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Is shipping container architecture really sustainable?

Archinect

Even as the tiny house movement continues to gain popularity and shipping containers are beloved both for their aesthetic appeal and supposed sustainability, it’s worth asking if they’re the right material for this purpose. A simple technology, they have helped facilitate global trade like no other.

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Self-Healing Technology for High-Performance Coatings

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president and CEO of Autonomic Materials explains the concepts underlying the technology of self-healing high-performance coatings. The latest edition featured a fascinating presentation on self-healing technology for coatings by Gerald Wilson , Ph.D, Gerald Wilson , Ph.D president and CEO of Autonomic Materials, Inc.

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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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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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The Future of Urban Planning: How AI Technology is Impacting Smart Cities

Architizer

It requires the collaboration of several disciplines: architects, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, environmentalists and transportation planners, and the coordination of many bureaucratic governing bodies. Urban planning has always been a complex, large-scale “brain teaser” for architects.

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Get Lectured: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall '23

Archinect

Events began on October 10 with author Building Power: Architecture and Surveillance in Victorian America author Anna Andrzejewski and continued with an appearance last week from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) preservation expert Michelangelo Sabatino. Barber’s presentation 'When Modern was Solar' December 7.

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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Headquarters by SOM

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Department of Transportation (U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) are celebrating the opening of the new John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center headquarters, a U.S. DOT), the U.S. The 410,000-square-foot U.S.