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University of Seville architecture professor develops new mathematical concept that can impact 'engineering and construction of buildings'

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During the construction of the university’s new engineering building, Cabeza-Lainez found that calculating the area of a roof with straight lines resting on a semicircle was impossible just by using pi. Published research can be found in MDPI Journal's Special Issue "Sustainable Design in Building and Urban Environment."

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UK's "most sustainable" neighbourhood the Phoenix receives planning approval

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Development company Human Nature has received planning approval to transform a former industrial site in Lewes into a sustainable 685-home neighbourhood that will be the UK's largest made from timber. The Phoenix aims to provide sustainable housing to people with a range of income brackets.

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LOLA Landscape Architects tapped as designers for mixed-use Hartree development in Cambridge

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Rotterdam -based LOLA Landscape Architects has been selected by developers Landsec U+I and TOWN to design the new 48-hectare Hartree development, a mixed-use neighborhood in Cambridge , United Kingdom. The masterplan for the urban quarter development was designed by Swedish practice Kjellander Sjöberg Architects.

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UVA researchers develop 3D-printed structures made of soil and seeds

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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.

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OMA and Circlewood develop adaptable modular wood system to build schools in Amsterdam

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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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Buro Happold enlisted by USC to devise sustainable design guidelines

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The firm was selected through a competitive process to develop new sustainable design guidelines for the university. The firm will be supported by consulting partners Perkins&Will , construction engineering company Psomas, along with AHBE | MIG and David Neuman of Neu Campus Planning.

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American University in Cairo students develop self-luminous concrete that can glow in the dark

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A quartet of undergraduate engineering students at the American University in Cairo has developed self-luminescent concrete they say is a possible offset to the material’s poor environmental performance. An AUC engineering student holds up a sample of her team's work. Image courtesy The American University in Cairo.

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