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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. The initial eight kiosks were clad in hand ‘steam-bent’ English oak timber, developed in collaboration with British designer and maker Tom Raffield. © Mizzi Studio. © Mizzi Studio.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

By Stephen Zacks An old industrial site in 2020, before the construction of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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AI: Coming to a Job Site Near You

Santa Cruz Architect

For instance, a machine learning program may track and evaluate progress in foundation excavation operations to provide early identification of scheduling risks. Several applications are already applying AI this way, with benefits ranging from improved job site safety monitoring to heading off potential material shortages.

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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 – the tower of the Virgin Mary – all "while remaining true to Gaudi's vision". "The All the quarrying, shaping and assembly of stone can be done by electric machines powered by renewables."

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General Architecture Collaborative works with Rwandan village to build community centre

Deezen

Stone foundations, locally-fired clay bricks and screens of bark and grass were all used in a process of training 390 builders from the nearby village in "sustainable and durable" construction techniques, aiming to have a long-lasting impact on the area. GAC has been working for over a decade with communities in rural Rwanda.

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Seven architecture summer schools and online short courses

Deezen

Dezeen Courses: interested in learning more about architecture and developing your design skills this summer? Check out seven short courses taking place in the UK , Austria , Slovenia and online.

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Time Space Existence show in Venice spotlights solutions for a planet under pressure

Deezen

In response to climate change, exhibited projects investigate new technologies and construction methods that reduce energy consumption through circular design and develop innovative, organic and recycled building materials. The Norman Foster Foundation (NFF) and Holcim present the Essential Homes Research Project.

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