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Building a Sustainable Future: Sports Facilities Made from Bamboo

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© Tommaso Riva As awareness of sustainable development grows, bamboo is emerging as an attractive alternative to traditional construction materials. This innovative material is making significant inroads in the construction of sports facilities, showcasing how sustainable practices can shape a greener future.

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MAD's latest project, MoLo, will serve as the gateway to Milan's burgeoning Innovation District

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Fresh off the firm’s debut public housing effort in Beijing, MAD Architects has unveiled project renders for a commercial complex at the edge of Milan’s Innovation District called MoLo (short for Mobility and Logistics Hub). The design for MoLo includes a five-story car park, said to be the hub's "centerpiece."

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2023 Cities in Focus: Lessons in Environmental Resilience

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Image © Maria Gonzalez In the rapidly evolving landscape of the 21st century, cities have emerged as models of innovation in terms of sustainable development goals. Cities creatively address pressing urban challenges, including density, transportation, housing, and resilience.

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Researchers utilize shrimp shells to create stronger and more sustainable cement

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The innovation could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon emissions from concrete production. The set time was also extended by more than an hour, which is a desired quality for long-distance transport and hot-weather concrete work. The findings were reported in the journal Cement and Concrete Composites.

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Largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history begins construction

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SunZia Transmission will comprise a 550-mile transmission line between central New Mexico and south-central Arizona, with the capacity to transport 3,000 MW of electricity. The SunZia Wind facility, meanwhile, will be the largest wind project in the Western Hemisphere, spanning Torrance, Lincoln, and San Miguel Counties in New Mexico.

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Autodesk celebrates best projects utilizing its software at 2022 Excellence Awards

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Operated by Autodesk University, the annual series is intended as a celebration of projects that “transform industries and accelerate innovation,” developed using Autodesk software. Autodesk has announced the winners of their 2022 Autodesk Excellence Awards.

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CTBUH announces record-breaking round of 2023 Award of Excellence winners

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Featuring over 100 total built and yet-to-be-realized designs that span the global landscape of architecture across a wide gamut of typologies, clientele, and social intentions, the list looks annually to celebrate projects that “adopt the most innovative approaches and solutions to some of the most pressing challenges.”