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French 3D-printing company “Fabulous” has brought together a team of scientists and architects to imagine a bubble-shaped habitat for Mars that can be printed on the red planet. The Sfero house features an internal and external dome, with a protective pocket of water between the two. Asingle corridor, which would have an upper and lower level linked by a spiral staircase
Norman Foster proposes new Droneport to save lives in Africa. He has launched proposals for the Droneport project in Africa to support cargo drone routes capable of delivering urgent and precious supplies to remote areas on a massive scale
Hebei Lanfang Yongqing International Cothing City, situated within the city of Langfang, demonstrates a new fashion discourse in architecture. This urban concept is designed to be a fast, efficient, sustainable, attractive and internationally acclaimed fashion hub. All planning decisions are based on a networks, roads and human-flows within a systematic patter that makes this plan easily readable
Timber grows up. Architects and engineers, drawn to wood for its environmental attributes, push the material to new limits. Representatives of Vancover-based firm, Equilibrium Consulting mentioned, that wood is rather durable material which performs good fireproof and soundproof characteristics. Let’s have a look at some projects in process and those, which are already implemented
While architect and engineers continue to explore universal characteristics of wood materials, some creative designers successfully use the versatility of natural wood and add it to floors, walls and ceilings in a seamless and stylish way
A vivid example of the use of wood, as the main construction material, has become energy efficient wooden house Zilvar, located on the outskirts of a small village in Eastern Bohemia. The client’s wish was to design an open-plan, low-energy wooden house to improve the closeness of all three members of the family and provide direct impact by the surrounding nature. Zilvar is designed as a low-energy house; the outer structure is a diffusion-open wall assembly. The larch timber-framed structure is designed using KHV construction timber profiles
