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The Future of Architecture: Changing How Housing Is Built in the World’s Most Disaster-Prone Countries

Architizer

Architecture 2030 ’s mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from a major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central source of solutions to the climate crisis. Beyond designing housing and schools, we transform systems for regulating, financing, building and improving informal housing across the Global South.

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The Future of Architecture: BioDiverCities and Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

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In January 2022, the World Economic Forum issued the BiodiverCities by 2030 report with a key message: “Transforming Cities’ Relationship with Nature.” They inspire sustainable practices, green spaces, efficient resource management and climate regulation.

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

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Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s climate summit in 2019, Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins introduced the Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3), our firmwide commitment to carbon neutrality in our work and operations by 2030. The IPCC report notes that an additional 2.5

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Retention of existing buildings must be "the starting point" for major London developments

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Released last month, the two-part London Plan Guidance package sets out how significant developments will need to report and cut down on waste and whole-life carbon to further the city's goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2030. Retrofitting is the "lowest-carbon option". Read: Demolition of iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower begins in Tokyo.

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Legal challenge launched against UK's "unlawful" Net Zero Strategy

Deezen

Cambridge University engineering professor Julian Allwood told Dezeen the strategy is too focused on fledgling, future technologies , while the RIBA and other architecture industry groups believe more policies are needed to regulate embodied carbon. Various companies have pledged to reach net-zero sooner than 2050.

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California’s new Title 24 energy code compliance date pushed back to July 1, 2014

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Due to the stringency of the provisions in California’s new Title 24 energy codes, their implementation has been postponed until July 1, 2014 to allow jurisdictions and engineers to prepare for them. California is striving for newly constructed commercial buildings to achieve Zero Net Energy by 2030. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Design Declares campaign unites studios "fed up" with industry's lack of climate action

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The launch of the initiative comes three years after the formation of Architects Declare and Engineers Declare in 2019. Architecture and engineering have a series of bodies that help to regulate their industry," she told Dezeen. But there is no chartership for design in the UK. So we would like to avoid that.".