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First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden

January 29, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The world’s first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. The 105-metre-tall tower, located in the region of Skara, is Modvion’s first commercial wind turbine tower, and follows on from a smaller 30-metre-high demonstration project the company completed in 2020. While its rotor blades

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

January 26, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column.

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Dezeen Agenda features apartment building made from Lego-like blocks

January 23, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an apartment block in California constructed like a “real-life Lego-kit”. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Florida-based manufacturer Renco has completed a Palm Springs apartment complex that was made using Lego-like blocks made of repurposed materials and designed by architecture studio Arquitectonica. Constructed from a composite blend

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Hassell designs inflatable moon base for the European Space Agency

January 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Hassell has designed the conceptual Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a scalable system of inflatable pods that could be partly constructed from moon materials and 3D-printed on site. Designed for the European Space Agency’s Discovery program, the settlement would be designed to house 144 people and comprise residential spaces as well as sports arenas,

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Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024

January 9, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City’s waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. Designed by LA-based design studio PlayLab Inc and the now-dissolved studio Family, +Pool is a cross-shaped pool that will filter pollutants from the surrounding water without chemicals and provide publically

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Jordan William Hughes designs space elevator that “connects the ocean to the stars”

January 9, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Jordan William Hughes has created a conceptual design for a space elevator that would travel between an ocean-based spaceport and a multi-use space station. Hughes developed the design for the space elevator – which he believes would offer a more efficient alternative to traditional space travel – based on existing research by physicists and

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

December 22, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI-powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. Founded by data scientists in Denmark and launched earlier this year, Revalu aims to cater to both large and small architecture practices, with three different ways to engage with its

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Barry Wark uses sand to make “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever”

December 12, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Museum of the Future in Dubai has unveiled a six-metre-long 3D-printed wall made from sand by architect and researcher Barry Wark. Wark said the project, called Nadarra, is the “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever manufactured”. He believes sand-printing technology, which is already used in car manufacturing, could be a game changer for the construction industry.

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Modu clads Houston building with “self-cooling” exterior

November 20, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior spaces for inhabitants in this Houston building. Modu inserted pocket gardens, vertical fins, trellises and fluted concrete walls along the length of the exterior in order to create “outdoor comfort” and reduce

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Circular Economy Manufacturing creates solar-powered recyling “microfactory” in New York

October 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Design group Circular Economy Manufacturing has created a small factory that uses solar energy to convert plastic waste into household items and city infrastructure on Governors Island. Named MicroFactory, the portable facility was designed to turn household consumer plastic waste into usable objects within communities. Created by New York sustainability start-up Circular Economy Manufacturing (CEMfg),

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