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One day, your home could be made with mushrooms
Buildings of the future could be made with mushrooms.
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Classics: Red House / William Morris and Philip Webb
"Although Red House is a stylistic masterpiece, certain of its features reveal the relative inexperience of its designers."
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Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian researcher
Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology, to improve the strength of concrete for use in complex architecture.
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How Africa's largest city is staying afloat
The most populous city in Africa is also one of its most vulnerable to inundation. To stay above water, everything from its architecture to its transport may have to change.
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The bunker builders preparing for doomsday
For some, the current crisis is a dummy run for long-term lockdown. Across the world, luxury bunkers are being built for a lucky few to survive calamity and collapse.
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Saudi Arabia launches 170km city built in a straight line
New eco-friendly project launched by the crown prince panned on social media as 'nonsense' and 'dreamed up from a sci-fi movie'
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The largest dam-removal in US history
For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the United States has had to contend with historic dams – and now four of them are set to be taken down.
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Robots invade the construction site
A new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry.
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AI that scans a construction site can spot when things are falling behind
Construction sites are vast jigsaws of people and parts that must be pieced together just so at just the right times. As projects get larger, mistakes and delays get more expensive. The consultancy Mckinsey estimates that on-site mismanagement costs the construction industry $1.6 trillion a year.
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This company will build you an all-weather private office studio in your backyard
How a construction entrepreneur started producing prefabricated office pods
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Why Tokyo’s New Transparent Public Restrooms Are A Stroke Of Genius
A Pritzker-winning Japanese architect aims to take the anxiety out of using public toilets.
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The pandemic has shown us what the future of architecture could be
As we try to understand the role of architecture post-pandemic, we have to first better understand the ways we inhabit buildings and move through space.
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Architects are planning a beautiful Martian city in the Dubai desert
Move over, Elon Musk: You’re not the only one with big plans to colonize Mars. You might be leading the pack when it comes to figuring out how we'll get to Mars, but you're not the only one thinking about what we'll do — and how we'll live — when we actually manage that. A group of architects in Dubai has been commissioned to design an experimental Martian city, and to actually take their plans from the drawing board into the desert outside the largest city of the United Arab Emirates.
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How Infectious Disease Defined the American Bathroom
Cholera and tuberculosis outbreaks transformed the design and technology of the home bathroom. Will Covid-19 inspire a new wave of hygiene innovation?
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A Mysterious 25,000-Year-Old Structure Built of the Bones of 60 Mammoths
The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question
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Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire
Researchers use cathedral’s stones, wood, and lead to learn about its history and the best way to repair it
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This Chinese Factory Makes $100,000 Architectural Models!
Today we're visiting RJ Models, one of the top architectural model making factories in China. And it's amazing! It's a blend of high tech computerized tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, and high end 3d printers alongside old fashioned meticulous hand model making by skilled craftsmen. And the scale is unbelievable - 500 employees!
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Aerial Views of Mexico's Dystopian Housing Developments
These developments' rigorous geometries conceal a lack of human amenities.
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How to design an emergency hospital that's built in days
How do you go about creating, in a matter of days, a large-scale field hospital that can in theory, prevent a virus from spreading beyond -- and within -- its walls?
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The Walls Of Glass Blocks Surrounding These Stairs Help To Provide Natural Light While Maintaining Privacy
Luigi Roselli Architects have recently included a design element we don't see too often in modern houses - a stairwell surrounded by glass blocks.
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