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Event: Bamboo Design + Build Workshop

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Volunteers will gain an insight into a number of building techniques and architectural styles. Volunteers will gain an insight into a number of building techniques and architectural styles. What will workshop participants learn? Register: info@buildingtrustinternational.org Website: [link] Read the full post on Bustler

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Architects’ Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

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In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

Architizer

In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Event: World Bamboo Workshop Guatemala 2023

Bustler

Driven by the power of the World Bamboo Workshop, an international event organized by the prestigious World Bamboo Organization (WBO), Punta Brava is becoming a model of sustainable development that leaves everyone fortunate enough to witness it in awe.

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

Deezen

Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column. It got the studio thinking about timber and sustainability, and how although timber is usually assumed to be a green building material, it's not without its problems.

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Cool Schools: 7 Educational Structures Championing Affordable and Sustainable Construction

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Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. These materials and design techniques allow the building to be light, facilitate natural ventilation and also allow plenty of light to enter the building during the day.

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Invisible Studio & Pearce+ tops domed woodworking pavilion with aluminium shingles

Deezen

Designed for Forestry England as a companion to an existing community building, Invisible Studio and Pearce+ combined unprocessed timber construction methods and digital fabrication techniques to configure the hemispherical pavilion. Locating all the 'points in space' on site for the centre of each shingle was challenging but fun.

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