Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of our review of 2023 , Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of this year's most significant material innovations , including bricks made from toxic soil and a 3D printer for wool.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Courtesy of Geberit Even the most mundane elements of everyday life have undergone remarkable developments throughout the years, especially when it comes to practicality, efficiency, and sustainability.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A grape-based leather alternative and sequins made from tree cellulose are among 15 material innovations on show as part of fashion house Stella McCartney 's exhibition at the COP28 climate conference. The fashion industry accounts for eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions," McCartney said. "We

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ArchDaily

JUNE 27, 2023

Image © Hörður Sveinsson The purpose of innovation is to promote positive change and progress in various aspects of life. This involves creating, developing and implementing new ideas, methods, products, or processes that improve existing ones or introduce completely new concepts. Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The competition tasked participants to develop designs for an off-grid, modular structure that could accommodate a hypothetical young professional couple. Participants were encouraged to rethink spatial organization and incorporate unique aesthetics, new technologies, and innovative materials.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Thus, the relationship between furniture and space becomes a constant dialogue in which design, aesthetics, and materials contribute their dimension. Today, furniture should not be limited solely to fulfilling an aesthetic and functional role, but should also have a purpose in the context of contemporary design and sustainable development.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CPC's innovative approach to concrete panel production reduces material usage by 75% and minimizes the carbon footprint of concrete production.

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Deezen

JUNE 11, 2024

British studios Foster + Partners and NEON have created pavilions made from building materials, including ducting and recycled scaffolding, for this year's London Festival of Architecture. The post Foster + Partners and NEON create colourful pavilions from "everyday" building materials appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

JUNE 10, 2022

Prometheus Materials , a Colorado-based developer of zero-carbon building materials, has announced the securing of $8 million in funding from investors including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , The Autodesk Foundation , and the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. Prometheus President, CEO, and Co-Founder Loren Burnett.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Yet while embracing the promise of the present, how can designers also make sure they are protecting the people and planet of the future?</p>

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ArchDaily

JUNE 2, 2024

Community Productive Development Center Las Tejedoras / Natura Futura Arquitectura + Juan Carlos Bamba. Their innovative explorations, driven by risk-taking, emerge from a deep emotional connection and thorough understanding of their context. They draw inspiration from local elements like geography , materials and available resources.

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Hotel Designs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Since 2018 Trendease International has been scouting talent from around the world for the Surface Design Show and we are excited to bring the next selection of innovative minds to showcase at the Business Design Centre in February,” commented Jennifer Castoldi CEO and Chief Creative Director, Trendease International.

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Archinect

MAY 12, 2023

OMA , along with Circlewood, a coalition of architects, engineers, builders, and researchers, have developed a modular wood system to build a variety of schools in Amsterdam. This project aims to support the city’s goal to halve the use of primary raw materials by 2030 and become fully circular by 2050.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The new Darwin Bridges makeover represents the first instance of Ground Glass Pozzolan (GGP), a recycled glass product developed with researchers from the Université de Sherbrooke and the City of Montreal, being used in an architectural design worldwide.

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Architizer

JUNE 10, 2024

Hybrid construction materials and techniques might be the beacon of hope in a construction industry riddled with carbon-intensive practices and logistical challenges. Traditional construction methods and materials fall short of meeting the rigorous standards of eco-consciousness.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

3D printing company ICON has been awarded funding by NASA to develop lunar surface construction systems. Image credit: ICON The technology system, which ICON names Olympus, seeks to primarily use local Lunar and Martian resources as building materials. ” Concept render of ICON's proposed system.

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The Architecture Designs

APRIL 25, 2023

Introduction The high-quality mold manufacturing industry has experienced significant advancements in recent years, driven by the rapid development of material technologies. These innovations have led to more efficient production processes, better performance, and longer lifespans of molds.

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Archinect

JULY 29, 2022

A research team out of the University of Virginia (UVA) has developed a new innovative and sustainable approach to building that utilizes the power of 3D printing to create structures made of soil implanted with seeds. This method breaks away from the ty.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Environmental awareness has become one of the fundamental drivers for innovation in architecture. There are currently thousands of groundbreaking products in development that have been conceived by the minds of radical thinkers, each to help architects and designers make better choices for the planet.

