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7 Formidable Sustainable Firms Dynamically Disrupting the Architectural Status Quo

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Sustainability has become something of a buzzword in the industry. In some instances, sustainability is employed as a marketing tool, reinforced by superficial practices with little environmental benefit. Order your copy today.

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K64 Keflavík Airport Area Masterplan by KCAP wins the 2023 The Plan Award

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Sitting at the crossroads of Europe and North America, home to the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark, the airport area is exceptionally well suited to become one of the leading developments for sustainable innovation in the aviation, energy and technology sectors. Image © KCAP 3.

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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Trying to understand the vast scale and processes of masterplanning means considering not only the large area slated for development, but also the vast numbers of in-house and external professionals involved. That’s a tough goal — 2030 is not that far away, and so we needed to have an increased focus on sustainability.

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Infrastructuring Nature: Appropriating the Industrial Ruins of New York City

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However, in our contemporary technologically driven world, nature increasingly appears as a fragile entity that is itself in need of infrastructure support.” These seven architectural projects showcase new, intuitive ways of “infrastructuring nature” by repurposing old industrial systems to create a “greener” New York City.

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Unism aims to create blueprint for the "factory of the future" in masterplan for Polish factory

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A flagship factory located near the city of Lublin will be the centre piece in Unism 's wider masterplan, which aims to become a blueprint for large scale developments in rural landscapes. The housing will be set alongside corn fields that will be harvested to create raw materials for Ecopet's sustainable packaging material.

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UNStudio uses 'carbon builder' tool to reduce footprint of Luxembourg office building

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Aiming to create a building with the "smallest possible carbon footprint", the studios implemented a hybrid construction approach of concrete and 100 per cent recycled steel, using a sustainable-design framework developed by UNStudio to calculate and monitor the building's carbon impact.

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Survival of The Fittest: How Genetic Algorithms Can Help Our Cities Survive

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Harnessing Genetic Algorithms (GAs), a technology inspired by Darwin’s theory of evolution, is a bold new approach to designing resilient and adaptable cities. In addressing environmental challenges and sustainability in architecture, Genetic Algorithms can hugely increase building performance.

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