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Hiding in plain sight – Hello Wood’s newest CLT house blends natural and built environment with sustainable materials

Avontuura

The post Hiding in plain sight – Hello Wood’s newest CLT house blends natural and built environment with sustainable materials appeared first on Åvontuura. Imagine a house that plays hide and seek with you, dug into a mound, peeking out just enough to blend with the horizon.

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Making Every Part of Architecture Visible: Kim Lenschow Exposes the Hidden Story of Materials

ArchDaily

The built environment represents, for most of us, the background of everyday life, and yet, when we look at a building, we rarely understand what it is made of. In doing so, we also fail to understand its impact on us and on the larger systems of nature.

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"I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material" says Natalia Petkova

Deezen

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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How to Build a Sustainable House?

Aric Gitomer Architect

The built environment essays a significant character in the episode of climate change. How can homeowners and residential architects help to reduce this natural crisis? Sustainable houses are now the talk of the town. They have gained momentum in recent years because of the low impact they have on the environment.

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The Role of Sustainable Materials in Today’s Architectural Design 

The Architecture Designs

As societal tides continue to pivot towards global sustainability practices, contemporary architectural design is undergoing a transformative shift. The incorporation of sustainable materials is no longer a fleeting trend, but a pivotal force in shaping the future of architecture.

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Duravit focuses on sustainable and durable materials

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Duravit focuses on sustainable and durable materials Duravit focuses on sustainable and durable materials Duravit is constantly researching innovative and ecological materials to help reduce CO2 emissions to enable durable and sustainable products to be manufactured.

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Natural Material Studio creates "flexible and organic" Brick Textiles

Deezen

Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio and designer Zuzanna Skurka have created an installation at Milan design week from soft bio textiles made from surplus bricks. Rule one is, you should work with materials that are already there," studio founder Bonnie Hvillum told Dezeen in Milan. And that's the beauty and honesty of it."

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