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The Offsite Wood BIM Initiative Welcomes Western Wood Structural Systems

ArchDaily

Courtesy of BC Wood While mass timber and off-site construction remain in the foreground, the associated digital technologies for architects have had a quieter evolution. Because the wood industry is closely linked to specific geographic regions, this collaboration will quadruple the number of wood types available on the platform by 2024.

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University of British Columbia develops ‘smart construction robots’ for basic on-site tasks

Archinect

A team at the University of British Columbia has developed “smart construction robots ” for performing basic tasks on construction sites, such as lifting and moving objects. AI-equipped cranes and forklifts use the information to move construction materials, such as beams and columns, around the site without a human operator.

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

Deezen

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 Stone has become a luxury cladding material, whether used as a rainscreen, or as floor tiling," Carfrae told Dezeen. "We

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IOAN’s Joshua Tree residence sets natural materials against a desert backdrop

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” Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok Responding to the many natural features across the five-acre site, which includes Joshua trees and natural boulder formations, the team adopted an approach grounded in “eco-humility,” resulting in a nine-foot-tall structure whose low profil.

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

Deezen

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.

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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

Deezen

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. The centre will have a mass timber structure. The images are by Splann courtesy of Studio Gang unless stated.

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Bridge Building: 7 Inhabitable Structures Spanning Spaces and Ideas

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They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places. Utilizing prefabricated elements, the structure hovers above the terrain, preserving existing trees and terraces.