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7.2
Materials as Design Tool: Digital Fabrication Strategies for Sustainable Architecture 
The building industry is responsible for consuming almost 45% of all extracted resources and producing nearly 40%...
Materials as Design Tool: Digital Fabrication Strategies for Sustainable Architecture 
7.2
Research into Practice: Tying Two Ends of a String Together
The disciplines of architecture and, even more so, civil engineering have always held an inherent research approach....
Research into Practice: Tying Two Ends of a String Together
7.2
Towards Layered Permanence in the Sustainable Design of Buildings 
Among the approaches of circular construction, the reuse of buildings is the most desirable as it leaves a large...
Towards Layered Permanence in the Sustainable Design of Buildings 
7.2
The Removal Chain & Sentient Life Cycles
As our cities are growing, managing waste is becoming increasingly challenging. Global plastic waste is set to...
The Removal Chain & Sentient Life Cycles
7.1
Ecologies of Tectonics
We see increased attention to how buildings are built and expected to live over time, including the entire life...
Ecologies of Tectonics
7.1
Geomorphic Tectonics
Intractable Divisions? Current approaches to the architectural object and the concepts of tectonics exhibit significant...
Geomorphic Tectonics
7.1
Tectonics by Any Other Name
What is the relationship between the historical events in Figure 1? The timeline contains a prophecy and a...
Tectonics by Any Other Name
7.1
The Long Wait for the Inevitable: Metanarratives of Construction
What is the relationship between the historical events in Figure 1? The timeline contains a prophecy and a...
The Long Wait for the Inevitable: Metanarratives of Construction
6.2
Pivoting to Infrastructure: The Fusion of Architecture and Engineering
Founded in London, WilkinsonEyre is an architectural practice closely associated with the parallel engineering...
Pivoting to Infrastructure: The Fusion of Architecture and Engineering
6.2
Autonomous Futures: Implications for Smart Cities
As researchers studying how to design human interaction with automation, we are frequently asked to prognosticate...
Autonomous Futures: Implications for Smart Cities