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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

Deezen

Peruvian architects Roman Bauer Arquitectos and ESArquitectura teamed up to design a cultural institution in Lima that includes a renovation and a new building with vernacular methods and pink accents. Concrete forms the base of the new building The second structure is new, tucked into the interior of the urban block.

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How to Use Alternative Products and Materials to Reduce a Project’s Carbon Footprint

ArchDaily

Whether looking at a project’s structural beginnings, its high-grade finishes, or thinking more holistically about its entire lifetime, there are huge gains to be made with sustainable substitutes and alternatives to traditional materials and techniques. Read more »

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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

Deezen

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. In hot climates like that, if you can lower the air temperature, then it would require less air conditioning because the air around the building is cooler."

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Mizzi Studio Designs 9 Royal Parks Kiosks Using Sustainable Materials and Traditional Craft Techniques

Architizer

Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. Our aim was to create a lustrous, eye-catching footer to a building that engrained in people’s minds and memories. How have your clients responded to the finished project?

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Sustainable Architecture: Design Green with the Client in Mind

Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director

Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint. How to build a collaborative dialogue with clients.

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Six buildings that show reuse "isn't a constraint on creativity"

Deezen

As ditching demolition in favour of reusing existing buildings becomes crucial in the face of climate change , Building for Change author Ruth Lang selects six buildings that show that renovations don't need to be dull. Below Lang highlights six buildings that demonstrate these ideals: Photo by Iwan Baan.

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Career as an Architect-Building the Future!

The Arch Insider

Planning to build your career as an architect? If one is choosing architecture as a career, one would essentially be responsible for planning, designing, and overseeing the construction of a building. It is the responsibility of an architect to make the lives of building occupants easier and more comfortable.