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Straw-bale Construction

Santa Cruz Architect

Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (commonly wheat, rice, rye and oats straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building construction projects. It proved particularly useful in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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"Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"

Deezen

Concrete as well as timber will be required to address the twin challenges of averting climate disaster and building the infrastructure the world needs, writes Philip Oldfield as part of our Timber Revolution series. But building is inherently carbon-intensive, which leaves us with a problem.

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

His research included the development of a chair built from composite materials, and ultimately led to his 2020 book Composite Architecture: Building and Design with Carbon Fiber and FRPs , published by Birkhauser. . Recently I talked with Truong to learn more about all these things: composite materials, zoning, education, mass timber.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

e-architect

Difference between carbon neutrality and net zero Mackintosh Building Glasgow School of Art RICS and YouGov survey 2022 Next generation of knowledge work: hybrid workplaces Data-Informed Design for the User Experience at Work The fluid, sustainable future of retail Designing for Extra Care: What Can Covid Teach Us?

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Architectural Trends to Look Out for in 2023!

Architecture Ideas

Even though the passage from December to January is arbitrary from a design and development perspective, it is inarguable that years are useful to track the growing prevalence of certain trends – particularly within architecture and building design. In this article, we’ll delve right into this topic to find out. Source: scoopwhoop.com.