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Text description provided by the architects. The design began with the question of, what is the architecture that lies in harmony with its neighborhood and alleys. This petite architecture consisting of four stories and a single basement level communicates with its urban surroundings in various ways. The ground floor is an exhibition space for Dreamnexts design product as well as a workshop area for letter press.

This space, in which workshops and exhibitions co-exist simultaneously, itself becomes an impressive scene in the neighborhood. Instead of form, activities become its scenery. The main entrance in a form of a main gate invites pedestrians passing by. When the main entrance is entirely opened the interior space becomes part of the road. The basement is a multifunctional space which has a high floor height. This space provides for lectures and exhibitions. In every corner of the basement storage space has been designed to exhibit and store products of Dreamnext.

The sunken space with an outdoor staircase not only connects the basement to the ground floor, but also provides fresh air and daylight into the basement. The second and the third floors of the building are the workspaces of Dreamnext. Although it is a small space there were efforts made in order to maximize its spatial limitations. The floor area was maximized by building storage space into the walls, designing with minimal size of structure, and many other methods to create a larger floor space. The meeting room on the fourth floor, which has a rooftop garden, is the most spacious and comforting space out of the entire building. Regardless of its small space, it has a high ceiling, and a view which extends out to the vast urban scenery. The wooden deck of the rooftop garden brings joy to its tired staff.

A small house on a tiny plot. Nevertheless, exploring a unique structural system was vital to create substantial space. The second floor of the building is hung by a truss system on the third floor. Thus, tolerating minimal structural members to be placed on the ground floor, this allows the ground floor to generously open up to its urban surroundings. The purpose of structure is not only to provide for its structural functions but also to create an urban relationship, react to activities happening inside, and to reveal the structure on the exterior of the building. Building lifestyles, that is design. The building Dreamnext in Mangwon-dong contains the process of building. Design that builds lifestyles is what the members of Dreamnext practice on a daily basis.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio Jack Bialosky Sr., was an influential Northeast Ohio architect whose single-family houses introduced a sleek and stylish look to East Side suburbs after World War II.

Bialosky died Tuesday of natural causes at age 94 in the Judson Retirement Community in Cleveland, said his son, architect Jack Bialosky Jr.

His father was part of a generation of American architects who embraced modernism during the postwar economic expansion and whose work expressed a can-do spirit of optimism and uplift.

He was very facile, Jack Jr. said. He could make anything in a wood shop and he drew with incredible facility. He always thought his work should be an expression of the clients goals rather than his own.

Jack Sr. designed more than 60 single-family homes in the Cleveland area. His credits also include the 1954 Suburban Temple-Kol Ami in Beachwood, the 1976 headquarters for Progressive Corp. in Mayfield, plus headquarters buildings for Broadview Savings, and Leaseway Corp.

After graduating from Yale University in 1949 with a bachelors degree in architecture (later converted to a masters degree according to Jack Jr.,) Bialosky Sr. founded the firm now known as Bialosky Cleveland.

The firm operated for many years in a second-floor office at Shaker Square. Jack Jr. moved the firm several years ago to a new office at 6555 Carnegie Ave., where it has 66 employees. The firm also has a New York office operated by Jack Jr.s brother, William.

Bialosky Sr. was born in 1925 to Clevelanders Leon and Edith Bialosky and was a member of the class of 1943 at Cleveland Heights High School.

After entering the University of Michigan, where he hoped to play football, Jack Sr. was conscripted into the U.S. Navy, which sent him to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he played football and studied naval architecture.

He served aboard the U.S.S. Mindoro, an escort aircraft carrier, as the war was winding down, but did not see action.

After graduating from Yale, Bialosky joined architect Charles Cecil Coleman in a small practice focused on residential projects. Soon thereafter, he founded his own firm.

Throughout Jack Sr.s professional tenure he was known for his clean, modern, functional approach to design and a remarkable drawing talent, continuing to paint and draw in retirement. In later years, he learned Computer Aided Drafting, the family said.

Jack Sr. was married to former Marilyn Bartow Bialosky for 69 years. She died in 2018.

In addition to raising four children, the Bialoskys supported each others civic endeavors, the family said.

