Optim Design http://optimdesign.com Licensed Design-Builder / General Contractor Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:05:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Westside Alamo Contemporary House completed http://optimdesign.com/westside-alamo-contemporary-house-completed/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 16:59:28 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=383 This new custom design 4035 sqf contemporary house is located in Alamo, California.

More info: Westside Alamo House

]]> Alamo Ranch House project completed http://optimdesign.com/alamo-ranch-house-project-completed/ Mon, 23 May 2016 15:44:00 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=310 This ranch style house located in Alamo, California has been remodeled and updated recently. The project has 3,303 sqf with a 2 acre lot size. It has 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms in total.

More info can be found here: http://www.1490livornaroad.com/

]]> Kick-off meeting of biofacades project in Doha, Qatar http://optimdesign.com/kick-off-meeting-of-biofacades-project-in-doha-qatar/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:24:14 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=306 A meeting was held at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar to kick-off the field study of the biofacades project.

]]> www.tallbuildingtopopt.com is up now http://optimdesign.com/www-tallbuildingtopopt-com-is-up-now/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:13:37 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=302 A new website; www.tallbuildingtopopt.com, dedicated to the Tall Building Topology Optimization project is active and up now. This website is reporting all the project information, activities, accomplishments, and publications.

]]> www.biofacades.com is up now http://optimdesign.com/www-biofacades-com-is-up-now/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:12:02 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=290 A new website; www.biofacades.com, dedicated to the Bio-Facades project is active and up now. This website is reporting all the project information, activities, accomplishments, and publications.

]]> New Article: The Future Trend of Architectural Form and Structural Systems in High-Rise Buildings http://optimdesign.com/new-article-the-future-trend-of-architectural-form-and-structural-systems-in-high-rise-buildings/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:34:09 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=229 New peer reviewed paper entitled “The Future Trend of Architectural Form and Structural System in High-Rise Buildings” published in Architecture Research Journal. Click to download

Authors: Matin Alaghmandan, Payam Bahrami, Mahjoub Elnimeiri

 

]]> New Book: Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings http://optimdesign.com/194/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:35:13 +0000 http://optimdesign.com/?p=194 Dr. Bahrami’s new book is available now, “Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings“.

“This guide thus sets out recommendations for selecting, implementing and maintaining green walls in high-rise buildings, including local climatic factors that need to be taken into account, and the risks of adopting different wall types. Recommendations are based on the analysis of 18 case studies and research undertaken by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. These detailed and richly-illustrated case studies represent the cutting edge in green wall design around the globe – embracing 11 cities, 9 climate zones, and green walls up to 69 stories in height.”

Principal Authors: Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik
Research Assistance: Irina Susorova & Benjamin Ward
Book Coordination & Design: Steven Henry
Layout: Kristen Dobbins
Publisher: CTBUH in conjunction with IIT, Tongji University, and Images Publishing Group, Chicago, 2014
ISBN: 978 186470 593 5
Soft cover 240 pages, 8.5″W x 11″H

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