Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

In an effort to represent the toll plastic waste has on the environment, a group of undergraduate architecture students from the Pratt Institute have constructed a series of inflatable structures that put into physical form the research they say simultaneously demonstrates the potential for its reduction and reuse as a building material.

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designboom

JANUARY 12, 2024

the reception area presents a modular construction, screwless system of furnishing and structuring with an ecological material palette. The post smarin’s reconfigurable cork and wood installation welcomes visitors at villa arson, france appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial has opened with installations focusing on monumentality, race and material innovations on show at sites throughout Chicago. The result was a structure with a roof that was created standing straight up and, after being introduced to air, dried to form a vaulted roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Floating Museum , an art collective and curator for the fifth Chicago Architecture Biennial ( CAB 5 ), collaborated with stakeholders of the iconic, Helmut Jahn-designed structure to array a series of works in the space. The Hygroshell Research Pavilion is a "self-constructing-timber building system".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In collaboration with Colorado-based Prometheus Materials, architecture studio SOM has created a spiral installation made of bio-bricks for the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The ends of the spiral, which form the entrance and the interior wall, were constructed using an offset arrangement that forms undulating walls.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

The designer constructed a 3.5-metre-tall His design includes a jumbo foot Visible from the street, the cartoon-like structure is multifunctional. The mix of materials is "a nod to mid-century modernism with a warped twist," according to Camper. It includes internal storage for products and a small booth that houses the till.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As designers imagine the future of educational buildings, the values and materials of today will inform school environments for decades to come. With priorities around durability, longevity, cost-efficiency, and ease of installation, metal plays a starring role in high-traffic education spaces.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2023

Dezeen Showroom: Alted H01 is a collection of colourful surface tiles made of paper waste, developed by product designer Berta Julià Sala for the Spanish brand Alted Materials. The post Alted H01 tiles by Berta Julià Sala for Alted Materials appeared first on Dezeen. For more details email showroom@dezeen.com.

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Deezen

JULY 27, 2023

Architecture practice Studio Bark has collaborated with artist Michael Pinsky to create the wooden Making A Stand installation, which aims to explore material life cycles and "stand in solidarity with climate protestors". It is set to be repurposed when the installation is deconstructed at the end of the year.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2023

Following this year's Milan design week , Dezeen has highlighted ten standout exhibitions, installations and shows at the Milanese festival, ranging from textiles made from brick to a denim-clad jet plane. It's all the opposite aspects of a brick," said Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

Mass-timber products, such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued laminated timber (glulam), are growing in popularity in architecture as they can offer a low-carbon alternative to commonplace materials including steel and concrete. The 100-metre-tall tower will have a timber core and load-bearing structure.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2023

The installation is titled Momentum. It was constructed using ETFE – a plastic polymer that is often used as an alternative to glass, which was fixed across the surface of the iron frame and used to conceal the interior of the structure. It was constructed using iron and ETFE.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cortesia de SERAPOOL Archaeological findings suggest that the Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro , the "oldest public water tank in the world," was constructed during the 3rd millennium BC. Whether situated indoors or outdoors, these structures represent a fusion of architectural design and landscape. Read more »

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Courtesy of Brick Industry Association Brick is a traditional building material that enhances durability, versatility, and the aesthetic appeal of building design. Traditionally composed of clay, these rectangular-shaped elements are also heavy-duty materials suitable for use in both load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Here are 12 intriguing pavilions and installations from the event. There's no project here that is pinned up drawings – we have quite a few installations, we do have some films, but we also have built projects and built projects that are about experience." "We

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of our review of 2023 , Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of this year's most significant material innovations , including bricks made from toxic soil and a 3D printer for wool. We've essentially figured out a low-energy way to treat a building like a person," said materials engineer Po-Chun Hsu.

