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Taming Nature: How Architecture is Redefining Its Relationship with the Environment

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Image Stanley Fung Integrating natural elements into architectural design has long been a fundamental pursuit in creating comfortable, sustainable environments that enhance both individual well-being and the relationship between buildings and their surrounding context.

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AA School of Architecture students construct timber 'Tree and Truss' structure using robotic fabrication

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Image: courtesy Design + Make course Architectural Association/Photographer Rafael Ferres Echavarren The 'Tree and Truss' project is a mass timber structure made from locally sourced materials and designed to support the columns and trusses of a new lecture hall standing in Hooke Park on the school's Woodland Campus. Image: courtesy.

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Concrete structures absorb 14% of cement’s carbon footprint, Japanese researchers find

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Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Nagoya University have found that concrete structures in Japan capture and store approximately 14% of the carbon dioxide emissions released during cement production. Related on Archinect: Princeton researchers develop concrete 3D printing method inspired by ancient fish scales.

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BIG Unveils Timber-Structured Design for the New Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen

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New Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen. Image BIG BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group , has been selected to design the new Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen.

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Structures Sculpted by Snow: Nature’s Seasonal Dance With Architecture

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Architecture, by its nature, is in constant conversation with the environment. Winter, with its snow, ice and frozen landscapes, temporarily alters not only the physical appearance of structures but also how we experience them. When the water freezes, it appears as if the structure extends directly into the ice.

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Building Among the Branches: A Showcase of Contemporary Treehouse Architecture

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Image Marco Lavit Nicora Despite their whimsical appearance, treehouses offer a unique platform for structural innovations and design explorations. By freeing up the ground below, they minimize disruptions to native flora and fauna, allowing nature to thrive undisturbed. ORIGIN Tree House by Atelier LAVIT.

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Lever Architecture grafts hybrid mass-timber structure onto LA parking garage

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The building's facade is clad almost entirely in glass, while its structure consists of 3- and 5-ply CLT panels and concrete slabs. The new structure was based on the original "typical" 30 x 30 grid plan of the parking garage below and extended upwards through the office floors.

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