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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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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. The initial eight kiosks were clad in hand ‘steam-bent’ English oak timber, developed in collaboration with British designer and maker Tom Raffield. © Mizzi Studio. © Mizzi Studio.

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How to Be a Better Architect: A Residential Architect’s Perspective

Aric Gitomer Architect

Years’ worth of study , design development, software skills, and sleepless nights might have made you the architect you are today. It keeps me on my toes to be better for myself and to do better for my clients. Over the years, I have learned new skills, advanced in my design techniques, and bettered each project I undertake.

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Peter Markos models timber Monocoque Cabin on world war two fighter plane

Deezen

The timber cabin is wrapped by an external skin clad with cedar shingles "The idea behind the Monocoque Cabin was inspired by the construction techniques used in the aerospace and automotive industries, which are renowned for their efficient material utilization," Markos told Dezeen. metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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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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Ateno lines subway station in "continuous waves" of red concrete panels in China

Deezen

Many red brick Cuo (traditional village houses south of Fujian province in China) have been erased in the urban development, and there is no memory of it." Project credits: Architectural, interior & landscape design: Ateno Client: Xiamen Donghua Haitian Investment Co Ltd. The photography is by Sui Sicong.

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CCA runs arched colonnade through community centre in Mexico

Deezen

The 13,350-square foot (1,240-square metre) Community Development Center (CDC) was completed in 2022 near the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico. This collaborative approach with the local builders incorporated traditional woodworking techniques, minimizing formwork waste and optimizing material costs," said the studio.

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