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Studio Bua creates "elemental look" for black cabin overlooking Icelandic fjord

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We approached the project from the point of view of sustainability and to maximise the existing resources, both material and cultural," said Studio Bua co-founder Sigrn Sumarliadttir. "We We also like the elemental look, it seemed almost like a diagram of a building on the outside."

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A Brief Architectural History of the Domination of the Circle in “Ideal” Urban Plans

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Even though the town was intended primarily for military defense, the goal was to create a utopian, self-sustaining model in which merchants, craftsman and farmers could live in social harmony. Ebenezer Howard, Diagram No.7 Featured Image: Ebenezer Howard, Diagram No.3 Order your copy today.

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The Nubian Vault: Applying Old Construction Techniques to Modern Building Problems

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Diagram provided by author. Sustainability, though perhaps anachronistic, has always been a key feature of the Nubian vault. This low-impact, low-energy method minimized any environmental disturbance and resulted in structures that were not just sustainable in material but also in their relationship to the locale.

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"Not a single step wrong" says commenter

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Love the interior structural diagram," they added. BBOB also struggled to see the positives, arguing "it's not sustainable when it will probably be demolished in less than 20 years because nobody wants to throw money at renovating a modernist eyesore". CharlieBing said, "just astonishing work, not a single step wrong". "In

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Building for the Pacific Northwest

SW Oregon Architect

AIA, LEED Green Associate discuss how their team pushed the sustainability envelope with the design of Kaiser Borsari Hall on the Western Washington University campus. If you charted the AEC industry as a Venn diagram, CSI would be located precisely where the intersection of all the sets occurs.

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"Hip hop has always had to be sustainable" says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator

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I think hip hop has always had to be sustainable," said Cooke. "It SNAFU' and 'song analysis' drawings help to dissect hip-hop production into diagrams for form generation, and 'found object' models comment on the tradition of making 'something from nothing' – one of hip hop's core ideals.". Making do with what you have". "I

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The Forestias Bangkok sustainable quarter

e-architect

Image: Rungkit Charoenwat The key vision for the landscape design has been to create a beautiful forest setting that embraces the philosophy of creating an exemplar 21st century development – one that is based on sustainable and intergenerational living, where people and nature live in harmony.