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Riley Hooker creates inflatable seating informed by "slime mold" for collective gathering

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During this year's NYCxDesign festival, local designer Riley Hooker has created a modular and twisting inflatable seating system informed by "slime mold" meant to acts as a gathering place in times of "crisis". Hooker worked with Meehan to create the forms based on a previous project the pair conceived in 2020.

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"Ancient glacial landscapes" inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw

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The hybrid shell-arch bridge structure features self-anchoring, curved-tied arches that create dramatic visual movement while maximizing material efficiency and costs," he added. The post "Ancient glacial landscapes" inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw appeared first on Dezeen.

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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

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Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. The photography is by Lara Swimmer / Esto unless stated otherwise.

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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

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Its design was informed by surrounding farm structures "How might we use the qualities of these decaying yet compelling utilitarian buildings as the jumping off point for a modern wine country design?" Inside, one finds bright rooms, a neutral colour palette and earthy materials.

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Twelve materially striking university buildings from Dezeen's Pinterest

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This roundup features distinctive university buildings from across the globe that use a variety of different textures, colours and unusual materials to stand out. The geological work which takes place within the building informed its design. Scroll down to see seven projects from our university buildings board on Pinterest.

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

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Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 Stone has become a luxury cladding material, whether used as a rainscreen, or as floor tiling," Carfrae told Dezeen. "We

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

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The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI -powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. First, there is the material cloud, which gathers over one million data points related to the environmental impact of different materials.

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