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The Architecture Designs

APRIL 18, 2024

This comprehensive guide explores the intricate process of home, floor, and basement construction, offering insights, tips, and recommendations to help you navigate this complex journey successfully. Foundation Construction : The foundation is the backbone of any home, providing support and stability.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2023

Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. The installation covers the exterior of an abandoned market building. We call it a failure on the material experiment.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Taking place on-site for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic , during which it occurred online, Burning Man returned this year with a diverse array of installations. In 2022, many of the installations focused on reused materials, including a luminescent sculpture made from plastic recovered from the ocean.

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BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. What Makes a Sustainable Structure? How Do We Compare Building Materials?

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched New York City Mass Timber Studio, an assistance program for the development of mass-timber construction within New York City. Mass timber encompasses a variety of engineered wood that can be used as a structural building material.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2023

Named Reset Materials , the exhibition at the Copenhagen-based gallery contains a showcase of architectural fragments made from 10 different low-carbon materials, including earth, biocement, mycelium, silicon and straw. The aim, according to Muhr, was not to champion individual materials, but to show how they might be used together.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

Studio Swine modelled the construction of the crate structure in advance, using computer-aided design (CAD) to form the display, which was described as a mountain. Studio Swine created the installation for the American Hardwood Export Council. So we know energy consumption and material inputs.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2023

A plywood -clad building with an oculus in its roof provides space for the B=f(P, E) installation by American interdisciplinary artist Brigitte D'Annibale, located on the Point Dume promontory in Malibu , California. Hanging above the table is a twisting structure taken from roots growing around a tree trunk.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 15, 2023

Image © Marcela Grassi Concrete has enormous resistance to compressive stress, but it is a fragile material in terms of tension, which occurs when forces are applied in opposite directions of a structure, tending to separate the parts. Read more »

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

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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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Swiss designer Fabien Roy has created a temporary circular installation made from spruce wood in the middle of the Swiss countryside for the cycling race Tour de France. As part of the Tour de France cycling race in the Joux Valley, the tourist office wanted to mark the event by setting up an ephemeral installation visible from the sky.".

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2023

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has built a large loom in a university building in Eindhoven that was used to create a nine-metre-tall 3D-woven structure, celebrating the craft and creative potential of weaving machines. Lightness in materials is very valuable.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

as a new construction concept that can change the entire housing and construction industry," says Gerbut, who, before becoming an entrepreneur, was a physicist and industrial designer. "We Like Haus.me’s large mOne and mTwo models, the structure of the microHaus is made from recycled polymers. Get in touch!

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has completed a private gallery for a collector in Chiang Mai , Thailand, featuring an undulating rattan structure designed by an algorithm that weaves its way in and out of the building.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and not-for-profit organisation Bauhaus Earth inserted a series of cross-laminated timber elements into Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 's iconic Barcelona Pavilion to promote the use of wood in construction. Mass is More was an installation at Mies van Der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

US studio OBMI has designed Once Upon a Forest for Dubai Design Week , an installation featuring gently sloping organic shapes that nod to the mangrove forests that characterise parts of the United Arab Emirates. The installation is part of Dubai Design Week. Bamboo and jute were used to create the structure.

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ArchDaily

JULY 4, 2023

These early portable structures were primarily supported by wooden frames and were used by various ancient civilizations, including the Bedouins in the Arabian Peninsula and the Native American tribes in North America.

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Architizer

MARCH 28, 2024

The Crystal Palace , constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, stands as a groundbreaking precursor to modern pavilions, pioneering the concept of lightweight, prefabricated structures. The post Ephemeral Structures, Enduring Ideas: Why Architectural Pavilions Still Matter appeared first on Journal.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2023

In the lead-up to Milan design week , we have rounded up eight residential and hotel interiors in the Italian city that are united by their use of muted colours and diverse materials. The spaces are connected by a white-painted staircase constructed from sheets of folded metal.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

Industrial design students from Muthesius University in Kiel, Germany , have created ten inflatable products including a transparent suitcase and a blow-up seat for an installation called Air Supply at Milan design week. A transparent suitcase is among the ten products in the Air Supply installation.

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