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Refik Anadol creates ‘world first’ AI model trained on data from nature instead of humans

Archinect

To train the model, Anadol’s studio used open-access information from institutions including the Smithsonian Institution and London’s Natural History Museum alongside various other universities, museums, foundations, government entities, and libraries.

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Technology and Building: Human-Free Construction

Architizer

But as technology advances and we continue to dream up new ways to design where we live, work and play, what happens when humans are slowly removed from construction and how we build? We’re inviting experts in technology, building and construction to discuss these issues and more at Future Fest: Register for Future Fest.

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Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global Conference | Architecture | Architonic

Architonic

FCL Global, a collaboration between ETH Zurich and universities in Singapore (NUS, NTU, SUTD), adopts a transdisciplinary approach that links design, technology, science and governance.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

Tender Condition The Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center (Tender No.: The tenderee is China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., The tender content is the schematic design and the foundation pit design of CGN New Research Center covering a site area of 71752.4?,

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"Ratti's Venice biennale appointment marks a screeching U-turn"

Deezen

Carlo Ratti 's appointment as the next Venice Architecture Biennale director raises questions about how architecture's most important event will be impacted by Italy 's far-right government, writes Catherine Slessor. The left thought of the Biennale Foundation as a fiefdom where it could place friends and acolytes.

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AIA Foundation launches Regional Resilient Design Studio

BD+C

The AIA Foundation (AIAF), a nonprofit philanthropic extension of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), today announced the site of AIAF’s first Regional Resilience Design Studio, funded with an initial $250,000 social impact investment by Benjamin Moore & Co.

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"The tech hype-cycle is spinning ever faster"

Deezen

The recent history of technology is littered with visions that are now perceived as having failed because they were hyped beyond all reason and then didn't immediately live up to the expectations created. A steady-state model of innovation based on continuous, long-term investment would alter the dynamics of the hype-cycle considerably.