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This skyscraper with aluminium mesh façade combines architecture and nature

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The Oasia Hotel in Singapore, designed by local architectural firm WOHA, is cladded with red aluminium mesh that will be covered with various climbing plants and vines to form a sort of vertical urban garden. ...

Wearing collagen as a second skin

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US luxury technical sportswear company Buki introduces a basic women’s wear clothing collection that is infused with collagen. Collagen is a main component in connective tissue in humans and other mammals and can be found ...

How to recycle solar panels

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Veolia opens the first European plant dedicated to recycling end-of-life photovoltaic panels, with a 95 per cent recovery rate. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are one of the most popular kinds of solar panels. With the ...

The dark side of animal materials part 1: Wool

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In a time in which small environmental footprints and ethical work conditions are being demanded from manufacturers, more and more designers and material clients believe we should also be aware of animal well-being when it ...

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13 cat shelters for homeless cats designed by architects

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For the event Architects for Animals, several Los Angeles-based architectural firms designed cat shelters for homeless cats, which were auctioned to raise money for the non-profit FixNation, which provides free spray and neuter services for ...

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Leaning on mycelium with the MycoTree

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich designed the so-called MycoTree, a spatial branching structure made out of load-bearing mycelium components and bamboo. Mycelium is ...