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Studio Gang designs cave-like Gilder Center for American Museum of Natural History

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The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education is a new addition to the American Museum of Natural History off Central Park that unites, visually and functionally, the 26 buildings constructed there since its opening in the late 19th century. This removes the need for formwork and allows for non-repetitive shapes.

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Mizzi Studio Designs 9 Royal Parks Kiosks Using Sustainable Materials and Traditional Craft Techniques

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Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. Jonathan Mizzi: The Royal Parks’ freestanding kiosks are inspired directly by their natural surroundings. How have your clients responded to the finished project? © Mizzi Studio.

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

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Stone is "plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful" Dezeen spoke to Carfrae as part of Stone Age 2.0, For him, there are many benefits to reintroducing stone in construction, with the most obvious stemming from its qualities as a natural material.

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Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"

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This technological innovation accommodates material eccentricities, and showcases how advanced manufacturing techniques can be harmonised with natural, irregular materials to create scalable architectural solutions," said the team.

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Soniah floor lamps by Faina among 16 new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Rugs in the Colorado range are made using two ancient hand-weaving techniques and come in four different sizes. Bell lighting comes in a selection of metallic finishes and its downward pointing bulb washes walls with warm, gentle illumination.

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Chris Wolston pushes limits of terracotta with Flower Power chairs

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New York gallery The Future Perfect is exhibiting a collection of chunky terracotta seats by American designer Chris Wolston as part of NYCxDesign , finished using pre-Columbian craft techniques and moulds of real flowers. But also visually it's a very interesting finish." "A

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OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre, Anhui, China

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This project could be regarded as a critical point of the local natural environment and urban domestic life. The logic of the architectural cultural centre concept derived from the idea of natural elements. In other words, the carrier of architectural design concept is derived from nature. Low tech’ or ‘high tech’?

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