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Grouting for buildings: All you need to know! (+demo videos)

Building and Interiors

Why does it happen that newly constructed buildings develop problems of seepage, loose joints, or cracks over time? Building construction remains an extremely complex and challenging task. Building construction remains an extremely complex and challenging task. This mixture is used in filling gaps during construction.

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New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions

Deezen

A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint. Demo shows minimum 60 per cent reduction in emissions.

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MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

Deezen

Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's Digital Structures group has built a demo structure using tree forks as joints.

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When preserving a historic building shouldn't be called hardship

Community Architect Daily

Given the success of preserving history it is surprising how often developers buy old buildings in historic districts and then try to bail out when it comes to fixing them up. Exhibit two is the CenterPoint in Baltimore's old retail district "Market Center", constructed in tandem with the Hippodrome which was a great adaptive reuse project.

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Metro Reports: Benson High School, DoveLewis, SE 6th & Alder, and more

Next Portland

Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. Early Assistance has been requested for a project at 2700 SE Tacoma St : Construction of a new 4-story, self storage facility, totaling approximately 173,000 square feet.

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Lee Yuen Housewares Showroom | Studio X

ArchiDiaries

Studio X has completed a new product showroom for leading kitchen equipment product developer Lee Yuen. The space also features a working kitchen, demo area, meeting rooms and a new product gallery. The project involved a strategic reorganisation of a 5000 SKU product catalogue to maximise an existing warehouse space usage.

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Event: Parametric Modulations LONDON - Rhino+Grasshopper3d+Maya

Bustler

Studio work will be focusing on modulation of geometry and iterative form using Parametric Design methods that will lead to explorations of spatial geometries that can be articulated as architectural constructs or abstract artistic interventions. Event Date: Sep 23, 2022 - Sep 25, 2022; Event City: London PARAMETRIC MODULATIONS_V2.0

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