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Fenestration of the Future

Westeck News

This article takes a look at some of the emerging window technologies that are currently being studied and will add increased benefits to your window system in the future. Changing a window from transparent to opaque can help to reduce cooling costs especially in the summer months.

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"How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future"

Deezen

From the Latin word "humanitas" we find the definition "human nature" and, within that, our unique and innate ability to love, have compassion and be creative. If you look at the state of the planet, it is easy to feel like we've lost "our humanity" and our ability to love the place we collectively inhabit. What is humanity?

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Reader’s Choice: The 10 Most Popular Architecture Projects on Architizer in 2022

Architizer

Architects: Want to have your project featured? A stellar drawing, rendering or photo, and a detailed project description can go a long way in making a project stand out, as does tagging the stellar contributors on a project. Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. .

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Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

Deezen

Architects and designers have a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and waste while protecting biodiversity. 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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Echo living: Australia’s first passive house development

Habitus Living

The poor thermal performance of residential buildings in Australia – summer or winter – is infamous, but in a country that has traditionally enjoyed relatively affordable energy it’s been left to the committed conservationist to explore efficiency solutions beyond the minimum housing regulations. V-ZUG quickly emerged as the standout.

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Sounds of Silence [8]

A Better Built Environment

It has been 17 years since I have lived in a climate that has snowy winters and it is a pleasure waking up to snow blowing past our apartment windows, covering the surrounding rooftops, and accumulating on the streets. I love cities and have lived in some of the largest and busiest urban centers in the world. Snow changes all of that.

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"Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites"

Deezen

Peter Barber 's architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Once upon a time, everyone knew how to solve a housing crisis, or at least they thought they did. By 1974, it wasn't.

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