ArchDaily

MAY 20, 2024

Courtesy of Ilia Salek A cornerstone of architectural innovation for centuries, concrete has transformed the structural capabilities of buildings worldwide. As one of the more versatile and durable building materials, concrete has aided architects and engineers in pushing the traditional boundaries of design. Read more »

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Image © Valerie Bennett Timber has been a popular source of construction material for thousands of years. Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and applied in products, furniture, and architecture.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

Created by the Digital Structures research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), the five-step approach has already been used to install a demonstration structure on the university's campus, with a larger pavilion now in the works. Read: Ten materials that store carbon and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "If

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The Architecture Designs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. Type of Structure. Several factors determine which professional to hire, and we will look at them below. source: pinterest.com.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

The University of Virginia (UVA) campus has become the showground for an array of creative structures built from natural materials. Penn State assistant architecture professor Benay Gürsoy Toykoç designed structures made from mycelium blocks. “It is both old-school and new-school,” MacDonald said.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. The Makers' KUbe is conceived as a showcase in timber tectonics, traditional joinery, robotic manufacturing and sustainable materials."

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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 The structural use of stone is not new," said Blasi.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

© Alison Brooks Timber is a natural, renewable material, easy to fabricate, and with low-carbon emissions. As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is structurally unstable, so deemed unsuitable under higher loads. So what’s new?

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Studio Bark developed the Shingles project to find structural uses for otherwise unusable bits of timber Spindles began when the studio was hired to build a family home on a wooded site in Buckinghamshire in the southeast of England. "We It was very dead." "We We were there in midsummer.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 series, which is investigating the potential of the material as a viable, low-carbon, modern structural material.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator Aurore Baulier calls on architects to embrace stone 's natural qualities and reintroduce the material into their toolkits in this Stone Age 2.0 Swapping traditional materials – or materials that are traditional now – for stone can be done."

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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. The only difference is that it uses a recycled instead of a virgin fossil feedstock.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places. Bridges are both physical and metaphorical.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

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 19-story structure uses a closed-loop geothermal heating system and has solar panels as well as an optimized shading system provided by its louvres.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers have invented a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material. Two-dimensional molecular structure gives polymer super-strength. Impermeability adds to usefulness of material. It has very unusual properties.".

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ArchDaily

MARCH 21, 2024

Image © French + Tye The main role of architecture is to create structures that protect us from the environment and create spaces that are safe and comfortable for all types of needs and activities. Bradbury Works - [Y/N] Studio. By providing shelter, architecture also shapes the way people interact with their surroundings. Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The material, once seemingly forgotten by modernity, has resurged with full force, facing significant challenges but also revealing promising opportunities. Due to technological advancements and research into the limits and possibilities of this material, there has been a significant leap in the development of wood in construction.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Artist Janet Echelman has been honored with two international architecture and engineering awards for her work. The Boston Society of Architects’ Harleston Parker Medal is the society’s higher architectural award.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2024

Cobe is joining fellow Danish architecture firms Dorte Mandrup , Tegnestuen Vandkunsten , and JAJA , alongside Sweco engineers, to deliver a new mixed-use residential district in Copenhagen’s South Harbor.

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Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The construction industry is undergoing a transformative phase thanks to breakthroughs in material science. Advanced construction materials are revolutionizing the way we build, offering enhanced durability, sustainability, and efficiency. From self-healing concrete to smart materials, the possibilities seem limitless.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the Burnet Road Offices Dating to 1961, the complex, which consists of three semi-connected structures, had served a range of functions over the years. The material palette includes maple flooring and premium drywall. That space won multiple design awards, but it no longer met the firm's needs. "As

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The studio described the building's material palette as industrial, chosen to evoke the site's industrial history. It's hugely demanding in terms of what we are asking from services and structure." It's hugely demanding in terms of what we are asking from services and structure."

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The 215-square-foot addition utilizes the sustainable material as cladding that matches the neighborhood’s brick and as a non-toxic insulation. Sustainable material choices and low U-values were chosen throughout for all new elements, including triple glazing throughout by Ecovia. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

North Carolina firm Plantd Materials has developed a material consisting of processed perennial grasses that it says will be lighter and stronger than traditional timber boards while capturing more carbon. Plantd Materials created a set of machinery that uses heat and pressure to press shredded grass into panels.

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Dwell

APRIL 26, 2024

The honest expression of form and materiality has been lovingly detailed and designed. All exposed timber is recycled hardwood, much of it salvaged from the original structure, regretfully demolished due to extensive flood and termite damage. Have one to share? Post it here. The river, in all its moods, is omnipresent.

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Architizer

JANUARY 4, 2023

The building involves several unique approaches to sustainability (dowel-laminated timber structure, novel bio-materials, data-driven design with life-cycle analysis), with each approach meant to be re-usable and to act as a lever in creating create maximum impact on future projects—in both the aviation industry and the AEC industry.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The T850 , T950 and XL 3800 plotters were created specifically for the architecture , engineering and construction industries to print technical drawings, plans, maps and renders. Following a similar structure, the T950 printer features a fixed-sheet organiser and comes in a white and grey colourway.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Cortesia de Kryton Concrete, second only to water, is the most consumed material worldwide due to its structural strength, ease of handling, and versatility. However, even this resilient material can deteriorate over time, necessitating maintenance or, in severe cases, demolition. Read more »

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The new technology, a microporous glass coating, can lower the temperature of the material beneath it by 3.5 The technology was developed by a research team at the University of Maryland , led by Distinguished University Professor Liangbing Hu in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It Although Ridley and his team at Architecture for London carried out extensive renovation work they aimed to using natural materials and only make sustainably minded interventions. Structural engineer: Architecture for London.

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The Architecture Designs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The use of the best materials is often a guarantee of a high-quality product. This is especially important wherever the safety of people around depends on the quality of the structure. For this reason, materials with specific characteristics are used in machines designed to perform particularly heavy-duty work.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

New Affiiliates has repurposed an architectural mockup for a garden shed structure Architectural models are used in many large construction projects for design review. New Affiliates and Steward Halevy saw an opportunity to try and use these models to replace public structures in Queens, which they noticed were often in disrepair.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

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