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University of Maryland researchers develop 'cooling glass' that can redirect a building's heat into space

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Researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new 'cooling glass' that can turn down the heat indoors without electricity by drawing on the cold depths of space. The new technology, a microporous glass coating, can lower the temperature of the material beneath it by 3.5

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Ten inspiring living spaces punctuated by structural columns

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From monolithic concrete pillars to ornately decorated columns, this lookbook collates ten living room interiors that embrace existing structural columns. Depending on their materiality and style, they can also serve as an immovable reminder of the building's design style and the historical period in which it was built.

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Amagansett by Guerin Glass Architects

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In plan, the scheme rigorously maintains a twelve-foot structural module – this informs the spatial sequencing of the private bedrooms and public space wings, while the front entry unites both into a comprehensive whole.

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Shigeru Ban unveils Paper Log House at Philip Johnson's Glass House

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Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in Connecticut , USA. metres) structure was built within the site of Johnson 's historic house. foot by 13.5 meters by 4.1

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Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands

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Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house , which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. The post Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Chiela.

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Studio Other Spaces encloses Buffalo museum courtyard in "canopy of glass and mirrors"

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Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann's firm Studio Other Spaces has created a sculptural work called Common Sky to enclose an open-air courtyard at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. This tree-like form also supports the structure so as to eliminate the need for an additional support system, keeping the canopy open.

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Oliver Wainwright on the 'elegant white steel and glass pavilion' crowned 2024 EU Mies van der Rohe Award winner

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Located on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, the pavilion has been designed to allow for variations of student activities within a flexible layout, described by the award organizers as a "counter-model to spaces of hierarchical knowledge transfer."

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