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ETH Students Develop Multi-Metal 3D Printing Breakthrough
Students at ETH Zurich have developed a prototype 3D printing system capable of processing multiple metals at once. This new approach could dramatically reduce manufacturing time and material waste, opening opportunities across aerospace, automotive, and ...
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Mass Timber Headquarters in Toronto Combines Sustainability and Workplace Wellbeing
Moriyama Teshima Architects have completed the new headquarters and multi-tenant complex for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO). The 127,000-square-foot, three-storey building demonstrates how mass timber can support both environmental performance and workplace wellbeing. ...
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Kiri-Origami Unlocks High-Performance Stretchable Electronics
Stretchable electronics are creating new opportunities for designers. They are used in wearable sensors, curved displays and adaptive surfaces for cars and interiors. Flexible materials such as elastomers allow stretching, but their performance is far ...
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Improving Efficiency in Timber Construction
Timber is widely recognised as a sustainable building material. Yet engineers face a gap in knowledge when analysing walls with window openings. At present, these walls are treated as “voids” in structural models. This approach ...
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Marc van der Heijden: Building a Circular Future with Local Waste and Global Vision
For Marc van der Heijden, waste isn’t the end of a product’s life—it’s the beginning of a new design story. As founder of the Dutch company TRIBOO, van der Heijden is on a mission to ...
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Gelateria Mulegns: A Showcase of Circular Architecture in Wood and Plastic
In the Swiss village of Mulegns, a new ice cream parlour combines tradition with cutting-edge technology. The Gelateria Mulegns is the result of a collaboration between Origen, ETH Zurich and the Uffer Group. The building ...
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