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A University of Arkansas researcher's quest to create stronger and lighter structures using kirigami-based design

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Structural tests later showed that an individual tile made this way, and rendered in steel, can bear more than a thousand times its own weight. Baker began her research into lightweight and sturdy Spin-Valence structures as an architecture graduate student at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Baker named her creation Spin-Valence.

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NEOM debuts new Epicon coastal resort and hotel concept

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Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project has announced another new coastal resort concept located on the country’s Gulf of Aqaba. Image courtesy NEOM The 41-key hotel design with 14 apartment units offers twin-tower blocks connected via an elevated platform defined by exposed structural beams extending out in either direction.

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Reframing the Concept of Building Envelope Through Minimalist Windows

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Image Courtesy of Vitrocsa When we talk about the building envelope , we often make the analogy of a skin that protects and wraps the structure, creating a transition in the physical environment. Turnable corner - Maison CL - Benoît Lloze architecte & Alexandre Hordé Architectes - Florent Jalon Photographie.

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SGA designs concept for ‘New England’s first all-timber frame laboratory development’

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Taking an urban site in one of Boston’s leading life sciences clusters as a test case, the team believes their concept offers “the true potential for the first mass timber research development in New England.”

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Holcim and Zaha Hadid Architects team debuts second 3D printed concrete bridge concept

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Zaha Hadid Architects has released details of a second collaborative effort with Holcim on a 3D printed bridge concept that was first debuted as part of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. Its proponents are now citing it as a milestone for the design industry’s quest to develop low-carbon structural solutions at different scales.

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EV charging station concept wins the American Institute of Steel Construction's 2023 Forge Prize

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A new concept for an EV charging station has won the American Institute of Steel Construction ’s 2023 Forge Prize at a special live-streamed event held Thursday, March 30th, in Chicago.

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Kirigami-inspired shade structure wins the 2024 Forge Prize for innovation in steel architecture

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The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected a shade structure concept situated in rural Arkansas as the grand prize winner of the $10,000 Forge Prize for 2024. Mile Zero, as the winning project is called, is designed to double as a hiking trail marker for the Razorback Greenway in Northwest Arkansas.

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