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Cool Schools: 7 Educational Structures Championing Affordable and Sustainable Construction

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Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. Given that the site is located in paddy fields in the mountains there, the structure is built using layers of walls to adapt to the topography. Baan Nhong Bua School.

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Re-imagining Construction: The Top 20 Tallest Mass Timber Buildings

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Photo by Voll Arkitekter + Rikardo Foto Mass timber construction has revolutionized the architectural landscape, offering a sustainable and innovative alternative to traditional building materials. Engineered wood products are used in a variety of applications, from home construction to commercial buildings to industrial products.

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Ten post-industrial structures from the Black Country

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From factories and warehouses to shop fronts and underpasses, Hicks explores the structures that make up the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands region known as the Black Country. There are improvised and patched-up structures all over the region." "I It's the main structure of what remains of the Scala Theatre.

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Jolie creates temporary restaurant with "aesthetic and sensory" materials in Frankfurt

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Set above an underground car park in Frankfurt, the restaurant was designed for future relocation using modular construction and lightweight materials to minimise its impact on the site as well as maximise material reuse.

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Overtreders W constructs hotel cabin from locally sourced materials secured with straps

Deezen

Stable Stack features a strap-fastened structure built with borrowed materials Instead of gluing, drilling or screwing, Overtreders W opted for tie-down straps to fasten the structure, so that the borrowed materials could be returned without damage and devaluation. The photography is courtesy of Overtreders W.

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Conversation Plinth by TSKP x ikd

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The Conversation Plinth was the first hardwood CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) structure constructed in the United States. Pei, the First Christian Church designed by Eliel Saarinen, and the Large Arch sculpture by Henry Moore.

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Sagrada Familia announces 2026 final completion date

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Construction on the Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and was led by Gaudí until his passing in 1926. The Chapel of the Assumption is expected to be finished in 2025 and the tower of Jesus Christ in 2026," La Sagrada Familia Foundation told news site CNN. Prefabricated elements are being used to speed up the building's construction.