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Brooks+Scarpa turn air shafts into architecture
It's wonderful to see architects take small interventions for housing for the homeless so seriously.
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The Pretty Good House 2.0 is a pretty good building standard (now with...
Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.
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MVRDV goes to pot with its Green Villa
The Dutch architects cover a modest building with green plants of all kinds in pots of all sizes.
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Is Cross-Laminated Timber the New Concrete?
One designer thinks that it can take the place of concrete in buildings, inside and out.
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For National Waffle Day, a look at the inherent structural superiority of...
We do a little destructive testing and have a good breakfast.
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Why did people build houses "that just leak heat out"?
They really didn't have a choice, and they insulated their bodies, not their houses.
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Industrial spaces and condos are neighbors in this Vancouver development with...
Another look at a controversial housing project.
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Libeskind "crystal" at Toronto's ROM gets a little more welcoming
"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."
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Is it a new era, where architects should be held to account for the...
Sustainability matters, but so does hypocrisy.
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Katerra is "productizing" the housing industry
We have seen many ups and downs in the prefab world, but they may be getting it right this time.
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2019 Radical Innovations Awards are not too innovative or radical
But the hotel design competition is always interesting, even in an off year.
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Every house should have a blower door test
It helps you determine what it will cost to heat, and what you should do to seal it up.
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Master Plan for new community in Bergen is seriously low carbon
It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.
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Affordable housing project in UK is a demonstration of Radical Simplicity
Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes.
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RetroFirst: A new campaign from British architectural magazine to promote...
The upfront carbon emissions from replacing existing buildings now are as big as operating emissions. We have to stop this now.
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Is anyone doing enough about indoor air pollution?
We spend 90 percent of our time indoors. We should worry more about what we are breathing there.
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Another look at indoor air quality and "the indoor generation"
Skylight manufacturer Velux says we need more light and fresh air.
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World Green Building Council calls for radical reduction in Upfront Carbon...
People are finally beginning to take this issue seriously.
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The Green House on Cambridge Heath adds mass timber addition to rehab of...
Waugh Thistleton Architects demonstrate how we should be building for a low carbon future.
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Jargon watch: Aufstockung, or vertical additions
It's happening all over, and wood construction can make it even easier and faster.
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