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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 comprises two buildings, one of which occupies the structural shell of an existing house on the plot. 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.

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Grenfell Tower to be demolished, UK government confirms

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The remaining structure of Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, the UK government has confirmed. “It will likely take around two years to sensitively take down the tower through a process of careful and sensitive progressive deconstruction that happens behind the wrapping,” the statement said.

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Two Hundred Tons deconstructs steel tubes to create Unroll furniture collection

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Czech design brand Two Hundred Tons has developed a furniture collection made from standard steel tubes that are laser-cut and unfolded to create lightweight structural components. The Unroll collection comprises a shelving unit, coffee tables and coat hooks, all produced by designers Adam and Monika Štok using deconstructed steel tubes.

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Maschinenhalle- Renovation of a listed machinery hall and convention into workshop and office spaces in Leipzig’s neighbourhood Connewitz by KO/OK Architektur BDA

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Connewitz, a southern Leipzig neighbourhood, features a listed former accumulator building from 1910 with a back-to-back adjoining machinery hall which is embedded into the surrounding urban structure of perimeter blocks from the Gründerzeit-era.

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Itten+Brechbühl creates demountable timber sports hall for University of Zurich

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Shortlisted in the sustainable building category of Dezeen Awards 2024 , Sporthallenprovisorium Gloriarank replaces four sports halls at the University of Zurich with its glued laminated timber (glulam) structure clad in larch timber. The photography is by Yohan Zerdoun.

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atelier brückner to create deconstructable wood pavilion for uzbekistan at expo 2025 osaka

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after the expo, the structure will be disassembled and reconstructed in uzbekistan to serve as a studio, workshop, or school. The post atelier brückner to create deconstructable wood pavilion for uzbekistan at expo 2025 osaka appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.