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MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

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Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's Digital Structures group has built a demo structure using tree forks as joints.

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Marilyn Monroe’s Final Home Is Temporarily Saved From Demolition

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Los Angeles preservation aficionados flew into action when news of an impending demo permit hit last week. The house was most recently occupied by hedge fund hotshot Dan Lukas and wife Anne Jarmain but had, earlier this summer, been sold off market for an estimated $8.35 million to some mysterious trust.

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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint

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To help buy the construction industry time to scale up viable alternatives, other researchers are looking at slashing the embodied carbon footprint of buildings by developing clever construction techniques to reduce the amount of concrete needed in their construction. Seratech by Sam Draper and Barney Shanks. Find out more about Carbicrete ›.

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140+ Software Tools for Architecture Firms [2020 Update]

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Outplanr is a tool used to keep projects on track , and it gives detailed information on the time spent on it against the own estimates. This tool is very powerful when it comes down to calculating single architectural project costs and adjusting estimates for the future. Anyone can request a free DEMO to try out the software solution.

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How to Invite More Demolition by Neglect: The sad case of the Hendler's Creamery

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As observers of Baltimore's development and preservation scene already know and the title line gives away, of course, we are talking about the Hendler Creamery, a facility that once covered a whole city Block between Fayette and Baltimore and East and Asquith Streets in the Jonestown historic district. It was granted and executed in 2018.

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