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Sustainable Policy: How Deconstruction Policies Are Revolutionizing Construction Waste Management in the United States

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Image Courtesy of EcoCocon For a long time, the construction industry has followed a linear process - extract raw materials, build structures, demolish them, and then dispose of the garbage in landfills. Straw-wall panels. This approach has serious negative effects on the environment and society and is inherently unsustainable. Read more »

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Monica Förster makes architectural debut with "deconstructed" summer house

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Berghem was clad in Organowood to feel like "part of the mountain" The designer decided to use the structure of the existing house, which was painted in a traditional Falu red, as it was hard to transport materials to the site. To consider detailing, materials, textures as well as the bigger picture which includes sustainability."

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Two Hundred Tons deconstructs steel tubes to create Unroll furniture collection

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The Unroll collection comprises a shelving unit, coffee tables and coat hooks, all produced by designers Adam and Monika Štok using deconstructed steel tubes. The couple specialises in creating metal furniture using processes that explore the material's unique properties. It's durable, recyclable, and therefore sustainable.

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Deconstruction of building made of alternative concrete resulted in just two buckets of waste

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A 700-square-foot showroom and model home displaying Nexii’s building technology was constructed in 2019 near Vancouver to prove the buildability of the new material, which has far lower emissions than conventional concrete.

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The Spirit of Sustainability: Designing with Ghost Materials

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Material choices are a major part of every project. From travertine to limestone, corten steel to zinc, timber to terrazzo, architects spend a huge amount of time and energy selecting the perfect materials for their designs. Unfortunately, not all the materials used in a project are chosen.

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Swiss researchers have developed a carbon-storing building insulation made from plant-based materials

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A Swiss research team from Empa's Building Energy Materials and Components Lab explores the potential for using raw, plant-based materials as insulation for buildings. The researchers must ensure that the new insulation materials can be used as a fe.

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Coffee Law-Crystallization Temporal Cafe / CPD interiors

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Using deconstruction as a method, basic building materials are. Completed in 2022 in Taiwan. Images by Han image studio. The 3-month pop-up cafe is located in a gutted, soon-to-be-demolished building.