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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

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The concrete base – formed with wooden boards salvaged from the site – serves as a protective box for over 80,000 volumes stored in the ground-floor library. The quincha walls reuse soil and adobe from the site and use more straw to lighten and insulate the material.

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

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Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. As a result of this process, we designed a fleet where each kiosk is unique, tailored to the history, nuances and demographics of its respective site within the parks. © Mizzi Studio.

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Sculptural house in India resembles "snake curling up under a rock"

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Living spaces snake around trees and rocks at the Chuzhi house , which architecture studio Wallmakers has created on an overlooked site in the village of Shoolagiri, India. The spiralling home is partly embedded in a steep and rocky site that had previously been overlooked as a "waste space" and considered unsuitable for a building.

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AI: Coming to a Job Site Near You

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Several applications are already applying AI this way, with benefits ranging from improved job site safety monitoring to heading off potential material shortages. Examples of AI in Construction AI is capable of myriad applications of which we will list but a few.

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Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London

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Tikari Works crafted the project, named A Room Around a Tree, to have a minimal impact on the woodland setting while accommodating a versatile internal space and adjoining terrace for the client's family.

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Dean Dyson Architects uses perforated brickwork to create "private oasis" for Melbourne home

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Named Cloud House, the five-bedroom home in the suburb of Malvern, occupies a long, narrow site that is surrounded by neighbouring properties. Our clients live a very minimal lifestyle – we wanted to replicate this feeling of simplicity, ease, earthiness and minimalism in their home," said Dyson.

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Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home

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Named Karai, the house was created as a weekend retreat for its clients on a coastal site surrounded by fields that lead directly onto a nearby beach in the coastal town of Kuvathur. The photography is by Yash R Jain.