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Tiny House Incorporates Biophilic Design And A Living Roof

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This tiny home has been designed to incorporate elements of biophilic design and natural building to create a home on wheels which is beautiful, natural and healthy to live in, proving that a tiny house can truly be capable of having a big positive impact. You can watch this video at www.youtube.com.

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Best Universities for Masters in Architecture in the USA | Masters in Architecture in USA 2022

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Best Universities for Masters in Architecture in the USA. Why Study Masters in Architecture in the USA? 5-year B Arch and the M Arch are the superior two examinations specified by the USA’s National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for giving an architect license. Harvard University. Cornell University.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Building.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Passive Solar Architecture. Handmade Houses: the World of Vernacular Architect. Earth USA 2011.

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2022 BALA Projects: Kitchens That Cook

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Part of a whole-house remodel, the original kitchen (photo, below) was isolated and not well connected to the rest of the house, says company owner Scott Branc, “so we pulled the kitchen to the front and connected it to the outdoors with more floor-to-ceiling glass,” he says, to deliver natural light and views of the surrounding landscape.

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Specifying building wrap for moisture management and drainage

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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) defines a weather-resistant barrier as a surface or a wall responsible for preventing air and water infiltration to the building interior. Oregon, for example, requires the building envelope consist of an exterior veneer, a water-resistive barrier, a minimum 3-mm (0.125-in.)

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Kengo Kuma, the architect behind Tokyo’s new and controversial Olympic National Stadium

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A humble pineapple cake shop may, in architectural terms, be rather removed from an elaborate Olympic Stadium. The museum is a fine example of Kuma’s determination to inject the inherent harshness of contemporary architecture with a semblance of nature, a kind of Japanese architectonic forest-bathing, if you will.

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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993. For example, many builders harvest clay soil from the building site during the leveling and excavation process, then use it to build the house. You can use machinery to mix clay, sand, and straw into cob — or you can use your feet.