Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2022

Researchers at MIT have developed a type of 3D printed material that can sense how it is moving and interacting with its surrounding environment. “And if you use really complex materials, then you can have motion, perception, and structure all in one.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 13, 2024

Dubbed “Domus Ex Machina,” the event showcased a range of innovations, such as an AI Architect created for home design and construction, a digital library containing over 60 pre-designed home plans, a new eco-friendly building material , and a robotic printed facilitating multi-story construction.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Office Kim Lenschow aims to draw attention to this and to provoke critical thinking in relation to architecture and the materials that make it. By focusing on small-scale, mostly residential projects, the office seeks to reveal this hidden narrative of materials and cultivate more awareness and engagement with the structures surrounding us.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 18, 2024

Below, explore some emerging material technologies designed to benefit both humans and other life forms. This design philosophy provides frameworks that foster non-hierarchical relationships with other species. By doing so, it cultivates empathy for other life forms and shifts our perspective on the world around us.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Thus, the relationship between furniture and space becomes a constant dialogue in which design, aesthetics, and materials contribute their dimension. It is essential to reflect on and question the processes and choice of materials in the manufacturing of these elements, in addition to the value they bring to interior spaces.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Straw insulation offers the lowest carbon footprint across its entire lifetime than any other major insulation material. Image © 11H45 Working within the restrictions of a limited carbon footprint can be one of the hardest – but also most rewarding – parts of a modern architect’s role. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 29, 2024

Centro de Interpretação do Românico / spaceworkers. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG "If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, with about 2.8 billion tons, surpassed only by China and the United States."

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 6, 2024

Materiality is of just as much importance as form, function, and location—or rather, inseparable from all three.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Its later popularization led to the introduction of insulation between both faces, a system that is widely recognized and used today and has laid the foundations for further developments in this field.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Image © Yeferson Bernal, Juan David Toro The use of local materials in architecture is becoming more and more important as there is a growing need to find new, sustainable construction methods that can help address the current climate crisis. Milguaduas House / ritmo arquitectos. Read more »

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Aric Gitomer Architect

JULY 12, 2022

Let’s look at the sustainable alternative to roofing materials. Corrugated roofing is one of the most used materials for average homes. These roof shingles are a product of recycled waste material such as rubber, plastic, or wood fiber. Every homeowner must replace their roof shingles at some point. Solar Power Roof.

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Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2022

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture 's Materials Lab and Interior Design Program have been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. The money will be used to reimagine how students learn about materials by reframing the Materials Lab’s existing collection to better highlight sustainable products.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

to create a low-carbon materials charter for these spaces that includes lighting and street furniture. The post Paris 2024 Olympic Village features street lamps made from salvaged building materials appeared first on Dezeen. Concepto and Studio 5.5 co-founder and partner Anthony Lebossé told Dezeen.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Other products like composite wood materials can contain formaldehyde, which puts a damper on the new heights mass timber designs are reaching in Europe and North America. The current limitations of bio-concrete, hemp , and algae materials are also well-known.

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ArchDaily

JULY 10, 2023

Image © Cedric Verhelst In recent years, the spotlight on sustainable, eco-friendly, and low-carbon materials has intensified across the architecture industry. Amid this interest, a renaissance of hemp architecture is gradually gaining momentum on a global scale. Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2024

By making it easier to identify textiles that have a greater positive impact on people and planet, FranklinTill hopes to enable a shift towards regenerative materials. "We We can only move towards a regenerative approach to textiles by understanding the full lifecycle of our materials," said co-founder FranklinTill Caroline Till. "As

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ArchDaily

JUNE 1, 2023

Beyond the different technologies implemented, the designs applied, or the materials used, architects and designers demonstrate, day by day, the multiple configurations and arrangements that these spaces can adopt through their projects, developing strategies both on an aesthetic and design level, as well as on a technical and functional level.

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ArchDaily

JULY 21, 2023

This design practice, Co-led by Adeyemo Shokunbi , aims to contribute to a Nigerian architectural language through the renaissance of local materials.