They were known for an impeccable sense of style, a passion for travel, and profound dedication to their synagogue (where they were founding members, educators, and trustees), family members said.

Jack Sr. served as Commissioner of the Shaker Boys League for 30 years. In retirement, he was appointed by Cuyahoga County as a trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Public Square, and helped to oversee its renovation.

Survivors include Ellen Rice (Richard), of Denver; Jack Jr. (Ronni) of Cleveland; William, of New York; Richard (Karen), of Cleveland; and a step-brother, Daniel Lewis, of Miami. Jack Sr. had eight grandchildren. He was predeceased by his sister Mina Wirtshafter, of Cleveland.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Contributions may be made to Suburban Temple-Kol Ami, 22401 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood.

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Helen & Hard architects new library made entirely out of glue-laminated timber fits between two existing buildings in Vennesla, Norway.The small town of Vennesla has a new library building which serves as an architectural link between the existing auditorium and vocational school.The brief was for a building that would invite people to come inside, and the architects succeeded in the task with a large glass faade that successfully reveals the large space inside the building when seen from outside and a form like something out of science fiction.The architects used a fluid, dynamic design, so that the project as a whole literally flows between the two existing volumes, with its 27 glulam beams connected by invisible joints and multi-faceted wrapper enriched by vertical strips, a total of 450m3 of timber: the only material used to make all the buildings components.Moreover, the beam-pillar structural combination is skilfully paired with a box, also made of timber, produced using CNC technology that effectively increases its volume. All this makes the beams much more powerful than they would have appeared if they had preserved their original slender proportions. The architects use this structural box to add technological and lighting infrastructure, running along the intrados of the beams to underline their design and give them a futuristic look. This design choice is underlined by the bookshelves, alternately transformed into built-in chairs, boldly connected to the foot of the pillars in a fluid, provocative design that gives the construction as a whole a very modern appearance.Timber also appears in other structural parts, such as the staircase, the elevator shaft, the faade and the roof, all demonstrating skilful use of this building material both inside and outside this unique building.

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Location: Vennesla, NorwayClient: Vennesla kommuneProgramme: library and culture houseStatus: completed 2011Area: 1938 m2Budget: 66,4 mill NOK (excl tax)Team: Helen & Hard; Siv Helene Stangeland, Reinhard Kropf, Hkon Minnesjord Solheim, Caleb Reed, Randi Augenstein.

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After Covid-19, will Irish housing design change for good?

The past weeks have taught us more about our homes than we possibly ever wanted to learn. We may have discovered we love the way the light falls on a particular wall at around 3pm, or that were not so crazy about our bold colour choices in the livingroom. Many are learning that their photogenic and previously beloved open-plan cooking, eating and living rooms are a nightmare when youre all together 24/7. Virginia Woolf was wise when she wrote that everyone needs a room of ones own.

For families, schooling and working together has changed how we view the places we call home, while those living solo will have found out what people with disabilities always knew, as they come to see their own four walls anew, over and over again. Will Covid-19 change how we build? And if it does, what might things look like in the future?

As Nathalie Weadick, director of the Irish Architecture Foundation, puts it, designed space, internal or external, has never been tested like this before. This emergency shows architectures great central responsibility the potential to shape lives for the better.

So what do those who design our houses think about the changes that may come? And what might it all mean for the future of architecture in general?

Architect Emmett Scanlon says that it has never been more important for architects to find a collective shared voice, to advocate, criticise and shape how we move forward.

Architecture is for the public good, he says. It has a role to play in civic society, as health does. This is our greatest challenge: to rip architecture from the body of development, and build a new skeleton around it, to make a healthy, human, lively body, in which all things work together for longer.

Interestingly many of the architects I asked about these issues initially zeroed in on the importance of shared space and public space. Perhaps theres something about being housebound that makes you think of the outside world first. Or maybe limiting your outdoor life to a 2km radius underlines just how mean is the width of many urban pavements, and just how inadequate are so many of the citys green spaces. Or equally it could mean that, as human beings, we are both gregarious and private. Quite simply, to truly thrive, we need the best of both.

