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Fast Tracked

Landscape Architecture Magazine

To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. Reporting methodologies can vary based on the unit of measurement, estimated project life span, or how a project’s area is defined. By Timothy A. Image courtesy Climate Positive Design.

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More Virtuous Circles

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Architecture 2030 estimates that the embodied carbon of materials will account for 72 percent of emissions associated with new construction between now and 2030. In 2021, the firm tested this strategy in a dense Parisian neighborhood, in collaboration with the social housing developer Élogie-Siemp. Photo by Yann Monel.

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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Baker says the Glass Fire in 2020 started just up the road from Larkmead and burned in a U shape around the winery. “It One of several design options developed by Ann Baker Landscape Architecture that respond to drought and wildfire regulations and are available for free online. We had a lot of burnt trees on the river.”.

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Bustler

The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020. s Awards for Research in 2018 and 2020. Almost 95% of these deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries, and most could have been prevented.

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Sustainable Practice: When Will Recycled Timber Have Its Moment

Architizer

The new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has now been enacted as part of the wider European Union Green Deal. According to his estimates, you could build around 1,000 new homes each year using the discarded wood from building sites in London alone. Architizer is thrilled to announce the winners of the 11th Annual A+Awards !

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

Architizer

In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

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Homeless housing is "a Band-Aid" for UK shortages says Peter Barber

Deezen

Barber estimates he has designed buildings with 250 rough sleeper bed spaces in London during his career of 40-plus years. Regulations restricting the use of combustible materials introduced by the government and London mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire make it difficult for architects to specify timber.

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