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Dalston Works demonstrated that "timber is a viable alternative to concrete and steel at scale"

Deezen

Dezeen is not aware of any larger CLT buildings constructed since. It is the world's largest CLT building "[CLT] is replenishable, beautiful, healthy, fast and economic," Andrew Waugh told Dezeen, who co-founded the architecture studio with Anthony Thistleton in 1997.

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UK Heritage Development Trusts, historic buildings

e-architect

This new long-term partnership will expand the current HDT programme across the UK, to cover a range of organisations, from small volunteer-led trusts looking to expand, through mid-tier trusts with the potential for growth, to well-established, larger trusts that are looking to make a larger impact in a particular community, place or wider area.

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Are mass-timber buildings a fire safety risk?

Deezen

Some countries, including the US , France and Switzerland have recently changed regulations to make building with timber easier, but others – like the UK – have made it tougher. In Finland, the maximum permitted height for a residential building with a load-bearing timber structure and no sprinklers is two storeys.

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Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

Deezen

To celebrate Earth Day we've compiled a list of 50 people who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. Andrew Waugh has long been a vocal advocate for building more sustainably and has been an outspoken critic of existing UK regulations relating to environmental construction.

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

Community Architect

" We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it." President Obama How buildings contribute carbon emissions My last article here dealt with the roles of buildings in CO2 emissions and climate change in general. What is their carbon footprint?

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Big impressions that leave little trace: V-ZUG at Milan

Habitus Living

We were looking for someone who could approach and understand our minimalistic design and sustainability,” says Gabriel Castello Pinyon, V-ZUG’s global head of brand display. After an initial idea incorporating steam was kyboshed by the fair’s fire regulations, Ossino and Pinyon landed on a central circular design.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round. This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round.