Ciarn Ferrie, Ciarn Ferrie ArchitectsThere was a recent report of a man in Toulouse who managed to run a marathon by running up and down his apartment balcony 6,000 times. It would be impossible to break into a run on most apartment balconies here. It is difficult to imagine how an apartment designed to Irelands minimum standards, to accommodate the bare essentials of a home sleeping, washing and eating could accommodate the needs of a couple working from home, with a child being home-schooled. Or how they could provide the necessary breathing space for an older couple who can no longer leave their home.

The housing stock that was built in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, by contrast, has proved much more robust and adaptable to different ways of living. There is some hope that amidst this crisis people are becoming more open to new ways of thinking, different lifestyles, different working arrangements including ones that we cant yet foresee. This will mean a move away from the idea that certain types of housing are for a particular demographic, at a particular stage in life, for example; that apartments are for young professionals who will eventually move onto a real house, and this means a move away from micro apartments.

It also brings into question whether the co-living model can ever be sustainable not just because of the size of the living units, but because of the implications for sharing living space with strangers in a post-pandemic world.cfarchitects.ie

Alice Casey, Taka ArchitectsObviously, everyones relationship to their home is under intense and unavoidable scrutiny at the moment. Im hoping that this situation might make ministers and policy-makers rethink their fairly recent reduction in space and quality standards for apartment design especially.taka.ie

Niall McCullough and Valerie Mulvin,McCullough MulvinThe situation challenges us; it challenges the idea that history is over, it challenges ideas of continual growth. I dont have a huge belief in millenarian concepts of change, that all will be adjusted after this. I think most things will go back to an approximation of where they were, but what might stay is a quality of doubt.

Confinement will undoubtedly sharpen views on space and functionality, how things work, how soundproof walls are, how poor planning and layout inhibit your life. Being asked to maintain distances makes you think of closeness. People will also become very conscious about the extent of private open space available to them in houses and apartments, and make closer judgements about how far public parks and open spaces are from them.

To take an alternative viewpoint, it could also lead people to think harder about leaving crowded cities and going to live in a broadband-friendly countryside; if that project works, it has the capacity to assist in repopulating small towns and villages, but there would have to be a complete revolution in the way those places are thought about. It could also help with one-off houses in the countryside not in building even more bungalows, but in the restoration of some of the many thousands of abandoned houses behind every second hedge.mccullougmulvin.com

Jennifer O'Donnell and Jonathan Janssens, PlattenbaustudioI guess were all resisting the idea of designing for a primarily interior world the thought is terrifying. But, with that said, I would use the old Berliner 'altbau' apartments as an example from the past of good apartment design. Where possible, all rooms were of more or less equal size within an apartment. Sounds wasteful, but it means flexibility, in that one person might choose to designate a room as their bedroom, another might make it their kitchen, a studio or an office.

The contrast to modern housing of course is that, for example, a box room or kids bedroom, planned to the size of a standard bed plus free space beside it, is limited in how its function might change over time. The Berlin altbau apartments typically have rooms of 20-30sq m, allowing practically endless combinations of how they might be used.

The current scenario we find ourselves in also argues against open-plan apartment design. This model was always unacceptable without some form of modulation between the different functions, but thats becoming even clearer now. Its important to consider how to mediate the proximity a person has to different spaces in their home, to ensure a person can retreat to a living space (not a bedroom space) without being in full show of the rest of their family, to be able to sit on the sofa and not see the dirty dishes in the kitchen. These sound like little things, but they make a difference to peoples psychological health.plattenbaustudio.com

Peter Carroll, A2 Architects, with Michael Pike and Grace Keeley of GKMPWe will need to build better, safer and more lovable places to live and work. A number of commentators have been arguing that density and crowding are the same they are not. One can have density without crowding; likewise, one can have crowding without density. We will need to have a conversation on doing density better. We have been designing cities and suburbs to give the car every advantage over public transport, walking and cycling.

Our housing stock will need to make greater allowances for adaptability at home. Working from the kitchen table is fine in the short term, but juggling the demands of a full house in an already confined interior with work and study is testing most households, especially at a time when mental health effects of mass isolation and anxiety are still unmeasured. When your daily commute shrinks to the distance between your bed and your kitchen table, the world can seem pretty small. Amongst us all, illness, anxiety and disrupted routines are focusing attention on the things that matter most in life, whether this is a loved one, a source of income, or even a sunny spot by a window.

