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Wood waste and bioplastic floor panel boasts the strength of steel

September 30, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material: recyclable panels made entirely from bioplastic and wood flour. The prefabricated panel was made using 3D printing by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine

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Entries open for 2024 Brick in Architecture Awards

September 18, 2024 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: this year’s Brick in Architecture Awards has opened for submissions, with competitors encouraged to submit innovative brick projects to showcase “brick’s virtually limitless versatility”. The annual competition, described as “the leading international design competition featuring fired-clay brick,” is open to submissions that use clay brick as their primary building material. Organised by US trade

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Dezeen and ASUS Zenbook to host Design You Can Feel exhibition during London Design Festival

September 4, 2024 Benedict Hobson 0

Dezeen has teamed up with ASUS Zenbook to curate a major exhibition during London Design Festival exploring materiality, craftsmanship and artificial intelligence. Titled Design You Can Feel, the exhibition will showcase how material qualities such as form, colour and texture can be combined to create objects or moments that awaken the senses. Featured designers include

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Dezeen Debate features yoghurt window coating “crazy enough to work”

August 27, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features British engineer Tom Greenhill’s proposal to use yoghurt as a solution for combating heat waves. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost and low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves. Commenters were

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Dezeen Debate features yoghurt window coating “crazy enough to work”

August 27, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features British engineer Tom Greenhill’s proposal to use yoghurt as a solution for combating heat waves. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost and low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves. Commenters were

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

August 23, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Painted on with a roller, yoghurt dries quickly and creates a fritted glass-like effect that Greenhill says should reflect light and heat in much the same way as other energy-efficient

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