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Exploring Indigenous Wisdom: A Journey through Architecture Rooted in Tradition and Community

ArchDaily

Vernacular and indigenous practices are emerging as a foundation for architectural reimagining, informing spatial lays, the choice of materials and building techniques while also allowing for the integration of innovation and contemporary expression. Read more ยป

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Sustainable Practice: Is Construction on the Cusp of a Green Cement Revolution?

Architizer

The impact of human development on the world has never been more apparent, but development continues and is gathering pace. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have made a breakthrough in the development of low carbon cement, by University of Cambridge, Materials Processing Institute Some countries have made progress.

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Mizzi Studio Designs 9 Royal Parks Kiosks Using Sustainable Materials and Traditional Craft Techniques

Architizer

Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. All are made from sustainable timber, barring the flagship Horseshoe Kiosk, which is clad in tubular brass, mirroring the ornate metals of the nearby Queen Victoria Memorial.

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From Timeless Materials to High-Tech Hybrids: A New Era in Architecture and Construction

Architizer

Hybrid construction materials and techniques might be the beacon of hope in a construction industry riddled with carbon-intensive practices and logistical challenges. Hybrid construction materials and techniques offer an alternative approach to traditional and modern building materials and methods.

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5 hidden benefits of mass timber design

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Mixed-Use Office Buildings Designers Architects Mass Timber Fire and Life Safety Wood Projects Sustainability Mass timber is a materials and design approach that holds immense potential to transform the future of the commercial building industry, as well as our environment. 100 Rock Row in Westbrook, Maine. Photo courtesy Page 3.

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

Deezen

His team was invited by La Sagrada Familia Foundation to help speed up the construction and reduce the weight of one of its many colossal elements โ€“ the tower of the Virgin Mary โ€“ all "while remaining true to Gaudi's vision". "The The industry won't transform overnight, or even in a decade, but we can still make a start."

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Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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In the last 23 years Lari and The Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, which she founded with her husband, have reacted imaginatively and creatively to the physical and psychological damage that a number of major natural disasters, earthquakes, floods and conflicts have inflicted on the people of Pakistan."