In order to recover from this enormous economic shock we will need to embark on a massive public works building programme. The current relaxation of the EU rules about government borrowing and the prospect of extremely low interest rates for the foreseeable future makes this the ideal time to invest in the construction of the housing and infrastructure that we so desperately need.a2.ie; gkmp.ie

Dominic Stevens, JFOC ArchitectsI hope this lets us as a society realise (a) the value of the collective city, of public space, of gathering together to see a play, listen to a band, or go to a sporting spectacle; and (b) the value of quiet introspection, of local walks and non-consumption.

Having lived for years in Leitrim, I now live in an apartment building in Stoneybatter. Im fascinated by how I only meet my neighbours if I slow down and sit in the shared garden that forms part of the entrance sequence. This is an essential component of housing design, this careful ecology of shared space.

I dont believe we are going to see a society that stays two metres from one another. We are going to see a renewed delight in community, in neighbours. And yes, working sometimes from home will help all this, and stop housing from beingdormitories.jfocarchitects.com

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Kehlani delivered a dose of spring air on Thursday For those of us who don't have backyards, with "Everybody Business," a fresh single from the unnamed forthcoming album. The stunning self-directed video gives a golden-hour glimpse into the artist's world during quarantine. From the isolation of her own yard, Kehlani faces the public to reclaim her personal narrative.

"Everybody Business" marks a new chapter, and you can hear it from the jump. This shimmering ballad takes a step out of the dark, intoxicating surreality of 2019's While We Wait mixtape, shedding spacey synth swells for acoustic guitar and crystalline hi hats. The production is breezy, but by no means stripped down every second is filled to the brim with rhythmic momentum and the emotive power of Kehlani's pristine vocals. Lyrically, it's direct and lucid as ever, with her unmatched ease of delivery and a nod to Pharell's "Frontin'" on the hook injecting a carefree vibe to the song's important message.

Opening with a clip of people chatting about Kehlani's personal life and claiming she belongs "to the streets," the video claps back to set the record straight. Serving as director, we get the chance to see this world through her eyes and understand that she belongs only to her damn self. This glance into her perspective consists of selective intimacy and grounded truth-tellingsome shots have us peeking at the singer through leaves, as if we were part of the landscape, or lingering on her face as she crosses her driveway. Just as we are let into some of the most proximal mundane aspects of her existence, Kehlani looks into the camera and reminds us that we don't know her like that.

An especially poignant shot has Kehlani cornered by screenshots of negative comments that pile up on either side of her. With her back literally against the wall, she pushes the noise away and sighs, "breathe through it all." With the daily news cycle cornering each of us as we shutter in our respective homes, Kehlani's buoyancy and grace can be a lesson to carry us through. "Everybody Business" is a call to return to the things that center us and remind us of the truth: that the self is its own only architect.

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Dublin, April 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Industrial Adhesive Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Changing construction practices and the increasing use of innovative building materials are key factors, which are likely to increase the demand for epoxy adhesives and its related formulations. Epoxy resins are known for their durable adhesive nature. They resist extreme climate conditions or chemical spills, thereby making them ideal products with strong withstanding pressure. Epoxy resins are durable and can be used with various materials such as wood, metal, glass, or tiles. While epoxy adhesives are key raw materials for interior works in both household and commercial construction, the growth of the global furniture market, which hit around $554 billion in 2019, is expected to boost the industrial adhesive market.

The following factors are likely to contribute to the growth of the industrial adhesive market during the forecast period:

Key Vendors

The study considers the present scenario of the industrial adhesive market and its market dynamics for the period 20192025. It covers a detailed overview of several market growth enablers, restraints, and trends. The study offers both the demand and supply aspects of the market. It profiles and examines leading companies and other prominent companies operating in the market.

This research report includes a detailed segmentation by technology, product, end-users, and geography. APAC is leading the industrial water-based adhesives market, followed by North America and Europe. Their demand is increasing from automotive & transportation, building & construction, paper & packaging, labels, woodworking, and other application segments. The growing awareness of the green economy is likely to create more opportunities for water-based industrial products. Although the market is growing, the limited usage in high-end applications is inhibiting growth.

