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

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Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 The main benefit of structural stone is that it is a plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful material," said Carfrae. "It

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Cool Schools: 7 Educational Structures Championing Affordable and Sustainable Construction

Architizer

Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. Given that the site is located in paddy fields in the mountains there, the structure is built using layers of walls to adapt to the topography. Panyaden School.

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

Deezen

It is located at the school's satellite campus Hooke Park Working with engineering firm Arup , the students used computer-aided design to incorporate these irregular wooden components into the structure. Each component was scanned and placed into a computer model before areas for each connection were cut using a robotic arm.

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

Architizer

Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. Conceived as a family of individual curvaceous structures, their graceful tree-like canopy unites their design language. The whole structure can be transported in a maximum of two loads.

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

Deezen

British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree. Internally, this creates a sense of compression and expansion that is used to organise the building functions without the need for physical boundaries."

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Slab-on-Grade vs. Crawl Space: Which Foundation System is Best?

Santa Cruz Architect

Until recently crawl space foundations have been the favored and most popular type of foundation system. But recent years have seen an increasing interested and popularity of slab-on-grade foundations. What Is a Slab-On-Grade Foundation? What is a Crawlspace Foundation?

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AI: Coming to a Job Site Near You

Santa Cruz Architect

Humans have been building shelters and structures for millennia, making construction one of the oldest professions. The industry has continuously evolved in the ways we design, plan, and build structures. Applied to construction, both the tree of questions and the attending algorithms are vastly more complex.

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