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Deconstruction by Design: How Architects Are Redefining Practice Through Material Reuse

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As the stadium prepares to dismantle its roof, an international competition invites architects and students to explore this forward-thinking approach’s potential benefits and challenges in shaping sustainable practices within the architectural domain. The competition brief called for the design of a new plant shop, fruit and vegetables.

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

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In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

Architizer

In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Previously unrecycleable clothing made into Fibers Unsorted textile

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The Fibers Unsorted project started with development and engineering company Imat-Uve , which began researching methods of deconstructing mixed textiles into usable fibres in 2013, setting out to spin them into yarns that could compete with their predecessors in terms of quality.

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Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials

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Called Deconstructed Home, the exhibition was set up as part of a two-week programme organised by Space10 , a research arm of IKEA. Taking note of the dwindling populations of the melipona, a stingless bee native to Yucatán, Calvillo drew on Mayan apiary techniques used for millennia. Articles of Protection by Taina Campos.

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Six fashion and textile student projects that centre on their materials

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The item was presented beside a receipt that breaks down the true cost of the fashion industry, and is adorned with labels that expose the socio-environmental toll of clothing production – including the manufacturing process and treatment of people who make garments. "As

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Lucerne School of Art and Design presents nine student design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a thermo-electric charger for smartphones and deconstructed wind instruments are featured in Dezeen's latest school show by object design students studying at Lucerne School of Art and Design. David Zuber's work fundamentally questions the meaning of sustainability in relation to skate shoes and their composition.