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Windswept Designs: 6 Highly Resistant Buildings Built for Highly Windy Sites

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High-performance materials, aerodynamic forms and thoughtful siting are becoming critical components in the pursuit of both safety and beauty. Projects featured span multiple climates — coastal, arid and temperate — and showcase an array of construction techniques. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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New York Institute of Technology spotlights ten student design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a lighting collection that is made from bioplastics and promotes sustainable manufacturing processes is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology. The post New York Institute of Technology spotlights ten student design projects appeared first on Dezeen.

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Technology and Building: Human-Free Construction

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But as technology advances and we continue to dream up new ways to design where we live, work and play, what happens when humans are slowly removed from construction and how we build? We’re inviting experts in technology, building and construction to discuss these issues and more at Future Fest: Register for Future Fest.

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One Drawing Winner Visualizes Three Different Outcomes For Hiroshima Sites

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Yet, while Victoria demonstrates mastery of these techniques, they only tell one part of the story behind the drawing. In this way, she approaches her subject matter, the site of Hiroshima, through a kaleidoscopic lens that incorporates Japanese aesthetic theory, contemporary music, and photographing imperfections in daily life.

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Ways of seeing: Afghanistan historic building sites

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The shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa in Balkh, Afghanistan – the “Green Mosque”: ‘Ways of seeing’ by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Afghanistan CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa is a spectacular mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan. After the U.S.

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What if Architects Could Replicate Historic Buildings?

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Large conservation sites, cultural landmarks and even smaller historic buildings offer a gateway to the past, which admittedly cannot be reproduced through contemporary architecture. These technological advancements, however, also open up the question of heritage replication. Architectural heritage has always been romanticized.

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From Timeless Materials to High-Tech Hybrids: A New Era in Architecture and Construction

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Hybrid construction materials and techniques might be the beacon of hope in a construction industry riddled with carbon-intensive practices and logistical challenges. Hybrid construction materials and techniques offer an alternative approach to traditional and modern building materials and methods.

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