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MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects designs the installation “Città Miniera: Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” for Milan Design Week 2024

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Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” [“The City as a Resource to be Mined. The installation tackles the theme of the city of the future from a regeneration perspective in which the space, inhabited by humans, is no longer seen as something that takes away from nature but, on the contrary, draws inspiration from it and regenerates itself.

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Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California

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A team of architects and researchers have successfully tested a 10-storey mass-timber tower for earthquake resilience At 112 feet tall (34 metres), it is the tallest building ever to be tested on a shake table and involved hundreds of specialists from academia, construction, architecture and materials industries.

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

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From maximizing energy efficiency to choosing sustainable materials and ensuring ethical construction practices, these strategies are designed to help professionals make the most of available resources. Strategically placed windows and ventilation promote natural airflow, minimizing the need for mechanical cooling and heating systems.

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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

Architizer

From maximizing energy efficiency to choosing sustainable materials and ensuring ethical construction practices, these strategies are designed to help professionals make the most of available resources. Strategically placed windows and ventilation promote natural airflow, minimizing the need for mechanical cooling and heating systems.

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OUMEI Ceramics Headquarters by FOSHAN TOPWAY DESIGN

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A gift from the wonderful nature, rocks are quarried from mines and transformed into various construction materials and ornamental components through cutting and polishing. As time passes, these unique stone cliffs become a unique landscape, like masterpieces co-created by men and nature.

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Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo by CCD

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Scars left by time With sun rising, mists clearing, mountains growing and water dropping, every interaction between man and nature would leave marks, some of which have become the evidence of great civilization while others may become “scars” on the land that cannot be ignored. Life originates from nature.