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Adaptive Reuse as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration

ArchDaily

Image © Simon Menges “New ideas must use old buildings,” said Jane Jacobs in her seminal book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , championing the reuse of existing building stock as a means to catalyze positive change and foster diverse urban environments. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg by Herzog & de Meuron.

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ICON Unveils Groundbreaking Construction Innovations at SXSW: Revolutionizing Building with Robotics, AI, and Sustainable Materials

ArchDaily

Pioneering advanced construction and large-scale 3D Printing , ICON was selected as ArchDaily’s Best New Practices of 2021 due to its boundary-breaking technology that is advancing capability in the built environment. The Texas -based startup has just unveiled various toolkits and products to modernize construction processes further.

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SGA designs concept for ‘New England’s first all-timber frame laboratory development’

Archinect

SGA has unveiled details of its proposed mass timber life sciences building, which seeks to demonstrate the potential of the construction method in future research buildings.

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Developing Our Sustainability Action Plan

SW Oregon Architect

More recently, AIA’s leadership formally resolved to exponentially accelerate the decarbonization of buildings, the building sector, and the built environment. The AIA regards the development of a Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) by every member firm to be a useful step toward achieving its 2030 commitment targets.

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Building Resilience: A Closer Look at 2023's Response to Disaster Challenges

ArchDaily

Yale Students Propose a Series of Pop-Up Religious Buildings to Sustain Culture in Refugee Camps. Image © Lucas Boyd and Chad Greenlee As we reflect on the tumultuous events of 2023, it becomes evident that the challenges posed by changing environmental conditions have left an indelible mark on communities worldwide. Read more »

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Sustainable Suburban Expansion: How Architects Are Reawakening Dormant Developments

Architizer

Addressing the ecological, economic and social challenges caused by urban sprawl underscores the urgent need for a sustainable approach to suburban expansion. Further, this forward-thinking approach embraces sustainable design practices, including green building techniques and energy efficiency.

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University of Seville architecture professor develops new mathematical concept that can impact 'engineering and construction of buildings'

Archinect

During the construction of the university’s new engineering building, Cabeza-Lainez found that calculating the area of a roof with straight lines resting on a semicircle was impossible just by using pi. Published research can be found in MDPI Journal's Special Issue "Sustainable Design in Building and Urban Environment."