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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

Deezen

"Through speculative thinking and material craft, the ASAU faculty and students work to address critical societal issues. Dirt: Making with Contaminated Lands by Ju Huang "My thesis explores dirt in the contemporary world and its place in architecture through a series of ceramic-making exercises.

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Reclaimed Construction: Top Ten Sustainable Building Materials

Habitus Living

Currently, this trend is not quite supported by large-scale supply and some recycled construction materials can be quite costly. Eventually it is entirely likely that building a house with recycled materials will be the industry standard, rendering conventionally manufactured building materials obsolete. Straw Bales.

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Transcending Typology: 6 Ways Architects Are Transforming New Spiritual Spaces

Architizer

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. Architects continue to experiment with light, scale and form to create subversive and surprising sacred structures. Order your copy today.

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Jianli Art Center by GOA

aasarchitecture

The art center features an steel structure system. Lightweight Roof The decentralization and deconstruction strategy endows the architecture with a contemporary spirit, thus creates an iconic cultural image. The deconstructed roof correspond to different functional zones: lobby, preface hall, exhibition hall, and service zone.

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Unemori Architects and Teco Architects create "park-like" health and childcare centre

Deezen

The two studios gutted and converted the first two floors of the eight-storey building using materials including corrugated polycarbonate, wood, and textile mesh to give the space a more tactile feel. The architects choose materials to underline the building's structure. Structural engineers: Design Office MOMI.

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Kaiserstraße Apartments, Blumenau, Brazil

e-architect

Materials navigate from exposed concrete to a natural aesthetic, connected to nature. The structure unfolds in different geometric shapes in a way that compresses and contorts along its height. The result is a mixture of unique typologies, translated into spacious terraces with an overview of the city.

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“God Is in the Details”: 7 Architectural Moments to Make Mies Proud

Architizer

The son of a master mason and stonecutter, Mies appreciated the power and beauty of materials; this reverence was an essential aspect of his stripped-down aesthetic, bound as it was to his equally famous dictum, “Less is more.” The project began with the careful deconstruction of administrative buildings that pre-existed on the site.