Archinect

AUGUST 4, 2023

A research studio led by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Director of the School of Architecture, Joseph Choma , uses foldable structures to construct a pop-up structure for Google. Much of Choma's work has explored innovative design methods through complex geometric structures, materials, and experimental construction methods.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The design for the NUVO complex calls for a five-building mix of new structures united by a central shared infrastructure and connecting to a planned high-speed rail extension. The plan will increase pedestrianism in the area while tying its development to core principles of sustainable building and green design, the architects say.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

CupaClad , a leading provider of innovative and sustainable building solutions, has launched a new product that promises to improve the world of architectural cladding with its Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding System. Their Natural slate system is also made from non-combustible materials that are impact resistance and earthquake resistant.

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Archinect

APRIL 9, 2024

Considering analysis of DL1961’s design process and office structure, Studio MBM/ Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli organized the various functions of the space around a central showroom. The design strategically integrates showroom and office space, literally and physically putting DL1961’s product at the center of the process.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2024

Indonesian non-profit Sungai Watch has unveiled the debut furniture launch from its design studio Sungai Design, aimed at creating useful products from the mountains of plastic waste that it fishes from Bali 's rivers every day. million kilograms of plastic, resulting in a huge stockpile of material.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 16, 2023

increase in unprocessed energy materials, and a 0.1% increase in unprocessed energy materials, and a 0.1% Among the inputs that decreased in value over the past month were steel mill products (down 3.7%), softwood lumber (down 1.7%), and iron and steel (down 2.4%). Overall construction input prices are 0.3%

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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.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2023

The six-story, 140,000-square-foot structure is the largest of seven buildings that now make up the Matrix Innovation Center, a site for scientists and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable solutions for current and future issues. In addition, its floors are made using prefabricated concrete slabs with no fixed connections.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2024

Typo is an office chair by AMDL Circle for Mara Contrasting with the wood, the chair features a coloured metal structure with a distinctly lively silhouette. It is characterised by a twisting metal structure "By bending a square-section steel tube along the diagonal, the material deforms, curling and sharply creasing," said Mara.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Image Courtesy of SINGULART The relationship between art and architecture is a recurring topic of discussion , seeing as architecture can be positioned at the intersection of structure, technology, and aesthetics. It fuses multiple influences from various contexts, including architectural work. Read more »

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

The Foundation bar stool was designed by Bestcase co-founder Charles Constantine and released in 2022 as part of a collection built from aluminium sheet material. It showcases a simple construction system Bestcase describes the Foundation bar stool as "an exercise in simplicity" and one that celebrates the material properties of aluminium.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

The brand's annual installation, which has previously featured lantern-like light structures and latticed iron cages , this year drew visitors' attention downwards. It's a question of how to create a graphism, a pattern, using lots of different materials," Perelman told Dezeen.

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Archinect

MARCH 15, 2024

The prices for softwood lumber (1.7%), concrete (0.3%), construction sand/gravel (1.0%), and insulation materials (2.1%) all rose, while a drop of 0.3% was recorded for fabricated structural steel metal products. A new analysis of the latest U.S. for February. Overall construction input prices are 1.5%

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Archinect

DECEMBER 22, 2022

2022 was another productive year in laboratories across the United States and beyond, as colleges, manufacturers, and startups strove to challenge the orthodoxy of construction materials.

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of console tables and benches informed by kimonos are included among products on Dezeen Showroom that were presented during Milan design week. Read on to see our top picks of products, furnishings and homewares that launched during the week that were listed on Dezeen Showroom.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Also included is a project that creates 3D printed materials based on the structure of chainmail and an installation that uses folded aluminium sheets to create dramatic lighting effects. Projects explore multiple domains within the world of design that include architecture, product design, fashion and urban design.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

In 2022, hardly a week passed on Archinect without the hottest construction material of the year making the news: Mass timber was everywhere — in novel conceptual proposals, competition-winning entries, experimental school projects, and, increasingly so, in completed, real-life, and often record-shattering buildings.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The price of construction materials rose 1.3% annually), brick and structural clay tiles (up 12.9% annually), concrete products (up 14.8% annually) and gypsum products (up 10.7% in January 2023 alone, according to new data by Associated Builders and Contractors. In addition to being 1.3%

