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RISD students create floating mycelium pods to cleanse waterways

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A team of Rhode Island School of Design students and researchers have created tesselated, floating planting beds made of a mycelium biomaterial to cleanse waterways of pollutants and restore wetland habitat. A team of RISD students have created floating beds out of mycelium. Thinking about a product that can be grown but not built."

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Ten sustainable fashion designs that use biomaterials from Dezeen's Pinterest

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Over the past year, searches for sustainable fashion have grown in popularity on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our sustainable fashion board which feature items made from more environmentally friendly materials. The fashion industry generates an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste every year.

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Rebuilding destroyed Gaza homes will take at least 16 years reports the UN

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Using data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the report estimated it would take 16 years to rebuild the homes destroyed in Gaza as Israel's military action in Palestine continues, following the 7 October 2023 assault on Israel by Hamas militants. The photography is by Emad El Byed via Unsplash.

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Student Performing Arts Center by Steven Holl Architects

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The University of Pennsylvania announces Steven Holl Architects’ design for a new $75 million, 37,300-square-foot Student Performing Arts Center. The building will target LEED silver certification and serve as an exemplar of sustainable performing arts design.

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Sustainable Architecture Can’t Save the Planet. Change My Mind.

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According to Reuters and Honeywell’s report, The Growing Importance of Sustainability in Buildings , nine in 10 organizations see their property portfolio reaching net zero as extremely (57%) or somewhat (29%) important. Designing sustainable architecture is necessarily linked to collaborative act of building more sustainable industries.

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Brunel University spotlights 10 design student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a sound monitoring system that protects users from noise exposure is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Brunel University. Also included is a device that monitors pets while their owners are away from home and a body heater that keeps users warm as they dry off after a shower.

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios creates Passivhaus student housing crescents in Cambridge

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Architecture practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has created a series of crescent-shaped student housing blocks with a CLT structure for King's College at the University of Cambridge. The project is part of the college's plan to provide sustainable living for its students. Quantity surveyor: Faithful and Gould.