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

Architizer

Every step toward sustainability, no matter how small, contributes to a larger impact on our environment and communities. A well-lit, clean-air environment is crucial for both health and comfort. 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

Every step toward sustainability, no matter how small, contributes to a larger impact on our environment and communities. A well-lit, clean-air environment is crucial for both health and comfort. Design structural elements and junctions to be bolted rather than welded, which facilitates easier deconstruction and reuse.

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Mansion XĂšN Restaurant, Chengdu, China

e-architect

In Zumthor’s book “Atmospheres: Architectural Environments, Surrounding Objects,” he emphasizes that “atmosphere” is a responsive interaction between the user and the space. The construction of the poetic environment. Life’s flavors are seamlessly integrated into these poetic environments.

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PURE NFTEA Tea House, Shenzhen, China

e-architect

First, the designers utilized the existing conditions by adding beams, which are parallel to the triangle, to the existing columns and creating new decorative columns at the joints. In this way, an asymmetrical yet balanced frame was constructed on the horizontal plane, defining a new space in a deconstructive manner.

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8 Ways Architects Served Up Spectacular Hospitality Spaces in 2022

Architizer

The most exceptional projects have eloquent answers to the multifaceted challenges posed by hospitality environments. In this way, the boundary between the commercial and organic environment is made porous. The project feels minimalist and modern in its approach, yet it’s underpinned by historic techniques.

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Against the Grain: 7 Intricate Interiors That Transform Timber Tectonics

Architizer

Surreal in its proportions, the vaulted communal space is framed by a skeleton of trusses inspired by traditional shipbuilding techniques. To ensure the views remained unimpeded, the innovative scheme utilizes freestanding oak volumes to segment the open-plan interior and form enchanting rooms within a room.

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Celebrating the most outstanding design – 2023 INDE.Awards winners!

Habitus Living

Located on the university campus, it takes the form of an ambiguous landscape wall rather than a typical utility shed. It provides a flexible, welcoming, tertiary level environment that fosters agency, choice and interdisciplinary learning. The Object Proudly partnered by Careers Indesign.

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