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"We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber"

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There's a very seductive myth around trees being the original givers in this dynamic: that trees evolved and promptly forested the world to create a cosy oxygen-rich environment that allowed humanity to come forth. But using timber needs to be more than a fad diet. But this was a big change for those early plants. Enter lignin.

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Concrete columns frame Bury Gate Farm house by Sandy Rendel Architects

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Clay-plastered walls and timber floors feature inside "The predominant historic local sandstone and ironstone are a key feature of the local built environment but unfortunately are no longer quarried in a quality suitable for building stone," Rendel explained. The photography is by Ståle Eriksen.

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Buro Happold pledges to eliminate embodied carbon in projects as part of SE 2050 commitment

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Engineering firm Buro Happold has become the latest signatory to the SE 2050 Commitment Program, which unites structural engineering firms behind the common goal to slash embodied carbon emissions from their projects by 2050. As structural engineers, we are more able to influence embodied carbon, so that is the focus for us.".

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Greenpoint’s New Library Connects Community, Education, and the Environment

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Steel was chosen as the primary structural system to utilize recycled materials. A healthy interior environment was achieved through careful selection of low-emitting adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, carpets, and composite wood products. Over 87% of all wood comes from sustainably managed forests.

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Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees

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Read: Clay tiles envelop prefabricated Studio Shed in the Netherlands The architects worked with Silman Structural Engineers to create the continuous windows, which are supported by steel-rod cross bracing and slender steel columns that match the mullions. Within the building, the four-foot-tall (1.2-metre)

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Springfield University Hospital by C.F. Møller Architects

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Daylight and gardens The design is focused on creating non-institutional environments with good sightlines and acoustics, ample daylight, natural ventilation, access to gardens and outdoor spaces are key design objectives. The design has sought to eliminate blind corners where possible. Møller Architects Landscape: C.F.

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A Wondrous Wood Home in Osaka Centers Around a Tranquil Garden

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The gardens gradually divide the residence and create harmony for the environment both at home and from the outside. In the front garden, where the neighbors’ children play, they do DIY projects and make firewood. The inside of the third garden is a buffer that connects the outside garden with the interior.

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