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Could 3D-Printed Formwork Revolutionize Sustainable Construction?
Researchers at Gramazio Kohler Research and ETH Zurich have developed a way to 3D print lightweight concrete formwork that's fully recyclable.
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Viewpoints
Can Architects Build without Killing Birds?
Despite laws to reduce bird-window strikes, building-related practices continue to decimate songbirds. Can that trend be reversed?
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Viewpoints
15 Essential Architecture and Design Reads for 2023
These must-read articles will give you all the inspiration and motivation you need to start the new year right.
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5 Buildings that Pushed Sustainable Design Forward in 2022
These schools and office buildings raised the bar for low-carbon design, employing strategies such as mass-timber construction, passive ventilation, and onsite renewable energy generation.
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Profiles
Dutch Designer Marjan van Aubel’s Solar Revolution
Through a new biennale, an encyclopedic book, and a traveling public installation she aims to reveal the full potential of solar design.
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Potato Head Eco-Resort is on a Journey to Zero-Waste
Twelve years after it opened, the Balinese resort has reduced the amount of waste it sends to landfills by almost 90 percent.
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Viewpoints
7 Stories to Celebrate Earth Day
From an argument against new buildings, to a proposal to redesign the sustainability holiday, these articles tackle some of the biggest ideas in sustainable design.
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Profiles
Future100: Student Designers Explore Radical Sustainability
In an era of ecological collapse, design students move beyond easy notions of “green building.”
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In Three Buildings Around the World, Old Methods Find New Purpose
In France, Sweden, and China, architects are drawing on old techniques like biomaterials and natural airflow to build the next generation of sustainable buildings.
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Six Architecture Projects that Raised the Bar on Sustainability in 2021
Featured in Metropolis throughout the year, these projects represent our industry’s best efforts at tackling climate change.
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Viewpoints
With Bees and Recycled Polypropylene, Vitra Takes Steps Toward Sustainability
A new garden designed by Piet Oudolf, along with a slate of other initiatives, signals a melding of high design and environmental consciousness at the furniture giant.