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Building Energy Saving Retrofit in Liu Lian Primary School / FORWARD STUDIO

ArchDaily

© Tianpei Zeng architects: China Construction Science and Industry Corprotation LTD architects: FORWARD STUDIO architects: Jianxue Architecture and Engineering Design Institute CO. LTD Location: Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Tianpei Zeng Area: 6181.0 m2 Read more »

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Penn State to undertake research on embodied carbon in cities

Archinect

Researchers at Penn State are set to undertake a study of the environmental impact of construction. “This team will apply the research metho.

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How practicing professionals can help academic researchers combat climate change

Archinect

Led by the university’s architecture school with support from computer science, engineering, and business professors, the ongoing research seeks to develop methods to measure embodied carbon in the construction industry: a category which accounts for 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Hannah begins construction on "first multi-storey 3D-printed house in the US"

Deezen

The hybrid structure is being constructed from 3D-printed concrete combined with wood framing and was designed as a multi-storey single-family home. With 4,000 square feet (371 square metres) of living space, the home is meant to be scalable and compatible with typical timber-frame constructions.

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Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen develops modular building system to address the global housing crisis

Deezen

Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and The Andes House have designed a modular prototype that can be configured to construct low-cost housing. The studio is now working on the next version of the prototype with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Architecture School.

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This Los Angeles ADU Builder Says It Can Add a Home to Your Backyard in Nine Months

Dwell

"The founders, Alexis and Jemuel, met in architecture school and saw a clear problem: Traditional homebuilding was costly, time consuming, and unpredictable," says Alden Kramer, a business development specialist at the brand. "At At Cover, we’re reimagining the entire homebuilding process from the ground up.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Working on construction drawings. Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Some kind of engineering specialty. Invoicing clients, .