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EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and Buro Happold

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EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin offers a new vision of a sustainable future for construction with timber. Located opposite the Südkreuz station, one of Berlin’s major transport hubs, the project is part of a new urban development that integrates sustainability with livability. Photo © HGEsch. Photo © HGEsch. Photo © HGEsch.

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Buildings With Less Embodied Carbon (Part 2 of Sustainability in Construction)

Community Architect

What are the materials we commonly use to build, how are they made, where do they come from and how sustainable are they? To find the right balance between quantity and strength is a optimization task between structural engineers and sustainability consultants and architects. Hardly a sustainable practice.

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Jacobs Creates Dramatic Intrigue through Spatial Overlapping and Use of Light at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

Architizer

Transportation : The fly loft required very tall panels, testing the limits of the state Department of Transportation’s regulations governing maximum weight. Transportation : The fly loft required very tall panels, testing the limits of the state Department of Transportation’s regulations governing maximum weight.

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Insights: What do different engineers do, and when do I hire one?

Matt Fajkus Architecture

Dealing with the local governing code can get hairy, so one of the major benefits of hiring an architect is letting them coordinate and schedule design, engineering, and construction all at once. At their most basic function, structural engineers design the bones of a new building to resist forces caused by gravity and the elements.

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Hybrid Stadium, Hangzhou, China

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The building achieved ‘Green Building Evaluation Label 3 Star’ (GBEL 3 Star), the highest level of sustainability in China and equivalent to LEED Platinum. Along with the long-span Suspendome roof structure, this creates a light-filled, dynamic and spacious experience for visitors as they move through the building.

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Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

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To celebrate Earth Day we've compiled a list of 50 people who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. As CEO of Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter , Alexandra Hagen is an industry leader in the shift towards more sustainable, zero-carbon buildings. Find out more about Superflux ›.

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Time to Abandon the Scorched Earth Approach in Subdivision Development

Community Architect

Giant earthmovers reshape former farmland for development (Photo: Philipsen) There are plenty of professionals for the built environment who are environmentally conscious, socially aware, and oriented on sustainability principles; who try to work with whatever assets they are given and use them as value added.