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Lloyd Wright chapel to be disassembled following ongoing California landslide

Deezen

Underground utilities such as electricity, water, sewer and gas utilities have also broken and are currently unusable. Many of the chapel's materials, which include redwood glulam, blue roof tiles and steel window framing are original to the structure and "cannot be replicated today" making its careful disassembly more paramount.

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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades

Deezen

They contain utilities and storage areas, allowing the use of the central area to be changed. Moca was constructed using thin CLT panels that the students produced themselves to ensure its structure kept below the maximum weight permitted for mobile structures. The photography is by Adria Goula.

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Let's build toward a circular economy

BD+C

One new service line I see the industry offering is material lifecycle and utilization plans, where our staff, or other organizations, can assess buildings to tell you what materials you have, their value, age, and create a potential next life for the material to be circulated into a neighboring building project.

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Blee Halligan draws on Derbyshire landscape for Derwent Valley Villa

Deezen

Brick structures are connected by a glass walkway that stretches through the garden. The strategy was to deconstruct the building and extend the plan through the site, so as to maximise the experience of 'living in a garden'," said the studio. The new structure provides more garden space than was previously available. "We

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Let's build towards a circular economy

BD+C

One new service line I see the industry offering is material lifecycle and utilization plans, where our staff, or other organizations, can assess buildings to tell you what materials you have, their value, age, and create a potential next life for the material to be circulated into a neighboring building project.

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Transcending Typology: 6 Ways Architects Are Transforming New Spiritual Spaces

Architizer

Architects continue to experiment with light, scale and form to create subversive and surprising sacred structures. Nestled in woodland, the structure’s steeply pitched form mirrors the silhouette of the surrounding conifers. Yet, we’ve moved far beyond traditional, time-honored typologies of religious space.

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KT Residence // Tomi Atelier

Architizer

Deconstructed Box to a Newly Restructured Space”, is our main design concept. The concept is inspired by the idea of deconstructed boxes which could be transformed into different kinds of space and shape to suit the owner’s lifestyle. © Tomi Atelier. © Tomi Atelier. © Tomi Atelier. © Tomi Atelier. © Tomi Atelier. © Tomi Atelier.