Articles
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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Reinforcing Wood with Nano-Iron for Sustainable Design
Wood has long been celebrated as one of the most versatile and renewable natural resources in construction and design. Now, researchers at Florida Atlantic University, in collaboration with the University of Miami and Oak Ridge ...
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Wooden Earbuds Integrating AI and Sustainable Materials
A new Kickstarter campaign presents The PIN, wireless earbuds made with natural and recycled materials. The project shows how consumer electronics can reduce their environmental footprint while offering advanced digital functions such as real-time translation. ...
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TU Graz Develops Innovative Hook-and-Loop Fastener for Circular Construction
Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), working with industry partners, have created an innovative hook-and-loop fastening system for buildings. The solution makes it possible to connect components securely, while still allowing them to ...
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