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Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad?

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That task, the upholsterer told me, would run me several times more than the couch was originally worth, and, owing to its construction, it was now worth nowhere near its sale price. All the suppliers to the industry have been here for a hundred years," says Houston. This innovation opened up new avenues for penny-pinching.

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Let's build toward a circular economy

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Eric Corey Freed University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Laboratories Modular Building Architects Adaptive Reuse Energy-Efficient Design Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction If someone asked you how your marriage was and you said “sustainable,” would you be proud of that answer?

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Let's build towards a circular economy

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Eric Corey Feed University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Laboratories Modular Building Architects Adaptive Reuse Energy-Efficient Design Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction If someone asked you how your marriage was and you said “sustainable,” would you be proud of that answer?

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

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They include the reintroduction of alvars as a landscape strategy extending from aggregate infill, an industrial remediation for obsolete water treatment reservoirs, and the in-situ repair of concrete bents supporting the Gardiner Expressway. The building's frame offers clues of its construction to the public.

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Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 winner: Lesia Topolnyk

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Lesia Topolnyk uses narrative and construction techniques to deconstruct this relationship in her dark, oppressive design. She argues that trauma processing and reconstruction in such a place can take place only after such a deconstruction, and that architecture can mediate in this. SAWA Buildng Construction News.

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Architects’ Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

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From maximizing energy efficiency to choosing sustainable materials and ensuring ethical construction practices, these strategies are designed to help professionals make the most of available resources. Design structural elements and junctions to be bolted rather than welded, which facilitates easier deconstruction and reuse.

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"Deconstructivism started well over a century ago and still continues today"

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Read: Deconstructivist architecture "challenges the very values of harmony, unity and stability" Questioning Euclid effectively doubted the whole construct of space ordered by perspective and the grid, doubting the realism and rationality coming down from classical times, the renaissance and the enlightenment.