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"Cities are branding themselves into predictably unique products"

Deezen

And near me, in Upstate New York, cities that used to specialize in textiles and heavy manufacturing are busy luring restaurants, bars, and concert venues to help entertain the video game developers and biotech engineers working nearby. Second, as we demand a better built environment we must be careful not to slip into aesthetic moralism.

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Designer Ed Warner Is Onto Creating Stylish Bathrooms for People With Disabilities

Dwell

Convinced that there had to be something better than the soulless white plastic equipment that crowded Taylor’s South London home to ostensibly give him a measure of independence, the two eventually combined their sales and marketing (Warner) and finance (Taylor) expertise to create the accessible design firm Motionspot in 2012.

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Benefits of Using Sustainable Materials in Home Construction

Architecture Ideas

Meanwhile, other manufacturers use recycled resources like plastics. The circular economy is a system that aims to convert the conventional model of mining and manufacturing resources. To Sustain a Healthy Living Environment The IEQ of your home is crucial to your and other occupants’ health.

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Temporary Modular Buildings: The Future of Construction

Architecture Ideas

The majority of modular buildings are assembled off-site in controlled manufacturing facilities. Difficult financing – Modular construction projects often require larger upfront investments than traditional construction projects. This can make it difficult to secure financing, especially for smaller businesses or projects.

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Tianfu Conference Center // MARS Studio

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This building, designed like being in a paradise, is a place for future exchanges and interactions in the fields of finance, commerce, trade, scientific research, manufacturing, logistics and so on. © MARS Studio. © MARS Studio. © MARS Studio.

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Nabr aims to address "systemic" failures of housing says Bjarke Ingels

Deezen

The company, which is starting construction of its first apartment block in San José in early 2022, believes that incorporating design, development and customised financing models will allow it to change how housing is created in the USA. Whereas in manufacturing in general, it's almost doubled over the past 25 years.".

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Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: How to slow climate change by slowing urban sprawl by Keith Walzak, Director at Cushing Terrell

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2) Education: The design, planning, and development community can help educate people about how such changes will make a difference and provide benefits, and we can demonstrate the logistics of how to design and build in denser environments. One Big Sky District. This is where a variety of experiences and expertise comes into play.