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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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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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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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Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk

December 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban was agreed at a meeting of Australian federal and state workplace ministers on Wednesday, and will come into place across the country from 1 July 2024. The ban targets

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Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk

December 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban was agreed at a meeting of Australian federal and state workplace ministers on Wednesday, and will come into place across the country from 1 July 2024. The ban targets

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Provencher Roy mixes recycled glass into concrete of sculptural Quebec bridge

November 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian architecture studio Provencher Roy has created Darwin Bridges, a curved bridge on Nuns’ Island outside of Montreal constructed with concrete that utilises recycled glass in its mixture. The structure replaces a set of two-lane bridges constructed in the 1960s to service the growing suburban community and connect it with the highway system. The original

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SOM creates spiral of algae bricks for Chicago Architecture Biennial installation

September 27, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

In collaboration with Colorado-based Prometheus Materials, architecture studio SOM has created a spiral installation made of bio-bricks for the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The installation was made using the Bio-Block building material developed by Colorado-based material company Prometheus Materials, a masonry block created from micro-algae and aggregate that offers an alternative to standard concrete. “Extending

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Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival

September 26, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and “frozen” resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival. Displayed under a railway arch at Borough Yards, Prototype/In Process was made up of 1:1 scale prototypes of chairs, as well as chairs that are still

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SOM demonstrates algae-based ‘bio-block spiral’ at chicago architecture biennial

September 25, 2023 kat barandy I designboom 0

a spiral installation of algae-based concrete models a collaborative approach to reduce CO2 in the building industry.
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Overtreders W constructs hotel cabin from locally sourced materials secured with straps

August 17, 2023 Tian Lin 0

Dutch architecture studio Overtreders W has created Stable Stack, a temporary cabin hotel built using straps and borrowed materials, in Veenhuizen, the Netherlands. The studio found the materials for the cabin in the village of Veenhuizen, sourcing concrete gutters and wood from carpenter Peter Kroes and roof tiles and paving slabs from Riedstra farm. Instead

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