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Best Anticipated Architecture Projects 2022

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Designed with different approaches but with a particular connection with the mix of landscapes in which they will be made. The landmark project hopes to embody the relationship between the three Abrahamic faiths whilst providing a platform for dialogue, understanding, and coexistence between their religions.

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Shigeru Ban's timber-skeleton Tamedia building left engineers "incredulous"

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Its prefabricated frame is made of 2,000 cubic metres of glued-laminated timber , held together entirely without screws or nails using a novel structural system developed by Japanese architect Ban in collaboration with Swiss engineer Hermann Blumer.

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Building Ideas: Haus Wittgenstein is a Philosophical Exploration of Modernist Architecture’s Essence

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An architect, faced with these anecdotes, will have two questions. Competition between the siblings was intense, especially in the realms of academics and music. Originally, he went in for engineering, but his study of mathematics led him to more theoretical speculations. One, what were this guy’s philosophical ideas?

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Building tall with timber "does not make sense" say experts

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Webb Yates senior structural engineer Florence Browning agreed, explaining that "timber alone has its limitations" when it comes to constructing high-rise buildings. "If "Timber's natural home is low-rise construction," he told Dezeen. A global race to build taller timber is now underway. This also limits the amount of useable space."

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

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Arup geologist Paola Blasi, who advises architects on how to use stone, said the material is finally reappearing in the structural lexicon thanks to its low-carbon footprint. Architect Elisabeth Polzella often uses structural stone in her projects.

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"Only by embracing AI can you be involved in controlling it" says LookX founder Wanyu He

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AI will liberate architects from repetition and allow them to concentrate on things that add value to society, claims the CEO of LookX, a tech company seeking to revolutionise the process of designing buildings. LookX describes itself as the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) tool trained specifically for architects.

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The Architect's Questionnaire: Daniel Toole

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Daniel Toole ( Daniel Toole Architect ). . A recent Seattle house was featured in a New York Times article called " A Modern Home That Looks Toward the Sky and the Water." He has additionally taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon School of Architecture. BY BRIAN LIBBY.

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