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Balmori Associates seeks a landscape designer as the industry's award season blooms

Archinect

” Among the responsibilities for the role are conducting “thorough research on site conditions, historical context, local ecology, and zoning regulations,” and developing design proposals incorporating sustainable materials, technologies, and living species. Bilbao's Abandoibarra Master Plan by Balmori Associates.

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Sustainable Practice: 7 Legendary Designs Using the Landscape as an Architectural Material

Architizer

If Architizer’s Sustainable Practice series has taught us anything, it’s that environmentally friendly buildings often take us back to basics in terms of resources. Due to the location, strict regulations were in place in terms of what could be built, how and with which materials. Building huge resorts is another.

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Sustainability "not making our lives easier" says Kvadrat CEO

Deezen

Kvadrat CEO Anders Byriel discusses why the Danish textile producer is deliberately tackling sustainability "the hard way" in this exclusive interview. Meanwhile, the company's biggest sustainability challenge is persuading its suppliers to follow suit. But we want to be the undisputed leader in sustainability."

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Design trend predictions for 2024 include rush for sustainable accreditation

Deezen

His predictions for what we will see when it comes to design next year range from the rise of material intelligence to the rush for sustainable accreditation. Fifty shades of sustainable For several years now, overuse of the word 'sustainable' across all areas of society has reached the point where its very meaning has become opaque.

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Sustainable Practice: 7 Environmental Design Principles for Residential Design

Architizer

However, truly great architecture has always understood the importance of ‘sustainable practice.’ It improves mental wellbeing, concentration and, as trees and plants help regulate heat — physical health. An idea which, just like the water storage infrastructure here, is based on pre-industrial-era homes in the area.

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Industry insight: how wellness is changing in hotel design

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Industry insight: how wellness is changing in hotel design Industry insight: how wellness is changing in hotel design Thought leaders from across the architecture, design, education, engineering and plumbing industries have come together to discuss the future of washroom design in hotel design.

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"The hollowness of Architects Declare should serve as a warning to the industry"

Deezen

Climate network Architects Declare has failed to live up to its ambitions and now serves as a cautionary tale about setting sustainability commitments, writes Chris Hocknell. The so-called green transition is the most important industrial issue of our generation.