Iceland's volcanoes might have an unexpected new purpose – an architect duo want to harness molten lava to shape the construction of houses and cities of the future
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Yemen's ancient, soaring skyscraper cities
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The world’s largest 3D-printed community is complete
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The extraordinary home inside a giant greenhouse in Norway – 38ft-tall glass shed features integrated ventilation and cooling systems
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Why skyscrapers became glass boxes
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Five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old building
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Evaluating the significance of San Lorenzo Village, a mid-20th century suburban community
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This Miami luxury condo is burying crystals in its building foundation to create good ‘vibes’
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Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks
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Analyzing Frank Herbert's Dune from an architectural perspective
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This building nearly broke Taipei. The Taipei Performing Arts Center; Over budget, a decade under construction, and one of Asia's most important cultural buildings.
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Who really wants megastructure cites?
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Urban development company Atrium Ljungberg has unveiled plans to construct the world's largest wooden neighbourhood in Stockholm
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Doomsday prep for the super-rich
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Why is everything so ugly? The mid in fake midcentury modern.
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Potash buildings
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Megacities: Reality or fiction? Architecture in sci-fi.
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Why Norway's churches look weird
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This video tells the story of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, its design, construction, life, and ultimate demise
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Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood.
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An overview of concrete forming technology
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Gothenburg is on a $100bn building spree
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Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed Icelandic homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments
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For centuries, indigenous groups in north-east India have crafted intricate bridges from living fig trees. Now this ancient skill is making its way to European cities.
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The real first 3D printed buildings (1930s)
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Wood construction and the risk of fire
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Why it's hard to innovate in construction
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Looking for more home and building related content!
I'm really not sure if I posted this in the right place, but I have been watching the Youtube channel "The B1M" and the guy's other channel "Tomorrow's Build" and I really like his type of...
I'm really not sure if I posted this in the right place, but I have been watching the Youtube channel "The B1M" and the guy's other channel "Tomorrow's Build" and I really like his type of content. I've also been watching tv shows about homes and the types of people who live in what homes in which parts of the country (Denmark). I also watched a couple of episodes of "The World's Most Extraordinary Homes" on Netflix...
So yeah, I obviously really have an itching for more content along the lines of buildings and especially homes. So, does anyone have suggestion on what to watch next?
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Ise Jingu and the Pyramid of Enabling Technologies
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The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction – cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries
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You can help rebuild Notre Dame by sponsoring a statue
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Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs
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Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks
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The downside to life in a supertall New York tower: leaks, creaks, breaks
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Wooden buildings that won’t burn
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How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century
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Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
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Open Platform and JAJA Architects construct Denmark's first wooden parking house, enabling Denmark reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050
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CF Møller Architects have revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building
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Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction
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Passivhaus detailing and design: A complete guide for architects
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Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates – coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea
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"I like to think of bricks as brushstrokes or pixels" An interview with Will Quam, a brick enthusiast in Chicago
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Notre Dame: Time to call in the French builders with medieval skills
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What termites can teach us about cooling our buildings
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Neri Oxman's new glass printing technique could lead to 3D-printed glass building facades
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From skyscraper to 'plyscraper': The towering potential of timber
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Pre-fabricated timber system to enable modern, self-built homes
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