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Underground spaces are becoming increasingly important for a wide diversity of uses by society.
They range from classical excavations to subway constructions, underground sport halls, power stations, waste repositories, underground cities, and many others.
Their construction techniques are also very varied, from open air excavation to newly developed injection methods.
The response of the underground structures on the imposed loadings depends on a number of parameters that sometimes are too complex or not fully understood, resulting to budget overruns or even failures that lead to loss of life or property.
Such uncertain cases need to be addressed and engineers should accurately predict the construction's performance throughout its construction and service life.
Plans for underground spaces to be used as storage facilities have, in many cases, proved highly controversial.
This is particularly the case when proposing to build a chemical or nuclear depository, but also applies to general waste.
The Conference will discuss not only the structural and environmental material characterization aspects but also the trends regarding the utilisation of underground spaces.
Moreover it will emphasise in its environmental aspects, the architectural characteristics and concepts that might be applied to make underground space an integral part of the city planning and a living environment.
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The Prince of Wales's architecture guru Leon Krier talks with Jules Lubbock about the environmental merits of traditional buildings.
"The problem with metropolitan developments like London or New York is they are not a product of reason and voluntary decision, but are rather accidents. Like in London.
Of course this makes traffic lighter but it transforms the city into a privatised zone for a certain class of people. It is not an intended outcome but is an accident."
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Helen Ross, a lifelong resident of the Hall Carter James subdivision, stepped out to get her mail Friday and ran across a group of architects from across the nation touring her neighborhood.
Six architects, composing the Sustainable Design Assessment Team from the Washington-based American Institute of Architects, are in town this weekend to help city officials and residents revive the community.
Hall Carter James, on the east end of Fellsmere, consists of five square blocks and has a population of 219 people, many at poverty level, records show.
Erin Simmons, head of the institute's Center for Communities by Design, said the team - working off a $15,000 grant - will focus on the subdivision but also try to help create an ongoing relationship between residents, the environment and their location.
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From offices near Venice Beach, Frank Gehry has designed some of the world's most eye-catching and acclaimed buildings, from Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles to the Guggenheim museum in Spain.
But not even Gehry's world renown and design savvy are enough to insulate his firm from the slumping economy.
This week, the L.A. architecture community was buzzing about rumored layoffs at Gehry Partners and the prospect of job cuts at other firms across the region.
One Gehry architect told LA Now today that 23 workers were laid off in the firm's Venice office in response to the delay in the giant Atlantic Yards project in New York and the slowing economy.
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The architect Lord Foster, who shaped London's 21st-century skyline with buildings such as the Gherkin and the new Wembley stadium, is quitting Britain to live in a chateau in Switzerland.
Having made his name and an estimated 250m fortune with bold designs of glass and steel, he is moving to Switzerland "for lifestyle reasons" and for the "incredible countryside".
There he will live in an 18th-century chateau built in classical style.
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