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Loader Monteith and Studio SJM create woodland school in Scotland

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The vocational spaces have been designed to mimic workshop or creative environments to familiarise the students with potential types of future workplaces," they added. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Buro Happold pledges to eliminate embodied carbon in projects as part of SE 2050 commitment

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Engineering firm Buro Happold has become the latest signatory to the SE 2050 Commitment Program, which unites structural engineering firms behind the common goal to slash embodied carbon emissions from their projects by 2050. As structural engineers, we are more able to influence embodied carbon, so that is the focus for us.".

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This Rammed Earth Home in Remote New Zealand Has Some Sizzling Fireplace Moments

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Project Details: Location: Ophir, Central Otago, New Zealand Architect: NOTT Architects Builder: Down to Earth Builders and Shamrock Builders Structural Engineer: Paula Hugens Photographer: Biddi Rowley / @ biddirowley From the Architect: " We worked closely with the clients to form a raw house for a raw landscape.

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Arsenit nestles one-legged "treehouse" in Estonian pine forest

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"Using steel as the load-bearing truss-like-carcass minimised the building size – important for transporting modules – helped achieve a cantilevered structure, resulted in a system of modules for quick assembly on site, and could be done by the client, a metal manufacturer, in-house," Timofejev explained. "At

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Greenpoint’s New Library Connects Community, Education, and the Environment

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Steel was chosen as the primary structural system to utilize recycled materials. A healthy interior environment was achieved through careful selection of low-emitting adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, carpets, and composite wood products. © Marble Fairbanks How have your clients responded to the finished project?

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We the studio said. "By

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Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

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It has a copper-clad outdoor staircase "All have been developed with a constant concern for equity, accessibility, and inclusion, for access to a healthy, efficient, and sustainable environment," said Ædifica. The photography is by David Boyer.

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