Twin Houses With One Pillar Offer Innovative Multigenerational Living & Contemporary Design

Twin Houses With One Pillar Offer Innovative Multigenerational Living & Contemporary Design

Two conjoined homes quietly anchor their plot in Söcking, near Lake Starnberg, standing as an inventive response to suburban densification. Houses with One Pillar, designed by Buero Wagner, presents a contemporary take on multigenerational living while honoring the site’s modest past—a single 1950s house once occupied the lot. Now, without expanding the original footprint, two…

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#Innovative Origami-Inspired Formwork Reduces Concrete & Steel in Vaulted Floors

#Innovative Origami-Inspired Formwork Reduces Concrete & Steel in Vaulted Floors

The strength and structural integrity of concrete are derived from its inherent material properties, and also from the way it is shaped during construction. An innovative architecture student has developed an ingenious method for constructing robust and stable vaulted floors while significantly reducing the amount of concrete and steel traditionally required. This is achieved through…

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#Modern Concrete Design: 8 Innovations Changing Home and Office Products

#Modern Concrete Design: 8 Innovations Changing Home and Office Products

Concrete, once confined to construction sites and infrastructure projects, has emerged as a revolutionary force in contemporary product design. This versatile material now extends far beyond traditional building applications, finding its way into everyday items from speakers to furniture. Its adaptability in construction – from structural elements and flooring to wall panels and countertops –…

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#Concrete made from food waste can be edible

#Concrete made from food waste can be edible

When I hear the word “edible concrete”, the visual that comes to my mind is straight out of a horror or dystopian story: people gnawing at walls because they have nothing more to eat. But of course that’s just my overactive imagination. It’s of course a recent development in construction innovation from scientists at University…

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