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Greener timber construction using AI

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Carlo Ratti from Carlo Ratti Associati launched a new start-up along with Cambridge graduate Mykola Murashko called Maestro, which aims to reduce the waste in the production of mass timber, for greener timber construction. With ...

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A temporary overnight location made of canvas and wood

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Dutch architects Floor Skrabanja and Fé Ramakers designed an overnight location sustainable canvas and wood as part of a project celebrating the 200th anniversary of the city of Veenhuizen, the Netherlands. Called De Vooruitkijker (‘The ...

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A smart 3D printed concrete wall

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, developed the first 3D printed piece of concrete infrastructure used on a National Highways project. The structure is a type of retaining wall known as a headwall and ...

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A ‘living façade’ made of aluminium panels

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The National Biodiversity Pavilion in Mexico City, designed by architect Fernanda Ahumada and Studio FR-EE, features a façade of moving aluminium panels that respond to light and wind. The building, located at the National Autonomous ...

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After solar panels, now rain panels?

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A team of researchers developed an alternative to the solar panel, which harvests energy from raindrops. Water is already used in the energy transition to generate renewable energy, in the form of dams and wave ...

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Healthy materials featured at ARCHITECT@WORK Amsterdam

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On Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 September 2023, ARCHITECT@WORK will take place at Taets on the Hembrugterrein in Zaandam. It will be the first edition of the event in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. Architectenweb is ...

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