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MLL Atelier

JUNE 26, 2023

Why Innovation Matters Innovation is a crucial factor in advancing society forward. The concept of difference-in-degree and difference-in-kind illustrates the two forms of innovation. The latter, also known as disruptive innovation, can completely revolutionize an industry or society.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Image © Helene Sandberg Seratech's technology , developed by Sam Draper and Barney Shanks, eliminates the CO₂ footprint of concrete and reduces carbon emissions in construction. This innovative process uses silica, a waste product from flue gases, as a carbon-negative cement replacement in concrete. Read more »

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Located within the newly established Hagastaden neighbourhood and growing science district, the development by 3XN serves as the "heart" of the area with the aim of "bringing together industry, research, academia and the public under one roof", the studio said. The photography is by Marcus Stork.

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Architizer

MAY 21, 2024

The examination of repurposing the roof materials from the Montréal Olympic Stadium in the recently published article on the Olympic construction dilemma , has prompted me to explore the broader implications of recycling construction waste. The judging process for Architizer's 12th Annual A+Awards is now away.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2024

By making it easier to identify textiles that have a greater positive impact on people and planet, FranklinTill hopes to enable a shift towards regenerative materials. "We We can only move towards a regenerative approach to textiles by understanding the full lifecycle of our materials," said co-founder FranklinTill Caroline Till. "As

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

to create a low-carbon materials charter for these spaces that includes lighting and street furniture. The lights are made with reclaimed scaffolding poles "We had to persuade policymakers and local authorities that these reused lampposts represented future aesthetics and strong sustainable development policies," Studio 5.5

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

For a renovation and expansion of the Design Museum Gent, an innovative new recycling process is turning old bits of broken concrete and glass into the bricks that will cover the museum’s exterior. This approach utilizes local materials rather than extracting clay or importing mass-produced bricks from elsewhere.

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Archinect

AUGUST 25, 2022

Engineers at RMIT University have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste. [.] Three separate materials were shredded and then mixed into concrete at rates between 0.1

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Habitus Living

MARCH 16, 2022

Steel Profile magazine enters its fourth decade with renewed vitality, with a refreshed design and additional content developed from recent reader feedback. Issue 132 continues this tradition by celebrating the best recent architectural examples using this quintessentially Australian material. Arts West, University of Melbourne.

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Architizer

MAY 2, 2022

Among architects and builders, Cosentino surfaces are known to be innovative and high-quality, but one should also add visionary and socially conscious to the list of descriptors. Indeed, Cosentino has long proven that synthetic materials can be just as elegant and intricate as natural materials. That’s right, zero with a Z.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Courtesy of Locus For decades, our society and the development of our built environment have been strongly associated with intensive extractive processes. While these methods were fundamental to the growth of urban areas, they also laid the groundwork for significant challenges that contemporary generations face today. Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Launched in 1949 on the premise of "pushing recycling in the design industry" by turning industrial textile waste into premium rugs, all of the brand’s products now contain 68 per cent waste material. Bolon's products contain 68 per cent waste material "Recycling is woven into everything we do," Bolon told Dezeen. "In

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The Architecture Designs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s a design philosophy that seeks to minimise the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Beyond solar, innovative heating and cooling systems are being developed to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2023

Named Reset Materials , the exhibition at the Copenhagen-based gallery contains a showcase of architectural fragments made from 10 different low-carbon materials, including earth, biocement, mycelium, silicon and straw. The aim, according to Muhr, was not to champion individual materials, but to show how they might be used together.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2023

Named Block, the wall-mounted toilet was made using a material developed by Woodio founder Petro Lahtinen that is around 80 per cent wood by volume, incorporating locally sourced aspen and offcuts from the Finnish forest industry. Basically we have developed moulds that can handle non-fluid raw materials," Lahtinen said.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

Responding to the theme of ‘Rethinking Home — Adapt and Reuse,’ entrants were asked to create new homes using recycled materials and/or retrofitting existing structures. The 2024 longlist for the £25,000 (USD $31,600) Davidson Prize has been announced for its third edition.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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ArchDaily

MAY 5, 2024

© Marc Goodwin | Expo 2020 Modular construction is a process in which a building is constructed away from its actual site, within controlled factory settings, using identical materials, and adhering to a set of codes and regulations.

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