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Lend Lease's mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia

Deezen

Forté "lower impact" despite timber transportation The building was the second apartment block in Australia to achieve a 5 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. Following the building's completion, regulations were changed to allow mass-timber structures to be constructed easier.

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Unknown Untitled proposes an electric scooter sharing system for Paris that avoids cluttering the streets

Deezen

Called Micro Mobility Shelter, Unknown Untitled 's concept aims to bring together public transportation and micro mobility solutions in a cohesive scheme to declutter sidewalks and "improve the way micro mobility vehicles are charged, parked and dispatched.". It caused nuisance to residents, workers and tourists.

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Towers instead of Pavilions: An entirely different Inner Harbor

Community Architect Daily

His suggested design concept breaks all rules that are currently in place and guided the design of the area since its inception 50 some years ago. The design breaks the current 50' height limit by a factor of 6 or more and introduces residential use to zoning regulations that allow only public and commercial uses.

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Discover design utopias with Saturday Indesign and The Project

Habitus Living

As if you needed any other reason to attend the industry’s most loved event, this year’s theme will have you transported into a fantasy unlike any other, with installations, activations and exhibitions taking you from the streets and showrooms of Melbourne into a world of imagination.

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Natural Architecture: 7 Landmark Builds Making Landscape the Star Attraction

Architizer

Architizer’s own series on Sustainable Practice is a case in point, as are myriad international and national regulations being introduced to try and force more ecological responsibility in the industry. Biodiversity, net zero and ‘nature-positivity’ increasingly direct conversations around the built environment.

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Biophilia 2.0: Fantastical New Buildings Fusing Form and Foliage

Architizer

Biophilic design is a toolkit that can help reduce carbon emissions, as well as proposing natural solutions for improving air quality, regulating ventilation, temperature and noise and managing stormwater. A waterfall cascades down from the third floor, the meditative rush transporting commuters beyond the humdrum of the nine-to-five.

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How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design

Deezen

Kirsty Dias, managing director at transport-specialising design agency PriestmanGoode , believes this cautious approach to design is a function of manufacturers attempting to encourage the car-driving public to switch to EVs. Part of that is down to safety regulations, which mandate certain features, but aerodynamics is another major factor.