The acrylic segment is expected to have high demand across several industries. The cost-efficiency of acrylic adhesives and high growth in APAC is expected to drive the segment growth. Acrylic ones have replaced epoxy adhesives on account of their high strength and remarkable toughness. Factors such as cost-effectiveness and high resistance are the driving factor for their usage in the manufacturing and fabricating industry.

The increasing usage of structural adhesives is boosting the demand for epoxy across the world. Epoxy has a wide number of applications and acts as a major revenue generator in the industrial adhesive market. Epoxy is most commonly used in aerospace, automotive, building and construction, and semiconductor industries. China, South Korea, and Japan are the largest epoxy markets because of the growth of aerospace and semiconductor industries in the APAC region.

The increasing demand for industrial adhesives in the construction segment is directly proportional to the growth of the building and construction sector. They are used in several tasks in the construction market, including repair and installation of acoustic ceiling panels, floor tiles, and continuous flooring installation. The construction industry is estimated to grow by 4% by 2023, driven by APAC and Latin America. Hence, the increase in the value of construction is expected to provide opportunities for the adhesive industry.

Regulatory pressures on the automotive industry are increasing across the world. The growth of the automotive industry in APAC, Latin America, and MEA until the last decade was uninhabited due to the lack of strong policies and regulations on emissions and other environmental impacts. However, with globalization, several foreign players are scaling up their operations and expanding their footprint in several countries to benefit from favorable FDI and other corporate-friendly policies. Europe and North America are facing increased competition from APAC-based vehicle manufacturers. However, the decrease in the demand for new vehicles in the last few years has reduced the growth of epoxy industrial adhesives.

Furniture adhesives are used for waterproofing and improve the quality of doors and windows. The furniture industry is expected to grow by over 6% during the period 2018-2023. Rapid urbanization and an increase in disposable incomes are the factors that boost the furniture market in the APAC region. Adhesive technologies used in woodworking are generally EVA and PU hot-melts, and dispersions.

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Key Topics Covered:

1 Research Methodology

2 Research Objectives

3 Research Process

4 Scope & Coverage4.1 Market Definition4.1.1 Inclusions4.1.2 Exclusions4.2 Base Year4.3 Scope of The Study4.3.1 Market Segmentation by Geography

5 Report Assumptions & Caveats5.1 Key Caveats5.2 Currency Conversion5.3 Market Derivation

6 Market at a Glance

7 Introduction7.1 Overview7.2 Raw Material Insights7.3 Key Insights7.4 Impact Of Covid-197.4.1 Macro-Outlook

8 Market Opportunities & Trends8.1 Use Of Epoxy In Construction Industry8.2 High Demand For Smart Vehicles8.3 Lightweight Packaging

9 Market Growth Enablers9.1 Increasing Demand From Construction9.2 Consistent Demand In Packaging Industry

10 Market Restraints10.1 Decelerating Sales In Automotive Industry10.2 End-User Variability

11 Market Landscape11.1 Market Overview11.1.1 Key Insights11.2 Market Size & Forecast11.3 Five Forces Analysis11.3.1 Threat of New Entrants11.3.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers11.3.3 Bargaining Power of Buyers11.3.4 Threat of Substitutes11.3.5 Competitive Rivalry

12 Adhesive Technology12.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine12.2 Market Overview12.3 Waterborne12.3.1 Market Overview12.3.2 Packaging Industry12.3.3 Market Size & Forecast12.4 Solvent-Based12.4.1 Market Overview12.4.2 Wooden Furnitures12.4.3 Other Consumer Goods12.4.4 Market Size & Forecast12.5 Hotmelt12.5.1 Market Overview12.5.2 Packaging industry12.5.3 Construction Industry12.5.4 Electronics Industry12.5.5 Market Size & Forecast12.6 Others12.6.1 Market Overview12.6.2 Thermoset Adhesives12.6.3 UV Curing Adhesives12.6.4 Market Size & Forecast

