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Students design & build affordable, energy-efficient home | UCR News

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A group of UC Riverside mechanical engineering undergrads started a year and a half ago with just a grant application and an idea. None of them had architectural or building construction experience. Yet they managed to obtain funding and design and build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity so wisely it doesn’t need to be connected to the grid. The floor plan of an eco-friendly house built by UCR undergrads. UCR graphic by Kristen Danforth Fresh off exhibiting a section of the house at a home design show in Orange County, the students were…Continue Reading

This week Aston Martin revealed its first house design

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This week on Dezeen, car brand Aston Martin revealed the first house designed as part of its Automotive Galleries and Lairs residential design service, which launched last year. Designed as a collaboration between US studio S3 Architecture and the luxury carmaker, the angular black-cedar home is set to be built in Hudson Valley, New York. It will be the first property built as part of the carmaker’s service that aims to design bespoke spaces for its clients to show off their most cherished motorbikes. “Grandmaster of the white interior” Jan des Bouvrie dies aged 78 This week saw two high-profile…Continue Reading

Nebraska AD Dannen brings experience with facility upgrades

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LUKE MULLIN Lincoln Journal StarWhere Troy Dannen has gone, facility improvements have followed.During his time at Northern Iowa and Tulane, Dannen oversaw numerous stadium projects, renovations and improvements to infrastructure. Now, the newly hired Nebraska athletic director will be tasked with seeing through the most ambitious, largest project of his career — renovations to Memorial Stadium.However, Dannen had nothing to do with the $450 million plan approved by the Nebraska Board of Regents in October; former athletic director Trev Alberts launched the project months before his departure to Texas A&M.Major fundraising efforts will be needed to…Continue Reading