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- A pavilion made of recycled colourful yarnThe 3DKnit pavilion, a collaboration project between Jane Scott of Responsiveknit and Stephanie Chaltiel of MuDD Architects, aims to highlight new fabrication methods that…
- 3D printed concrete columnsIn collaboration with the Origen Festival in Riom, Switzerland, a team at ETH Zürich created nine individually designed concrete columns, each 3D printed at…
- SkelETHon: a concrete canoe with slender bonesWhen you think about concrete, using it to make canoes might not be the first thing to come to mind. Yet the Concrete Canoe…
- New MOF produces water from the air for Water Quality MonthToday marks the beginning of Water Quality Month, which focuses on, as the name implies, the quality of water. In many regions around the…
- A pavilion based on moth webs made by drones and robotsGlass and carbon fibre reinforced composites are lightweight and have high tensile strength. This is why they are widely used in automotive and aerospace…
- Experimenta 21 concrete tower with irregular aperturesExperimenta 21, a new addition to the university campus of Universidad Siglo 21 in Córdoba (AR), is a concrete tower by Morini Arquitectos, made…
- Off grid Casa Caldera made from lavacreteCasa Caldera, designed by DUST, is an off-grid house located in a remote landscape on the south-western bajada of the Canelo Hills in Southern…
- Material Xperience 2017 exhibits transparent solar panels LumiductThe Lumiduct transparent solar panels are one of the special items exhibited at Material Xperience 2017. Lumiduct enables transparent glass façades to generate more…
- Building with Daylight: Zospeum at Material Xperience 2017Translucent concrete is nowadays available in several varieties, but never before it was possible to make it insulating, until now. Zospeum is the first translucent…
- Revolutionary Fabric Cast ConcreteFabric Form designers Ron Culver and Joseph Sarafian have devised a fascinating method of casting concrete in Lycra sleeves stretched by robotic arms. The…
- Concrete Cabin?Concrete or Wood? Despite the wood grain texture and rounded log forms, this tiny cabin by Nickisch Sano Walder Architekten was made almost entirely…
- What to do with plastic waste?What should we do with all the plastic waste that’s lying around our world? More and more organisations are taking measures to control out…
- Rammed Earth ConstructionOne of the most important factors in sustainable design, particularly in building, is the transportation of raw materials. Transportation in the industry accounts for…
- Trigger pointsTrigger points a project from Touchy-Feely encourages leaning against the wall by providing warmed protrusions with which people can stimulate and sooth sore muscle…
- 3D Concrete Printing Reduces Material Use In Structural ComponentsA research project in Vienna has explored how 3D concrete printing can produce structural building components while using considerably less material. According to the…
- 3D Printed Curved Homes Shape Desert Development In TexasLarge-scale 3D printing enables the distinctive curved walls of the El Cosmico Sunday Homes in Marfa, Texas. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), built…
- 3D Printed Concrete Bridge Explores Material-Efficient ConstructionConcrete is one of the world's most widely used construction materials and a major source of carbon emissions. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of…