13 Product13.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine13.2 Market Overview13.3 Acrylic13.3.1 Market Overview13.3.2 Market Size & Forecast13.4 PVA13.4.1 Market Overview13.4.2 Market Size & Forecast13.5 PU13.5.1 Market Overview13.5.2 Market Size & Forecast13.6 Styrenic Block13.6.1 Market Overview13.6.2 Market Size & Forecast13.7 EPOXY13.7.1 Market Overview13.7.2 Market Size & Forecast13.8 EVA13.8.1 Market Overview13.8.2 Market Size & Forecast13.9 OTHERS13.9.1 Market Overview13.9.2 Market Size & Forecast

14 End-User14.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine14.2 Market Overview14.3 Packaging14.3.1 Market Overview14.3.2 Pressure Sensitive Labeling14.3.3 Market Size & Forecast14.4 Construction14.4.1 Market Overview14.4.2 Market Size & Forecast14.5 Automotive14.5.1 Market Overview14.5.2 Market Size & Forecast14.6 Woodwork Industry14.6.1 Market Overview14.6.2 Market Size & Forecast14.7 Others14.7.1 Market Overview14.7.2 Market Size & Forecast

15 Geography15.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine15.2 Geographic Overview

16 APAC

17 Europe

18 North America

19 Latin America

20 Middle East and Africa

21 Competitive Landscape21.1 Competition Overview

22 Key Company Profiles

23 Other Prominent Vendors

24 Report Summary24.1 Key Takeaways24.2 Strategic Recommendations

25 Quantitative Summary

26 Appendix26.1 Abbreviations

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Video of the courthouse constructionprovided by reader Walt Shelley.

County of Humboldt press release:

Heavy equipment will be used early on Sunday morning to install two new air handler units on top of the Humboldt County Courthouse and the public is advised to stay out of the area until construction is complete, expected to be later in the day.

The air handler installation is part of a larger project to remodel the fifth floor of the building and move the District Attorney-Victim Witness Program to the top floor.

The courthouse is scheduled to be vacated by 6:30 a.m. and movement of heavy equipment will begin shortly thereafter. Streets around the courthouse will be blocked until roughly 8 a.m. California Highway Patrol will block 4th and 5th streets, and Humboldt County Public Works will barricade 3rd and 6th Street, and I Street.

The public is advised to stay out of the area until construction is complete to ensure proper social distancing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Video and photo provided by First District Supervisor Rex Bohn.

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The global impact of Covid-19 has made clear to everyone the importance of scientific research for peoples health and wellness. It is now clear that it is essential for scientists and researchers to have advanced laboratories, spaces and technologies at their disposal where they can work safely and respond to the challenges of the future. This is the context in which the results of the international design contest held by Fondazione Human Technopole and Arexpo were presented recently in Milan for construction of the new Human Technopole Campus, an Italian life sciences research institute to be located in the heart of Milans MIND Milano Innovation District on the former Expo site.The main headquarters and heart of the Human Technopole Campus will be designed by Italian studio Piuarch, founded by architects Francesco Fresa, Germn Fuenmayor, Gino Garbellini and Monica Tricario.

The new Human Technopole Campus will cover about 55,000 square metres and include buildings already present on the former Expo site in Milan, such as Palazzo Italia, the iconic building designed by architects Michele Mol and Susanna Tradati of Nemesi&Partners for Expo Milano 2015, the Northern Pavilion and the Southern Pavilion. The entire campus is designed to maintain continuity with the spaces around the Decumano and the Cardo, keys to the layout of Expo 2015, preserving their visual relationship with Palazzo Italia. The new building will be the principal centre of scientific work on the campus, ten floors high with 35,000 square metres of floor space, including over 16,500 square metres dedicated exclusively to laboratories for scientific research and 3,000 square metres of terraces and green roofs. It will consist of two functional, adaptable volumes arranged around a central space referred to as common ground which will form the heart of the entire construction, not only due to its spatial position in the building but for its important function as a centre of distribution leading to laboratories and offices in the two main volumes. On the ground floor, the common ground will be partly open and partly glassed-in, rising all the way up to the roof to create a space flooded with natural light, with walkways and ramps connecting different levels in the building.The first to ninth floors will contain administrative offices and research centres, with biochemistry and molecular biology laboratories, advanced scientific instruments and workstations for researchers. The tenth and last floor will contain common areas such as a dining room, public meeting rooms and classrooms for hosting events and educational activities, as well as management offices and terraces providing access to the green roof that is the buildings most iconic element. With assymmetric gables and a series of south-facing green terraces, the green roof offers a number of benefits: the presence of greenery and of a photovoltaic installation, proper management of rainwater, and panoramic views over the city of Milan that allow the building to establish an uninterrupted visual dialogue with the city.

