Over the last 20 years, a revolution has been taking place within the construction industry. Massive-engineered wood elements like CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) and LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber), are allowing us to build higher and larger than ever before. After over one hundred years with concrete and steel, wood is back in town.
Dissertation Vittorio Salvadori: Multi-Storey Timber-Based Buildings: An International Survey of Case-Studies with Five or More Storeys Over the Last Twenty Years
The AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects serves to provide architects an overview and the necessary steps to be taken to reduce embodied carbon in their projects. This resource is divided into three parts, introducing the necessary steps and resources to take in reducing embodied carbon. This resource intends to empower building designers by:
introducing embodied carbon and discussing its significance in furthering architects’ influence in decarbonizing the building industry.
providing an understanding of measuring embodied carbon through the methodology of a life cycle assessment.
equipping them with strategies to reduce embodied carbon in their own projects.
incorporating additional resources for implemented strategies and tools that this resource examines.
Unusual places to visit in Austria - the art and architecture of Krumbach's bus stops
There are some pretty unusual things to do in Austria, and we've done quite a few of them, but never did we expect to be on a tour of bus stops Krumbach, a village in the eastern region of Vorarlberg.
Part modern art, part Alpine architecture the bus stops make Krumbach a cool, quirky place to visit in Austria. Read more: http://livesharetravel.com/27729/hop-hop-off-places-to-visit-in-austria/
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Extending the Cycle in Switzerland – Project Overview
A building repurposing and extension in Winterthur exemplifies how design processes can be turned upside-down in favor of circular construction and compelling residential architecture.
If a ranking of the most significant architectural regions in the world were to be drawn up today, Vorarlberg would, without a doubt, be in the top ten. There are various ways and means for discovering the peculiarities of the Bregenzerwald's architectural and wooden culture.
Co-housing: a green alternative to the family home? | DW | 17.12.2021
Buying a family home is a major life milestone in many countries. But a lack of affordable housing and a desire to curb carbon footprints has led to the rise of alternative forms of accommodation, including "co-housing." Just how does this model work? And how difficult is it to get people to share their living space?
