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MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

Deezen

Created by the Digital Structures research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), the five-step approach has already been used to install a demonstration structure on the university's campus, with a larger pavilion now in the works.

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Translucent and reflective surfaces ricochet light around Cologne apartment

Deezen

German architecture studio Demo Working Group has removed all non-structural walls from this 1970s high-rise apartment in Cologne , creating a utilitarian open-plan interior. We were interested in how these concrete structures can be transformed to enable new spatial options," partner Matthias Hoffmann told Dezeen.

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Grouting for buildings: All you need to know! (+demo videos)

Building and Interiors

No segments: The application of grout leaves no segmentation in the structure. Moreover, grouts hold the structure together. It does not cause any structural damage. You can measure the improvement in ground structures with grouting. Masonry structures get enhanced stability and strength with grout injections.

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Adhesives or Sealants: How to choose the right product for a specific job? (+Demo videos)

Building and Interiors

So, epoxy adhesives are widely used as structural chemicals. Also, the structural bonds make use of anaerobic chemicals with materials like glass and metal. These crosslinked polymeric resins are majorly used for structural load-bearing applications. Also, adhesives have higher strength and more complex chemical structures.

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New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions

Deezen

The multidisciplinary team has completed a full-scale demo of the floor, built inside a Cambridge University Civil Engineering Department facility, and hopes the innovation will be adopted by the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions. Demo shows minimum 60 per cent reduction in emissions. The demo floor measures 4.5

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Metro Reports: NW 23rd and Marshall, Zeal Lofts, 2251 SE 92nd, and more

Next Portland

Early Assistance has been requested by Dominek Architecture for a project at 2251 SE 92nd Ave : Develop new 2-story fourplex structure at the west end of existing lot. NO MT or DEMO THIS SUBMITTAL – Demo of existing structures to be submitted separately**. This post covers September 27th, 2021 to October 3rd, 2021.

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A House Sheathed in Metal and Oriented for Energy Efficiency Is a Brooklyn Family’s Upstate Haven

Dwell

Architect Alessandro Ronfini of Demo Architects designs an award-winning passive house using a prefab-panel structure cloaked in dark galvalume. Photo: Matt Dutile Alessandro, a Passive House designer at his own firm, Demo Architects, went about creating "a version of a gable house that a child would draw," he says.

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