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New 3D Print Technology for the Construction of Houses

A new 3D printer technology has been developed lately to allow the construction of a house by printing part by part of the building and putting them together. There is a specific video where illustrates and explains the new technology by the developers, as well as showing the very...

Limits Architects Set to the Range of Projects They Would Take On

I came accross an article calles 'Weapons, Bribes And Dctators: Where Architects Draw The Line' by Fast CoDesign. The article talks about Zaha Hadid's project for the World Cup of 2022, which hundreds of workers that where working on the project have lost their lives. Zaha Hadid...

Architectural Technology vs Architecture

There are a lot of people that ask me what I am studying and when I tell them that I am an Architectural Technology student they keep staring at me like I am talking nonsense and asking me what is the difference with Architecture. The fact is that most people never heard about this...

The Importance of Sustainable Development

When a construction project is on the go, the functionality of it and its design is not enough to be able to contribute to society. A building to be 100% sufficient and contribute to society and the world needs to me sustainable. The scientific definition of sustainable development...

Ecobuild Exhibition 2014 in London

Between the 4th and 6th of March the tenth Ecobuild Exhibition for 2014 will be hosted in ExCel centre in London, According to the Ecobuild official website the exhibition is the 'world's leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment' In...

Concrete Tent

A great technology has been recently discovered that is considered to be a cheap house that can be rapidly built and provide what a normal house does. The concrete tent is made from concrete canvas, a flexible canvas with the exact same properties with concrete. A bendable...

Review: Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture

This post will be another review about a book. Specifically it's about an Encyclopedia. This book goes with the title 'Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture'. The title says it all. It's a big book full of information about detail drawings in contemporary...