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Winners of the 2022 Timber in the City competition showcase wood design in architecture

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The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ( ACSA ) and the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) have just revealed the winners of the 2022 Timber in the City 4: Urban Habitats Competition in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

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“Achieving Sustainable Construction Is First Using the Right Material for the Right Job”: In Conversation With Seratech

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Image © Helene Sandberg Seratech's technology , developed by Sam Draper and Barney Shanks, eliminates the CO₂ footprint of concrete and reduces carbon emissions in construction. This innovative process uses silica, a waste product from flue gases, as a carbon-negative cement replacement in concrete. Read more »

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Teams from seven architecture schools announced as winners of the 2022 AIA/ACSA COTE Top Ten for Students

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Last week, the AIA/ACSA's Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced the top ten green new buildings of 2022. The competition recognizes 10 exceptional studio projects that integrate creative and innovative design strategies," shares the competition organizers. Today we share the top ten student projects.

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Nader Tehrani, Rural Studio, and David Hertz lead the field of 2022 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winners

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The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2022 National Design Awards , now in its 23rd edition. Their deliberations revealed that behind each winner is a philosophy of work that expertly weaves together technological innovation while elevating tradit.

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From Float Glass to OLEDs: How Recent Advancements in Glass Technology Are Reshaping 21st Century Design

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Architizer’s A+Product Awards celebrate the manufacturers at the forefront of material innovation. As time and technology progressed, the float glass process (pouring the molten glass from a furnace into a chamber that contains a bed of molten tin), conceived by Sir Alastair Pilkington in 1959, was groundbreaking.

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Smart and Stylish: 6 Innovative Home Products Deftly Designed for Modern Life

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Homeowners are investing more in their homes, aiming to make their places of refuge as functional, comfortable, and efficient as they can — adopting new technologies to create spaces that are adaptable and places that can cater to an evolving lifestyle. As of 2024, there are over 400 million smart homes worldwide, expected to reach 478.2

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Environmental Innovation: 8 Materials at the Forefront of the Sustainable Design Revolution

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Environmental awareness has become one of the fundamental drivers for innovation in architecture. From the technological building systems we choose for our projects to considering the carbon impact of where a product comes from to have a better awareness of the materials our products are made out of.