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Adaptive Urban Regulations: Navigating Change in Affordable Housing, Infrastructure, and Sustainability in the U.S.

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Image © Billie Grace Ward via Flickr In the ever-evolving landscape of urban development , cities are faced with an array of challenges that demand quick and innovative solutions, ranging from the critical issue of affordable housing to the pressing need for efficient and decongested infrastructure and sustainable energy practices.

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Architecture 101: What Is Sustainability in Architecture and Design?

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Architizer's 13th A+Awards features a suite of sustainability-focused categories recognizing designers that are building a greener industry and a better future. Progress is only be guaranteed when we wrap our heads around what it sustainable development really means. Digging deeper, there are key wins with sustainable architecture.

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Architecture can’t wait for regulators to lead on sustainability

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The post Architecture can’t wait for regulators to lead on sustainability appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. With urgent turning points for mitigating climate change drawing ever nearer, it’s time for the architecture field to take notice—and action. Seventy-five percent of global emissions come from the urban [.].

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University of Chicago researchers develop ‘chameleon-like’ material that can regulate buildings by changing from solid to liquid

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Researchers from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have published details of a new material that can auto-regulate its environment by changing its infrared colors and liquid-solid state. ” Image courtesy University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

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The Spirit of Sustainability: Designing with Ghost Materials

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Then there is the issue of regulation. Top photo: FRONT’s Pretty Plastic Panels courtesy of FRONT The post The Spirit of Sustainability: Designing with Ghost Materials appeared first on Journal. Most building codes are still based on materials behaving in predictable ways.

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Forest Futures: Rethinking Architecture of Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Balance

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They regulate climate, support biodiversity, and sustain human communities. With the growing realities of climate change and environmental degradation, architects, planners, and engineers now face a new imperative: designing within forests in ways that sustain the ecosystems on which they depend. Read more

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From Common Sight to Cultural Symbol: The Rise and Decline of Bamboo Scaffolding in Hong Kong

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Bamboo scaffolding is arguably the most iconic construction material in Hong Kong, valued for its abundance, sustainability, flexibility, adaptability, andmost importantlyscalability. A dwindling pool of skilled, younger workerscombined with evolving construction regulations has contributed to its decline.