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Deconstruction of building made of alternative concrete resulted in just two buckets of waste

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A 700-square-foot showroom and model home displaying Nexii’s building technology was constructed in 2019 near Vancouver to prove the buildability of the new material, which has far lower emissions than conventional concrete.

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New York Institute of Technology spotlights seven fabrication and robotics projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a 3D printed panel made from wood and clay that is filled in with hempcrete is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology. Clay 3D printing is the primary technology explored in addition to wood as a structural component and hempcrete as a finish texture.

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10 Danish designs made from new technologies and traditional crafts

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Organised by Copenhagen Design Agency (CDA), The Mindcraft Project is an annual digital exhibition highlighting the explorative work of Danish designers who combine new technologies and traditional craft techniques in their design process. Repeated blackened Douglas pine planks come together to form the Maestro chair by Rasmus B.

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Woo Architects reveals demountable UK Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka

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The UK Pavilion will be defined by a 10-by-10-metre structural grid, which can be easily deconstructed and moved to a different location following the event in Japan next year. Menawhile, the roofs are being developed to accommodate renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind.

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

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"The experiments have created a new sensory order from which a tectonic expression of architecture rooted in a particular place is created – a process that trespasses the taboos of the contaminated and embraces the uncertainties contained in land in the technological age of the Anthropocene."

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Deconstructivist architecture "challenges the very values of harmony, unity and stability"

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But the emergence of deconstructivism – an ungainly portmanteau of the mid-to-late twentieth-century philosophical movement, deconstruction, and 1920s Russian constructivism – suggested that the avant-garde's demise may have been exaggerated. The seminal Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition was held at the MoMA.

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Foster + Partners unveils Saudi Arabia pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka

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Audio-visual installations will also feature in the pavilion Foster + Partners has said its material choices for the pavilion will be "low-carbon" ones, such as stone, and it will be designed for deconstruction and reuse. The design is also expected to incorporate rainwater recycling and photovoltaic technologies that generate electricity.