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Archinect

AUGUST 7, 2023

It is challenging for engineers to know what material will yield the desired results due to the infinite amount of arrangements possible. As a result, only a fraction of usable metamaterials are explored.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of our review of 2023 , Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of this year's most significant material innovations , including bricks made from toxic soil and a 3D printer for wool. The only difference is that it uses a recycled instead of a virgin fossil feedstock.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2024

His site-specific piece Purple Hibiscus, named in reference to the 2003 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is installed on the facade of the Barbican’s central Lakeside Terrace. It uses approximately 21,500 square feet of fuschia-hued cloth that contrasts dramatically with the rough concrete exterior and overcast London sky.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Of course, this involves choosing materials sensitively and accordingly, whether it be by avoiding certain health-harming components or by integrating non-toxic products that soothe and promote wellness. Read more ».

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 The structural use of stone is not new," said Blasi. Architect Elisabeth Polzella often uses structural stone in her projects.

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designboom

JANUARY 27, 2023

The post old stone house in greece gets renovated reusing most of its original materiality appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MAY 27, 2022

The furniture will be made from materials such as plywood and wooden beams that were used during the construction of the building, which was designed by Danish studio Cobe , and would otherwise have been burned. Waste materials and leftover materials were used to construct the furniture. Photo is courtesy of Louise Hederström.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the team, the building named The Landing House “masterfully blends into the layout, textures, and color palette of its desert canvas.”

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Deezen

JANUARY 17, 2024

Florida-based manufacturer Renco has created a building block made of repurposed materials that interlocks and stacks for "LEGO-like" construction. To build with Renco, all that is required is a fork truck to lift up the materials, a glue gun powered by a small generator and a mallet," said the team.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The 087 house features a facade decorated with chunky marble shapes The studio, known for its playful use of geometry, created custom carpentry from locally sourced materials to accommodate the home's curved and staggered walls and the sloping ceilings within the building. All of them look like nasty appliances.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2024

The ground floor is left raw, and the more intimate [upper] floors are treated in wood, a more noble material," said the studio's founder Jean Benoît Vétillard. The post Exposed materials and colourful accents define Maison Nana in Paris appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Giaime Meloni.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI -powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. First, there is the material cloud, which gathers over one million data points related to the environmental impact of different materials.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With various examples across different scales and applications, the material has shown promise in revolutionizing the industry by enhancing efficiency, strength, and comfort. Timber emerges as an innovative construction material designed to minimize waste by preserving the natural contours of trees. In this context, A.I. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JUNE 3, 2023

© Leo Espinosa Due to its ability to mold and create different shapes, concrete is one of architecture's most popular materials.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least 50 per cent wood or other natural materials. It will be built from at least 50 per cent natural materials in line with the French sustainability law.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

The kitchens in this roundup exemplify how a combination of seemingly clashing materials can create a rich and interesting palette. Here are eight kitchens with eye-catching material palettes made up of contrasting colours and textures. This was contrasted with cool tones in the polished floor and steel-blue-painted ceiling.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2023

Named Reset Materials , the exhibition at the Copenhagen-based gallery contains a showcase of architectural fragments made from 10 different low-carbon materials, including earth, biocement, mycelium, silicon and straw. The aim, according to Muhr, was not to champion individual materials, but to show how they might be used together.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2024

The collection is made of porous cellulose sponge UPS is the result of a two-year research project by Guberan and fellow ÉCAL professors Anthony Guex and Camille Blin, focused on exploring different inflatable and compressible materials that could push flat-pack furniture to new, more efficient limits.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

Designer Erik Bratsberg used furniture pieces with rounded and organic shapes "It's a tertiary colour, a mix of a cold and a warm colour, which allows it to go well with both warmer and colder hues and materials – a yin and yang of colours somehow," he added. This material mix was chosen to evoke a sense of "casual elegance", Bratsberg said.

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