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5 things developers should know about mass timber

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5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s

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MVRDV transforms Shenzhen skyscraper into colourful women and children's centre

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Retaining and refurbishing a building is more sustainable than demolishing and building anew, particularly when a building is this young and contains as much concrete as this structure," MVRDV founding partner Jacob van Rijs told Dezeen. The photography is by Xia Zhi.

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Rutledge Flats by HASTINGS

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In 2019 the Tennessee Housing Development Agency reported that over45% of Nashville, renters are housing cost-burdened: spending more than 30% of their income on housing-related expenses. With rents rising15% in the past year alone and a projected 50,000-unit deficit by 2030,the city’s housing crisis shows no signs of slowing.

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Buildings With Less Embodied Carbon (Part 2 of Sustainability in Construction)

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What are the materials we commonly use to build, how are they made, where do they come from and how sustainable are they? If we want to truly want to create carbon neutral buildings by 2030, we will see that the questions about materials are just as important as the energy usage after completion of a building.

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Innovation Partnership School Buildings by OMA

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Amsterdam will halve the use of primary raw materials by 2030 and become fully circular by 2050 – according to the Circular Strategy 2020-2025 proposed by the municipality. A pilot school in Amsterdam has been developed in collaboration with Studio A Kwadraat.

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Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

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To celebrate Earth Day we've compiled a list of 50 people who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. As CEO of Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter , Alexandra Hagen is an industry leader in the shift towards more sustainable, zero-carbon buildings. Adebayo Oke-Lawal, founder of Orange Culture.

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Ground granulated blast furnace slag in concrete production

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GGBS in concrete production A group of 13 experts from across structural engineering, concrete and cement industries, construction, academia, and civil society have collaborated on a paper that reviews the use of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) in concrete, and examining ways that this may change in the future.