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How to Utilize Aluminum in Modern Construction Projects

Architecture Ideas

History of Aluminum Utilizing in Construction. Built-in 1931, the Empire State Building (the prominent New York skyscraper and the tallest building worldwide up to 1970) was the first building that showcased the proper utilization of aluminum in construction. Did you know that 25% of globally produced aluminum is used in construction?

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Helsinki reveals initial shortlisted candidates for Makasiiniranta redevelopment contest

Archinect

Finland’s capital is one step closer to announcing the designer of its next great urban development project. The City of Helsinki has revealed nine shortlisted candidates for the redevelopment of Makasiiniranta in the city’s South Harbor.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

Deezen

It includes two new high-rise office buildings that measure over one million square feet (92,903 square metres), a central utility plant for efficient cooling and a five-storey, below-grade structure with over 3,000 square feet (280 square metres) of parking space. & Elec. (AOR & Elec. Guerra, Inc.

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Rising costs push developers to consider modular construction

BD+C

Every young child engrossed in building blocks and construction toys will eventually upgrade, moving from bulky bricks to more diverse, nimble Legos to develop ever-more-detailed, expressive systems of preadolescent architecture.

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News: Helsinki reveals initial shortlisted candidates for Makasiiniranta redevelopment contest

Bustler

Finland’s capital is one step closer to announcing the designer of its next great urban development project. The City of Helsinki has revealed nine shortlisted candidates for the redevelopment of Makasiiniranta in the city’s South Harbor. Read the full post on Bustler.

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Stockholm Wood City: The World’s Largest Wooden City

Santa Cruz Architect

Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City, anticipated to be the world’s largest urban wooden construction project. Stockholm Wood City At 62 acres (250,000 square meters) the project is thus the world’s largest known urban construction project in wood.

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Urban Decarb by Henning Larsen

aasarchitecture

To take on this challenge, our team of architects, urbanists, and computational designers have developed Urban Decarb – a tool for integrating otherwise siloed carbon knowledge of urban components in the early design stages of urban development. Source and images Courtesy of Henning Larsen.