Archinect

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have published their study into how materials made from nanocellulose and algae can be used as sustainable architectural materials. Related on Archinect: Architecture's top green projects and sustainability innovations in 2023 “For the first time.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Adopting the spirit of the circular economy by harnessing agricultural waste such as corn cobs, rice straw, and sugar cane bagasse for building materials marks a fundamental shift towards sustainable practices, promoting a closed-loop system that minimizes waste and optimizes resource efficiency. Read more »

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image © Erik Melander Innovative materials play a crucial role in shaping the future of architecture. Architects and designers are now more than ever exploring and integrating innovative materials into their projects. As part of our year-in-review, we reflect on the innovative materials that were featured. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JUNE 4, 2023

© Masatomo Moriyama architects: New Material Research Laboratory Location: Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Masatomo Moriyama Area: 313.0 m2 Read more »

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Through subtle formal moves and daring material choices , they transformed structures that would have been otherwise demolished and reimagined them in new and intriguing ways. Read more »

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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. <a href='[link] Carpets,"</a> an exhibit by Studio Ossidiana at the 2016 Dutch Design Festival.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Working within the institution’s Digital Building Technologies group led by Professor Benjamin Dillenburger, Bedarf’s project emerged from a doctoral thesis on lightweight insulating construction elements, and how complex shapes could be manufactured with fewer material inputs.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Courtesy of Kingspan What insulation materials are needed to meet the challenges facing the modern built environment, including how to create a more sustainable future? What if some of them are already available? Kingspan’s dedicated innovation center, IKON, hosted a panel of experts to discuss some of the key issues and explore solutions.

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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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designboom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

for the mindcraft project 2023, natural material studio has designed lighting works, LW-B004-1-3. The post natural material studio explores light through bio-textile materials appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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

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

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. By doing so, it cultivates empathy for other life forms and shifts our perspective on the world around us. Read more »

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As an example, beginning with the primitive huts used in the earliest forms of domestic architecture, furs were employed as an exterior covering to restrict the flow of air and, consequently, regulate the interior environment.

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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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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. The post Eco-Friendly Roofing Materials appeared first on aricgitomerarchitect.

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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.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Image © ImagenSubliminal Kengo Kuma uses materials to connect with the local context and the users of his projects. The textures and elementary forms of constructive systems, materials, and products, are exhibited and used in favor of the architectural concept, giving value to the functions that will be carried out in each building.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Image © Roberto Conte Born in the post-war period in the United Kingdom, the Brutalism movement was first met with skepticism but has found a new appreciation in the last decad e, capturing the imagination of new designers fascinated with the interplay between striking geometric shapes and the exposed raw materials in which they are rendered.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Photo credit: Catherine De Wolf Photo credit: BuserHill Photography Work on the project began in October 2021 when the group, titled the Circular Engineering for Architecture lab, gained permission to salvage materials from an old car depot scheduled for demolition.

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Archinect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Researchers at MIT have developed a lightweight architected material inspired by the cellular structures found in natural materials such as honeycombs and bones. But unlike 3D printing, our process can set the limit for record material properties,” Gershenfeld said in a statement. Image courtesy.

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ArchDaily

JULY 19, 2023

Image © Parham Taghioff Just as fashion designers use pins, needles and textiles to bring their creations to life, architects rely on materials to shape our built environment. What does the material specification process entail? It’s as simple, yet as complex as that. Where does one begin? 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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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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Archinect

JUNE 14, 2023

LA's Materials & Applications has announced regular evening showings of Day/Dream , a collaborative spatial project by artist Sara Suárez and architect Regina Teng that investigates new ways of forming livable environments.

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Archinect

APRIL 15, 2024

As the city of Montreal weighs the future of Roger Taillibert’s iconic 1976 Olympic Stadium design, the group responsible for the custodianship of Olympic Park has announced a new international idea competition to repurpose and reuse surviving components of the existing roof’s demolition after the project commences this summer.

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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.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As part of the Triennial , the “3-Minute Corridor” pavilion by WallMakers explores our waste on a global scale, exploring methodologies of material reuse. Curated by Tosin Oshinowo , the program focused heavily on the Global South and alternative models the region can provide in the future. Read more »

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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. We've essentially figured out a low-energy way to treat a building like a person," said materials engineer Po-Chun Hsu.

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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

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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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. Procedural Metamaterials: A Unified Procedural Graph for Metamaterial Design via Liane Makatura ( Youtube ).

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designboom

APRIL 22, 2024

The post aequo.design develops ambiguous objects from industrial materials for palais de tokyo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. OBJ collection comprises a monolithic concrete candle stand, undulating zinc vase, and a travertine book end resembling steps.

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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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