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Architects Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

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In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Architects’ Guide: 18 Ways To Make Your Designs More Sustainable

Architizer

In an era where the health of our planet is more critical than ever, embracing sustainability in our architectural projects isn’t just beneficial — it’s essential. Amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the call for sustainable practices has never been louder.

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

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Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Polzella Yet, despite the potential carbon savings, the material is not being commonly used as a modern construction material. She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

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My sense of touch helps me explore clay, tackling the critical problem of discarded waste sites called brownfields in Canada. It is a highly sustainable alternative to concrete, able to act as an ecological scaffold and sequester pollutants. Student: Ju Huang Course: MArch Thesis Tutor: Sheryl Boyle Email: juhuang[at]cmail.carleton.ca

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85 Gracechurch Street by Woods Bagot

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The garden leads visitors to an external elevated Heritage Walkway around the perimeter of the site, which offers a unique vantage point over the roofs of Leadenhall Market with its ornate octagon, lantern, and iron finials, and to the modern city beyond.

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Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo by CCD

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It has become imperative to beautify and restore the site to enable the symbiosis of human and nature. Break through the “cocoon” for rebirth, rebuild a mysterious wonderland in the quarry valley With a long-abandoned quarry as the hotel’s site, the first priority of the project was ecological restoration.

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights nine architecture and humanities student projects

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Also included is a sustainable cooking centre constructed using timber and rammed earth , and another focusing on repurposing found objects and materials. The site has 32 beech trees and intertwines an architecture of found objects from the city in the process of being remade. We are a large school with a BA of over 650 students.

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