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Exploring Indigenous Wisdom: A Journey through Architecture Rooted in Tradition and Community

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Vernacular and indigenous practices are emerging as a foundation for architectural reimagining, informing spatial lays, the choice of materials and building techniques while also allowing for the integration of innovation and contemporary expression.

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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. Overall, each design variation is informed by the architectural or organic elements that the kiosk shares its space with. © Mizzi Studio. The Royal Parks Kiosks Gallery.

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Almanach exhibition explores new ways to build a strong future

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The Almanach exhibition, which is the inaugural research project led by the foundation 's director Anne-Claire Duprat, centres on production and processes that can be used to develop creative practices.

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

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His team was invited by La Sagrada Familia Foundation to help speed up the construction and reduce the weight of one of its many colossal elements – the tower of the Virgin Mary – all "while remaining true to Gaudi's vision". "The All the quarrying, shaping and assembly of stone can be done by electric machines powered by renewables."

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Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London

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Read: Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles According to the studio, A Room Around a Tree was built using light-handed construction techniques to safeguard the vegetation, including a low-impact "floating" ring beam and mini-pile foundation system.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.