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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. The home sits on a hill some distance from the road. The photography is by Camilla Lindqvist.

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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 process produces no waste and the pieces can be flat-packed to ensure efficient transportation. The photography is by Ondrej Holub.

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Outdoor dining in New York City to become permanent — and stricter

Archinect

One stipulation is that roadway structures can only stand from April through November, which would be followed by their deconstruction and storage during the winter. With the bill, New York City’s Transportation Department is set to establish basic design guidelines for outdoor dining.

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Architecture 101: What Is Sustainability in Architecture and Design?

Architizer

Breaking this down into Upfront (emissions up to the point the building becomes operational, in-use day-to-day maintenance) and end-of-life, meaning carbon footprint of demolition and deconstruction, reveals how big a deal it is. This is before we come to major urban interventions and transport developments.

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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades

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Called Moca, an abbreviation of Mobile Catalyst, the prototype two-person dwelling is mounted on a trailer and designed to be easily transported by car. It is designed to be easily transported by car Moca is centred around a flexible open space, designed to be easily adapted into an area for sleeping, living, dining or even events.

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Historic Rotterdam rail bridge won’t be dismantled for Bezos megayacht after all

The Architect's Newsletter

This past February, Dutch media reported on potential plans to temporarily deconstruct a portion of Rotterdam’s Koningshavenbrug, a historic monument-designated railway lift bridge locally known as De Hef (The Lift), [.].

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OSO to suspend Boeing 747 aircraft between two buildings in Seattle

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Westbank is currently working to disassemble the plane at the Boeing decommissioned airfield – or "boneyard" – in California and plans on transporting the plane to Seattle, to be completed in late 2022. The airplane is currently being deconstructed at Boeing's airfield in California. Photo is Lukas Dong.

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