Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The incident began on the night of Thursday, February 22nd, and though the cause has not been definitively established, early reporting has suggested that the building’s cladding may have played a part in the disaster. Valencia is reeling from a fatal fire at an apartment complex in the Spanish city.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A Swiss research team from Empa's Building Energy Materials and Components Lab explores the potential for using raw, plant-based materials as insulation for buildings. This method aims to combat embodied greenhouse gas emissions in buildings by removing carbon from the atmosphere.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 22, 2022

2022 was another productive year in laboratories across the United States and beyond, as colleges, manufacturers, and startups strove to challenge the orthodoxy of construction materials.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Dezeen's Pinterest board featuring university buildings has been viewed more than 200,000 times. This roundup features distinctive university buildings from across the globe that use a variety of different textures, colours and unusual materials to stand out.

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Archinect

JULY 21, 2022

Even though the buildings in Sana'a are thousands of years old, they remain "terribly contemporary", says Salma Samar Damluji, co-founder of the Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation in Yemen.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

via New York Engineers Almost two decades ago, in the downtown corridor of Columbus, Ohio, the century-old landmarked Lazarus Building underwent an extensive renovation to save the department store and restore it to its former glory. Sixty million dollars went into its restoration and transformation into a retail and office complex.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Researchers from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have published details of a new material that can auto-regulate its environment by changing its infrared colors and liquid-solid state. The behavioral pattern of the new material has been likened to that.

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World Architecture Community

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Danish architecture firm Henning Larsen has unveiled design for a circular timber office building prioritizing "biogenic materials and low-carbon design" in Prévessin-Moëns, France. Called BÜÜÜ, the ç,âââ-square-foot (a,

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2022

Like much of the area, the street is lined with brick buildings; despite some color variations, the facades mostly look the same. The difference lies within the gray brick facade of The West, a new residential building that is made up of nearly 580,000 pounds of demolition and industrial waste. The archit.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2023

Named Reset Materials , the exhibition at the Copenhagen-based gallery contains a showcase of architectural fragments made from 10 different low-carbon materials, including earth, biocement, mycelium, silicon and straw. The aim, according to Muhr, was not to champion individual materials, but to show how they might be used together.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 3, 2023

© Leo Espinosa Due to its ability to mold and create different shapes, concrete is one of architecture's most popular materials.

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designboom

MARCH 3, 2023

The post 3D printed bioceramic bricks give new life to eggshell waste as building materials appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. MANUFACTURA uses robotic 3D printing to minimize organic waste and adapt sustainable construction methods.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With the right shapes, he argues, we could create high-rise buildings with far less concrete and, in many cases, almost no steel reinforcements whatsoever. From the jump, our conversation was all about proving his thesis that geometry, or building technique, is more important than materials when it comes to sustainable construction.

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Building and Interiors

MAY 20, 2022

You’ve built a beautiful building using the best material. What went wrong Usually, this problem comes up when one does not waterproof the buildings properly. So, waterproofing chemicals and materials for roofs, and waterproof paints help you avoid such issues. So, it is extremely important to waterproof your building.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Researchers from the University of Chicago have invented a cladding material that changes colour to help with heating or cooling and could be retrofitted to improve buildings' energy efficiency. At the same time, it also changes the amount of infrared heat it absorbs or emits from the building.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. The Australian company begins with cross-laminated timber to create carbon-negative homes starting at $145K AUD. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar?

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Deezen

MAY 27, 2022

Swedish designer Louise Hederström has worked with furniture brand Swedese to use leftover wood and plywood from a Cobe -designed building to create furniture for its public spaces. Waste materials and leftover materials were used to construct the furniture. Top image: a prototype of her stool for Skanska.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

Australian architect Emily Sandstrom has transformed a run-down 1930s bungalow in Sydney by adding an extension that was partly built from demolition materials. Demolished bricks were reused to build the extension The U-shaped extension and courtyard were designed to provide a connection between indoor and outdoor entertainment areas.

