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

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Verify the sourcing credentials such as certifications for sustainable forestry or responsible mining to ensure that materials do not adversely impact their origin ecosystems. Design structural elements and junctions to be bolted rather than welded, which facilitates easier deconstruction and reuse.

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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

Architizer

Verify the sourcing credentials such as certifications for sustainable forestry or responsible mining to ensure that materials do not adversely impact their origin ecosystems. Design structural elements and junctions to be bolted rather than welded, which facilitates easier deconstruction and reuse.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

This technique works on any large format sheet of paper. Here it is – an unfolded 11″x17″ piece of paper … if your office is anything like mine, you have thousands of these laying about your space. Graphic Standards - Part 2 Deconstruction versus. ″ x 11″ sized piece of paper.