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Clayco and SOM to design major EV manufacturing plant for Rivian in Georgia

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Clayco and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have been selected by electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian to construct a “state-of-the-art EV manufacturing plant” in Stanton Springs, Georgia. ” The plant is expected to begin vehicle production in 2026.

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Researchers develop autonomous 3D-printing drones inspired by bees

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An international team of researchers from Imperial College London and the Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and Technology have developed autonomous, bee-inspired 3D-printing drones. The drones, collectively, are known as Aerial Additive Manufacturing (Aerial-AM).

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ETH Zurich researcher develops 3D printed insulation foam using recycled materials

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Working within the institution’s Digital Building Technologies group led by Professor Benjamin Dillenburger, Bedarf’s project emerged from a doctoral thesis on lightweight insulating construction elements, and how complex shapes could be manufactured with fewer material inputs.

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Nike developing AI model as part of design "step change"

Deezen

Sportswear brand Nike is developing its own generative AI model to design products using its vast bank of athlete data, Dezeen can reveal. It's a little bit of thinking about developing a private garden, of looking at our own datasets that are exclusive to Nike – so performance data from an athlete, from our laboratories, et cetera.

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'Multi-family industry’s first franchising opportunity' seeks visionary architect to develop their housing solution

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The successful candidate will join Vessel’s team in New York City, where they will work on the design, manufacturing, and development of apartment buildings produced by Vessel’s patented system.

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nFrontier develops human-robot manufacturing process for sound-absorbing panels

designboom

we started the project to develop a novel workflow, where tactile robots and humans perform a set of tasks in a truly collaborative manner,' says nFrontier CEO daniel büning. . The post nFrontier develops human-robot manufacturing process for sound-absorbing panels appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

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5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s