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Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. This is the sixth edition of the Prize, which was created in 2018 to “cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.”

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Exclusive Film: La Quebradora Water Park in Mexico City, a Holcim Foundation Award-Winning Project

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Over the past twenty years, the Holcim Foundation Awards has committed USD 20M to spotlighting projects from an industry-changing cast of architects, designers, and engineers who champion innovative practices in sustainable design and construction. Read more »

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Westlake University by HENN

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Established in 2018, Westlake University is a new type of research university, a first in the history of modern China, funded through the Westlake Education Foundation. The School of Life Science, the School of Science and the School of Engineering are housed in separate buildings.

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News: Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. This is the sixth edition of the Prize, which was created in 2018 to “cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.”

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Australia moves to ban engineered stone due to silicosis danger

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Australia is considering banning engineered stone after a joint investigation by three news outlets accused manufacturer Caesarstone of not doing enough to warn people of the dangers of working with the material. And then we found that all of them were working with the new engineered stone of Caesarstone."

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Mork-Ulnes completes eight-sided Octothorpe House in Oregon desert

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The CLT elements – a type of engineered wood selected for its low waste and high efficiency – were created from SFI /COC-grown wood. Inspired by Donald Judd's Chinati Foundation in Marfa , Texas, the interior textures and forms draw on the surrounding landscape with wood furnishings and leather mixed with organic custom furniture.

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Ervin Architecture unveils expansion of Maine's largest building

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2019 saw structural and infrastructural improvements In 2018, "quasi-permanent shipping container structures" were built as annexes offsite to house food and beverage facilities, and the permanent eastside foundation was poured allowing the installation of four shipping containers that housed the corporate club spaces.

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