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Shaping a Sustainable Built Environment Through Industry-Wide Upskilling

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Courtesy of Holcim By now, most people in the construction industry know that addressing the carbon emissions that come from the built environment is key to solving the climate challenge. Yet, knowing where to start can be a challenge for many professionals. Read more ยป

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Adaptive Reuse as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration

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Image ยฉ Simon Menges โ€œNew ideas must use old buildings,โ€ said Jane Jacobs in her seminal book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , championing the reuse of existing building stock as a means to catalyze positive change and foster diverse urban environments.

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Infrastructure and Landscape: 12 Projects Redefining Natural Environments in Spain

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Image ยฉ Jesรบs Granada Spain, with its vast territory and notable diversity of landscapes, has been a reference point in the development of external infrastructures , both in urban and rural areas. Read more ยป

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Buro Happold enlisted by USC to devise sustainable design guidelines

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The firm was selected through a competitive process to develop new sustainable design guidelines for the university. Buro Happold’s work with USC comes at a time when sustainability guidelines and assessment tools have become an essential component of long-term campus planning and institutional strategy.

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SGA designs concept for โ€˜New Englandโ€™s first all-timber frame laboratory developmentโ€™

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Taking an urban site in one of Boston’s leading life sciences clusters as a test case, the team believes their concept offers “the true potential for the first mass timber research development in New England.”

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โ€œMake Universal Uniqueโ€: WoHo Systems' Approach to Prefabrication, Sustainability, and Adaptable Design

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Image Courtesy of WoHo Systems Contemporary challenges and technological developments inevitably trigger changes in how we design and build our cities. The traditional construction industry suffers from inefficiencies that render methods slow, expensive, or harmful to the environment.

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Powerhouse Company Designs Largest Timber Housing Development in the Netherlands

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The timber structure seeks to be circular and sustainable in its design, creating a nature-inclusive environment that is accessible to all. Situated within Pendrecht, a post-war neighborhood in Rotterdam , it sits on the site of a residential flat bearing the same name, demolished a decade ago. Read more ยป