Katsuya Fukushima and Hiroko Tominaga of FT Architects have completed a residence called Column and Slab in Tokyo, Japan. The three-storey building is situated on a narrow 5 x 14 metre site. Eight ...

When we first published FT Architects’ work, the e-House, in W*106 we knew we were on to something good. Forty-year old Fukusima worked in Toyo Ito’s office for several years before setting up his own ...

The library is designed on sustainable principles. The two-storey reading room has a cast in situ concrete structure of cylindrical columns; the heads taper and extend to form four arms which support ...

Above are the rib and block slabs and below are in situ concrete slabs. The rib and block slabs need less raw material in their making which makes them more economical to use during construction among ...

They are is expected to conduct detailed measurements of the structural components, including slabs, columns and beams, of the collapsed structure Days after the collapse of a building in the city’s ...

Champlain Towers South was poorly designed, even for the 1970s when the plans were originally drawn and codes were less rigorous, according to an analysis of building plans, applicable building codes ...

Champlain Towers South was poorly designed, even for the 1970s when the plans were originally drawn and codes were less rigorous, according to an analysis of building plans, applicable building codes ...