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Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women’s House Ouled Merzoug

April 24, 2020 India Block 0
Women's House Ouled Merzoug nby Building Beyond Borders

Architecture students collaborated with a women’s group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. Two volumes of granite and adobe brick sit at the intersection of two shortcuts, one leading to the village centre and the other to its schools. Called Women’s

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Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April

April 24, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Coronavirus tartan

Daily coronavirus briefing: today’s architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes coronavirus tartan and emojis. Scottish designer makes coronavirus tartan to raise money for NHS Scottish designed Steven Patrick Sim, also known as the Tartan Artisan, has created a tartan called Virohazard (shown above) as a wearable public health warning. Sim is donating 60 per cent of the proceeds from each

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Comfort, Interaction and Efficiency: Artificial Intelligence in Architectural Projects

April 24, 2020 Julia Brant 0

The incorporation of new technologies into architectural designs has been expanding design possibilities over the last few years. Automation in construction processes can be used both in large scale city strategies, and smaller-scale demands like in the construction of residences. One of the more recent ways that technology has been integrated into the design of workplaces is through the incorporation of artificial intelligence, which uses data that can “teach” the machines how to work in several levels of autonomy.

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Comfort, Interaction and Efficiency: Artificial Intelligence in Architectural Projects

April 24, 2020 Julia Brant 0

The incorporation of new technologies into architectural designs has been expanding design possibilities over the last few years. Automation in construction processes can be used both in large scale city strategies, and smaller-scale demands like in the construction of residences. One of the more recent ways that technology has been integrated into the design of workplaces is through the incorporation of artificial intelligence, which uses data that can “teach” the machines how to work in several levels of autonomy.

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Dortmannhof House / Sigurd Larsen

April 24, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

The Dortmannhof is a typical eighteenth century Hallenhaus, a common construction style from the region around Essen in western Germany. In a Hallenhaus, the familial living area and barn were brought together under one roof in a compact structure which could be up to five stories tall.

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Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles

April 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
The Rye Apartments by Tikari Works

Rust-red tiles completely cover the facade of these angular apartments in south London, which Tikari Works has designed to have a “sibling relationship” with neighbouring properties. Situated on a corner plot opposite Peckham Rye park, The Rye Apartments consists of two angular, shingled buildings that are each host to five homes. They take the place

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