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Finding low-cost, sustainable building materials is important for the environment and providing access to affordable housing. Researchers have created a composite building material by replacing sand in concrete and mortar with a common, non-degradable … Continue reading Discarded diapers lay the foundation for future homes – quite literally
From a modest student project to a huge starchitect-designed development, grain silos are a fertile source of inspiration for architects around the world. The latest example of this is a nearly century old disused grain terminal in Collingwood, Ontario… Continue reading Huge disused grain terminal being transformed into hotel and housing
Leading 3D printing firm Icon has revealed an ambitious competition that aims to revolutionize affordable housing. Named Initiative 99, it will solicit designs for 3D-printed homes that can be constructed for under US$99,000.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Icon takes the initiative with affordable 3D-printed homes competition
Pininfarina is best known for its work in the automotive industry, though has also dabbled in bikes, yachts, and more. The prestigious design house now plans to use its considerable expertise to create a luxurious wellness retreat and residential commu… Continue reading Pininfarina-designed development will provide luxury in Mexican jungle
Tenants get to throw away their checkbooks. Landlords learn how much to raise your rent by. Continue reading JP Morgan Wants to Make Tenant Data Available to Every Landlord
Back in 2018, the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) built an affordable modular housing project in Denmark. The firm recently reused the same modular system to produce a spiral-shaped development of almost 100 homes that wind around a central pond that forms p… Continue reading Modular housing makes impressive savings with rainwater-collecting pond
Though it’s officially named the RKM 740 Tower, J Mayer H’s recently completed mixed-use high-rise building is undoubtedly destined to be better known by its more interesting nickname of the Zipper, coined due to its eye-catching shading exterior.Conti… Continue reading Extraordinary zipper-like exterior shades mixed-use high-rise
Following the completion of its award-winning Valley development comes another project by MVRDV that’s defined by an impressive mountain-like exterior. Ascension Paysagère has been partly built to the exacting Passivhaus green building standard and fea… Continue reading Energy efficient housing forms rocky outcrop on the riverside
Following the success of its revolutionary Bosco Verticale, Stefano Boeri Architetti has done more than most to help popularize the current trend of covering buildings with trees. Its latest project sees the studio return to this so-called “Vertical Fo… Continue reading Stepped housing will absorb CO2 with large number of trees and shrubs
We’re guessing that among Hackaday’s readership are plenty of futurists, and while the past might be the wrong direction in which to look when considering futurism, we wouldn’t blame any …read more Continue reading Buy the Right to Build a Nakagin Tower Anywhere