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2024

The credenza can be customised by specifying various combinations of materials and colourways It comes in two sizes. Both have a structure made from aluminium, which can be finished with either polished or black chrome surface treatments. Product details: Product: Andromeda credenza Designer: LSM Brand: UniFor Contact: unifor@unifor.it

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

Sora is made from pleated and folded tyvek An LED strip light is embedded inside the bottom of the piece, which diffuses a soft, warm glow across the lamp's structure, which is made from tyvek, a synthetic, paper-like material made from compressed fibres.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 series, which is investigating the potential of the material as a viable, low-carbon, modern structural material.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Casalgrande Padana considers the Stonetech collection an embodiment of its latest research and innovation, with a full-body structure that means the inner layers or the tile are identical to the top surface, so the appearance of the tile is not altered by wear and scratches over time. For more details email showroom@dezeen.com.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2024

Promotion: the Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated with building materials company Holcim to develop the Essential Homes Project, a concrete-wrapped modular housing concept for displaced people. They have a 70 per cent lower carbon footprint compared to traditional structures, according to Holcim.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding , filter seawater and promote biodiversity. Bio-concrete is chemically identical to the material oysters produce to grow their reefs.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2024

Photo is by Giulia Virgara By letting hairdresser Alberto Fucci cut their hair, visitors provided the raw material for two different textile products. Human Material Loop , a Dutch start-up specialising in textiles made from hair, processed some of the trimmings into yarns that were turned into clothing garments.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

Morrison described the chair as an update to a well-known design archetype "In updating this well-known archetype of upholstered armchair with wooden frame, we've tried to lighten the structure and give it the appearance of something both familiar and simultaneously fresh and of its time," explained Morrison.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

Architecture studio Grimshaw and the University of East London have collaborated to create Sugarcrete, a biomaterial construction block with an interlocking shape made from the sugarcane by-product bagasse. Sugarcrete was developed to be a low-cost and low-carbon reusable construction-material alternative to brick and concrete.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Norwegian consulting agency Oslotre has completed HasleTre, an office building with a timber structure that was designed to be easily disassembled and reused in the future. Full-height windows open up the ground floor to the planting and patio surrounding the building, while large windows illuminate the upper storey offices.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2024

The Cosmo Pavilion brings a sense of cosiness and protection outside The product especially comes into its own in the evenings, when integrated LEDs shine upwards out of the structure and scatter light across the fabric canopy, creating a warm atmosphere. For more details email showroom@dezeen.com.

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Architizer

APRIL 22, 2024

From maximizing energy efficiency to choosing sustainable materials and ensuring ethical construction practices, these strategies are designed to help professionals make the most of available resources. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Bustler

APRIL 4, 2024

Responding to the theme of ‘Rethinking Home — Adapt and Reuse,’ entrants were asked to create new homes using recycled materials and/or retrofitting existing structures. The 2024 longlist for the £25,000 (USD $31,600) Davidson Prize has been announced for its third edition.

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Architizer

APRIL 22, 2024

From maximizing energy efficiency to choosing sustainable materials and ensuring ethical construction practices, these strategies are designed to help professionals make the most of available resources. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Featuring exposed structures, simple materials and sparing use of finishes, these budget interiors prove that adventurous design doesn't have to be reserved for the very wealthy. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring interiors made with reclaimed materials , inviting entrance halls and industrial-but-cosy living rooms.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

There is also Bande, a structural pattern with debossed lines. Product details: Product: Artcraft Brand: Marazzi Contact: info@marazzi.it Material: porcelain Colours/finishes: Bianco, Sabbia, Argilla, Cotto, Calce, Pomice, Coccio Dimensions: 20 x 20 millimetres, 5.3 x 30 millimetres, 21 x 18.2 x 30 millimetres, 21 x 18.2

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Embodied emissions are the ‘baked in’ carbon dioxide (and equivalent gas) emissions associated with material sourcing, manufacturing, and construction, and end of life. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s C and prevent a runaway, irreversible climate change scenario.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Meindertsma's robot works like a 3D printer to build up layers of wool "The Wobot is a collaborative robot that makes it possible to build three-dimensional structures with wool industrially for the first time, without adding any material or using water in the felting process," said Meindertsma.

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