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Sustainable Architecture | Habitat 67

Of the many different styles and kinds of architecture and building design, you may ask what are the Most Interesting Sustainable Innovation Design Architecture....here is one. Habitat 67 , or simply Habitat , is a model community and housing complex in Montreal, Canada, designed by Israeli–Canadian architect Moshe Safdie . It was originally conceived as his master's thesis in architecture at McGill University and then built as a pavilion for Expo 67, the World's Fair held from April to October 1967. It is located at 2600 Avenue Pierre-Dupuy on the Marc-Drouin Quay next to the Saint Lawrence River. Habitat 67 is widely considered an architectural landmark and one of the most recognizable and significant buildings in both Montreal and Canada. It has been reported many times as one of the top 10 ugliest buildings in North America and the world.

The evolution of building codes

Today’s codes define more efficient, effective structures, but the engineering of them has become vastly more complex. half-century ago, building codes were simpler. It was an era when most engineers still performed their calculations by hand – literally, using a slide rule. Building materials were looked on as essentially inexhaustible resources, and nobody was worried about the carbon footprint of producing and shipping the materials. So it made sense to err on the side of caution: calculate the maximum loads and build everything to that strength. For example, the snow load capacity of a roof was calculated for the entire roof as a single condition, and every part of the roof had to be capable of supporting the maximum load. This insured that the parts of the roof where the most snow accumulated were able to handle the load. However, the parts on which the least snow accumulated had the same high-load capacity, and those areas might be significantly overbuilt. Loading co...