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Winner: PiuarchFounding partners: Francesco Fresa, Germn Fuenmayor, Gino Garbellini and Monica TricarioProject: Human Technopole HeadquartersLocation: Milano Innovation District MIND - Milano Italy

Numbers areas, height, division by functionTotal new building area: 35,000 sq.m.Laboratories and support areas 16,500 sq.m.Offices 5,800 sq.m.Common areas, distribution and services 6,700 sq.m.Canteen and cafeteria 1,000 sq.m.Technical rooms, storage and parking 5,000 sq.m.Terraces and greenery covered areas: 3,000 sq.m.

Architectural Design: PiuarchStructural Design: 3TI ItaliaSystems Design: SeingimInfrastructure Design: J+SUrban Design: ArchimiMedical Labs Consultant: Massimo Acerboni, engineerLandscape Design Consultant: Cornelius Gavril

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Big things come in small packages, and that saying extends to your bathroom. You may not have a lot of square footage in this room, but that doesnt mean it has to look like a broom closet. There are many ways to make it as stylish, inviting, and relaxing as much larger bathrooms.

The key is to select the right elements. Your bathroom accessories shouldnt look like you chose them solely because they were small or slim enough to fit (although you should avoid big, bulky items that take up too much visual space). Dont be afraid to incorporate some of the same elements you see in designer bathrooms. In fact, we rounded up three interior designers to provide tips on renovating and decorating your cozy bathroom with a list of small bathroom design ideas.

But first, these are the 15 best items to make a small bathroom look and feel bigger.

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UNC followed up last weeks reveal with another video on Sunday that gave viewers a glimpse inside the buildings new Jumpman Experience Room, a collaboration between UNC and Jordan brand.

Thats pretty cool, Forty Nine Degrees Vice President Brad Hart said. Its a room that I think is going to catch a lot of eyes. Theres a lot of details in it with the shoes.

The room features a wall of nearly three dozen variations of Air Jordans and an illuminated seating area next to UNC and Jordan logos that appears to be a spot for future recruits to take pictures during their visits to Chapel Hill.

The football team tweeted a response from former North Carolina mens basketball star Michael Jordan once he was able to see the finished product.

The new Jumpman experience that was designed for the Tar Heels football team is a reminder of the rich tradition of the program that will serve to inspire players as they build the team into a championship contender, Jordan said in the tweet.

Although it only took about three months to design, produce and install the renovations which wrapped up in the final days of March, just before many of the COVID-19 preventive measures took effect the project has really been in the works for over a year now, ever since head coach Mack Brown made his return to Chapel Hill near the end of 2018.

Rick Steinbacher, a senior associate athletics director in charge of capital projects and facilities, worked with Brown and others at UNC since the coachs return to help identify a step-by-step process for what North Carolinas vision for the future branding of the team was.

Initially, after Brown rejoined the Tar Heels, the teams player lounge was touched up, and the following summer, the weight room and locker room were both renovated. The Kenan Football Centers upgrades were just the latest step in Browns process of bolstering the schools recruitment efforts.

Coach Brown was very clear: I want it to be cool. I want it to be modern. I want a high school student to come in and think its warm, welcoming and inviting, Steinbacher said.

And Hart knows from his experiences how much of a jolt a new facility like this can bring to a program.

It definitely has an impact, and we hear that from schools we work with all the time: Man, we showed our recruits, and they were blown away, Hart said.

Although Steinbacher didnt want to speculate on the cost of the renovations he, like many others across the country, is working from home and didnt have the exact numbers with him he was able to confirm that the project was funded by the Rams Club through donations in support of the football program.

As UNC continues to put together one of its strongest football recruiting classes ever for 2021, the upgrades to the Kenan Football Center will certainly serve as the latest round of ammunition in Browns arsenal to impress potential Tar Heels.

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