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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. All are made from sustainable timber, barring the flagship Horseshoe Kiosk, which is clad in tubular brass, mirroring the ornate metals of the nearby Queen Victoria Memorial.

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

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His team was invited by La Sagrada Familia Foundation to help speed up the construction and reduce the weight of one of its many colossal elements – the tower of the Virgin Mary – all "while remaining true to Gaudi's vision". "The The industry won't transform overnight, or even in a decade, but we can still make a start."

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The Public Housing Crisis in Tourist Destinations: Barcelona as a Case Study

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In other words, when cities are unsuccessful at creating more affordable sustainable housing, quite often it is not so much because we don’t know how to design it, but rather the blame can be pointed at financial models and potential investors’ lack of interest in projects that they might not consider lucrative.

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Luminaries: 8 of the World’s Top Lighting Design Firms

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They are recognized for their innovative, sustainable and comprehensive lighting design services that have played a part in revolutionizing the industry. HLB’s approach to lighting design is rooted in a product development process that includes extensive research, concept development, and launch.

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Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

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To celebrate Earth Day we've compiled a list of 50 people who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. He was featured in Circular Design for Fashion , a book aimed at helping the fashion industry become more circular published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Alexandra Hagen, CEO of White Arkitekter.

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The Arcology Revolution: Building the Cities of Tomorrow

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This is the vision of arcology, a concept that combines architecture and ecology with the goal of creating self-sustaining, high-density urban environments that will help navigate humanity through the current climate, population and resource challenges we are currently facing.

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Iceland Aurora Station by CAA Architects

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Inspired by the unique geographical location and natural environment, the design concept of “ice and Fire” is adopted to create a two-way link between architecture and natural ecology and achieve harmonious coexistence between human and nature. Image © CAA Architects. Image © CAA Architects.