residential project in Canada has been revealed in Toronto. A unique amalgam of community-based amenities, heritage restoration, high-end luxury residences.

FitHome Village in Dalmore, Alness, Speyside housing

FitHome Village Dalmore, Alness, Scotland

A Saltire Award-winning concept that unites the priorities of healthcare, housing provision and tenant welfare is welcoming its first tenants in the Highlands today: FitHome village in Dalmore, Alness, a pilot development delivered by Albyn Housing Society.

2510 Temple Los Angeles, Filipinotown Building

2510 Temple Los Angeles, Filipinotown Building

The residential project in historic Filipinotown addresses the ongoing housing crisis in Los Angeles through the density of 47 market-rate and affordable housing apartment units, atop a storefront commercial space.

Linden Center at Shilong Village, Xiaxi, China

Linden Center at Shilong Village, Xiaxi

Linden Center at Shilong Village, Xiaxi, China, design by Anderson Anderson Architecture: carefully inserted public spaces and rooms fill the already disturbed areas of the site, where it has been used as a path for herding animals.