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The Architecture Designs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

For centuries concrete has remained one of the most famous and trusted building materials. This material is strong, durable, and versatile. For these reasons, you can find this material everywhere. Concrete can be used in residential and business buildings, roads, and driveways. Additionally, it doesn’t feed mold.

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Deezen

MAY 26, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created Matrix One, a laboratory and office building in Amsterdam designed to be dismantled into reusable parts. The building contains offices and laboratories According to MVRDV , over 90 per cent of the building's materials can be reused.

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A new plugin for Revit offers architects the opportunity to make informed material choices for building designs that put carbon reduction at front of mind. The post A new Revit plugin helps architects pick building materials with less embodied carbon appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Building and Interiors

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Leading as a CEO of an international company in the building material industry, I recognized the crucial role specifiers play in shaping the landscape of our business and industry overall. Project specifiers serve as the vital link between brands and the customers.

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Architizer

AUGUST 17, 2022

For over 5000 years humans have understood the material benefits of cork. The material is sourced from the bark of cork oaks — found mainly along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea — and for centuries has been used to make floating devices, seals for containers and sandals. Register here ! 042_Corkscrew House. 042_Corkscrew House.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The post Oslotre’s new cross-laminated timber building in Norway prioritizes material efficiency appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London , with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. The Hercules Street infill project occupies a previously derelict site within a terrace of Victorian buildings close to Holloway Road.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Measurements are a good place to start, and we currently track them across three distinct scopes: (1) direct The post Decarbonization consultant William Beer shares his thoughts about efforts to reduce emissions from the manufacture of building materials appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2022

Architecture firm LOHA used "material layering" to create a light-filled workspace in California for photographers, videographers and other creatives involved in brand imaging for sportswear brand Nike. Located near LA 's border with Culver City, the building houses office space , meeting rooms and studios for video and photography.

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The Architecture Designs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If you desire a patio, you must know that you can create patios from different materials. Terry Moten, a licensed builder from NO1 Patios Brisbane will help you decide which material is best for your needs and budget. So, if you’re thinking about building a patio, read on! Materials Used For Patio? . Concrete? .

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Architectural Record

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

An adaptive reuse project in Seattle is paving the way for the use of innovative building materials and systems that drastically cut the embodied carbon associated with construction.

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designboom

MAY 16, 2022

this novel material stores up to 24 times per 10 degrees celsius more heat than conventional concrete or wallboard. The post new heat storage material could help keep buildings warm, say scientists appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The post Nori Architects retrofits an office building with a new facade constructed from natural and recycled materials appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Bustler

JUNE 18, 2023

Registration Deadline: Jun 30, 2023; Submission Deadline Jul 5, 2023 Introduction Archiol has organized this first edition of the Building Material essay competition to understand the various types of building material used in architecture. Building materials form an essential part of the field of architecture.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to realise the Timber Revolution , writes Smith Mordak. There's an argument that's often trotted out against building with timber : there isn't enough of it. This fear seems to be rooted in the idea that sustainability is about substitutions.

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Archinect

AUGUST 25, 2022

"With a circular economy approach, we could keep that waste out of landfill while squeezing the full value out of these materials to create better products — it's a win on all fronts," the team’s research leader and corresponding author, Professor Jie Li, said.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The post A new set of manufacturers is producing carbon-storing, plant-based building materials sourced from the farms, forests, and factories of rural America appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. Subjected to the huffings and puffings of the Big Bad Wolf, the straw house blew down, the [.]

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Architizer

APRIL 8, 2022

Bricks have been one of the oldest construction materials in the history of architecture. Early bricks were blocks of mud or clay that were left to dry in the sun in hot climates and then used to build shelters after hardening. Here, clay becomes the dominant material with furnishings to match.

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Westeck News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Studies on Passive Cooling Techniques for Buildings using PCM (Phase Change Material). Scientists across the globe are constantly researching on ways to reduce energy use in residential and commercial buildings to combat climate change by creating sustainable elements. * Content courtesy of Science Direct.

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