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Studio Gameiro draws on Algarve's craftsmanship for Austa restaurant interior

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Much of the furniture was custom-built, including a four-metre-long bench and a collection of bespoke plinths made out of locally mined rock salt. "We We learnt that right underneath our feet, in Loulé, there was a rock salt mine, 230 metres deep into the Earth, with 230-million-years-old salt," Gameiro said.

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Cava Arcari performance space by David Chipperfield captured in new photos

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Before this, Laboratorio Morseletto had been using the old quarry as a space for informal events but desired a more permanent performance venue. Cava Arcari had a similar phenomenon – one could date different areas of the quarry by the marks left by the various mining technique used over the years."

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Future Fest: Watch Leslie Lok Speak About 3D Printed Concrete, ‘Waste Wood’ and the Future of Materials

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As one of the lead architects at HANNAH , one of the world’s most forward-thinking architecture firms, Leslie will take to the Future Fest Stage to present her ideas on how innovations in materials and construction techniques will revolutionize architecture. The work aims to mine the tension between machine means and architectural ends.

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Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 winner: Lesia Topolnyk

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Lesia Topolnyk chose the mining village of Hrabove in her native Ukraine, which became world news in 2014 when passenger flight MH17 was shot down, killing all 298 people on board. Lesia Topolnyk uses narrative and construction techniques to deconstruct this relationship in her dark, oppressive design. photograph : Aad Hoogendoorn.

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Ten architecture and interior design projects from Norwich University of the Arts

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"The project simulates the descent into a Neolithic flint mine by utilising the church tower to carry visitors above the exhibits before they descend through a route of interconnected caves. Visitors can interact with artefacts and replicate cave art and flintknapping techniques as they mine ever deeper through winding and cavernous spaces.

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Architects’ Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

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Minimize Construction Waste Air Mesh : Metal 3D Printed Space by AIRLAB SUTD (architectural intelligence research lab) , Singapore Leverage lean construction methods and digital tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) to streamline the building process and minimize waste production.

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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

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Minimize Construction Waste Air Mesh : Metal 3D Printed Space by AIRLAB SUTD (architectural intelligence research lab) , Singapore Leverage lean construction methods and digital tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) to streamline the building process and minimize waste production.