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ICON develops 3D printer to build enclosed multi-storey structures

March 12, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Texas-based ICON has unveiled Phoenix, a robotic-arm-mounted 3D printer that can create fully-enclosed, multi-storey structures from a low-carbon mixture, at SXSW. ICON revealed the demountable crane-based 3D printer during a talk held as part of the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Phoenix allows ICON to construct multi-storey houses with enclosed systems. It said that it

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Construction commences on world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” Tor Alva

March 7, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger are creating a 30-metre-tall tower in the Swiss Alps, which is being 3D-printed with concrete by technology university ETH Zurich. Named Tor Alva, or White Tower, the building will become the world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” once complete in Mulegns later this year, according to Hansmeyer and Dillenburger. ETH Zurich

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Google opens New York headquarters built on renovated 1930s train terminal

February 21, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. Developed by Oxford Properties, the 232-foot-tall (70 metres), 12-storey office building houses Google’s North American headquarters for global business organisation and is located on

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“The allure of the ‘bio’ prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny”

February 15, 2024 Sioban Imms 0

Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. The vision of a civilisation based on biomaterials is compelling: products, clothes and buildings made from materials that have been “grown”, rather than derived from polluting, extractive

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Gensler designs circular housing block with electric-vehicle garages

February 2, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

US architecture studio Gensler has designed an apartment complex with circular buildings and integrated electric-vehicle parking towers in Ontario. Located outside of Toronto, the Electric Vehicle Enclave (EVE) Park development aims to integrate green technologies into a community-focused residential development. “The EVE Park homes are designed within circular clusters with stepped rooflines that create dynamic spatial

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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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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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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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