| Hello and welcome to Issue #30 of the Materials for Architecture Newsletter, published Friday 2nd February |
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| In this issue, we bring you news on Materials for Architecture 2018, a fritted glass tower, metal mesh curtain, plus more news on 3D printed materials, concrete & aggregates, glass, metal, smart & bio materials, and timber. |
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| Have a story relevant to materials in construction and architecture that you'd like to share? Send it through to news@materialsforarchitecture.com for consideration. Find out more about the event at www.materialsforarchitecture.com |
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Industry thought leaders confirm support
Materials for Architecture 2018 is pleased to announce support from a number of high-profile industry bodies. Confirmation of the support of key organisations strengthens the event’s ability to help the architecture and construction industry make better and more informed material specification choices. It also heightens awareness of the resources available to architects, specifiers and other industry professionals.
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Published 02/02/2018 via materialsforarchitecture.com |
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Deepen your understanding of construction and materials with these online courses
How much do you wish you knew about carpentry, solar energy or masonry? Leonardo Da Vinci said, "the noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding." Those who are open to learning and expanding their horizons are more likely improve their approach to design. If you've always wanted to understand more about construction processes, structures or materials, this list of online courses is for you.
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Published 31/01/2018 via archdaily.com |
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3D-Printed "window to the heart" to be constructed in Times Square for Valentine's day
Envisioned as the "world’s largest lens,” the installation was in response to its location within one of the world’s most instagrammed places, Times Square. The 12-foot-diameter Fresnel lens, designed with 3D-printing manufacturer Formlabs and structural engineer Laufs Engineering Design, will capture the image of the square within the heart-shaped window at its center, bending and distorting the surround myriad lights and colors.
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Published 25/01/2018 via archdaily.com |
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New exhibit explores the architect who showcased concrete’s curves
This daring concrete design was the work of Felix Candela, a Spanish-born architect, engineer, and contractor who helped revolutionize the use of concrete in the 20th century. His embrace of thin, curvy shells for structural design, which he called cascarones, were declared "daring structural fantasies” by famed critic Ada Louise Huxtable.
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Published 25/01/2018 via curbed.com |
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MVRDV reveals renderings of mirrored office block in Germany made form fritted glass
Dubbed the "crystal rock" by the Rotterdam architecture firm, the facade of the Milestone building will be formed from fritted glass containing photovoltaic cells that will reflect back images of the city and its surrounding landscape. Extruded and indented blocks on the square grid of the facade will give the building a 3D profile that the architects describe as a "pixelated map". Passersby will be able to use their phones to interact with the facade, which will be printed with QR codes that reveal information about the city.
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Published 01/02/2018 via dezeen.com |
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Metal mesh curtain links architecture with nature
When asked to design the sales office of China's largest developer Sunac, Aeo chose to honor Chinese tradition by emphasizing the expression of architectural logic following natural law. Draping the building in a metal mesh curtain, the Beijing-based studio uses the secondary skin to form a symbiotic space for both man and nature.
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Published 30/01/2018 via designboom.com |
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Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden's oldest church
AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. The Stockholm-based studio set a structure with a triangular timber roof on top of excavated ruins within the grounds of Varnhem Abbey. Excavations at the site in 2005 uncovered the remains of the farm church, which is believed to be Sweden's oldest discovered Christian church and possibly the country's oldest building
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Published 29/01/2018 via dezeen.com |
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