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Glass bricks have long been popular in architecture for bringing more light into buildings. Until now, however, they have not been suitable for load-bearing walls and have not insulated well.

Information, resources and upcoming events during Housing Week 2023 (9-12 May) to help you find alternative accommodation if you don't live in UCL Halls of Residence.

For Lou Corpuz-Bosshart UBC students built a hempcrete building that is one of the first 'carbon-minimal' institutional buildings in Canada.

While using a wood-burning stove, large amounts of particulate matter and ultrafine dust are released into living rooms.

Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life.

Modular homes that can be quickly adapted to a family situation, cleverly reusing rubble as building material for temporary housing, setting up emergency shelters in tent camps in such a way that communities can still be together.

The striking VU Main Building, loved and reviled, celebrates its 50th anniversary on 12 April next. Freek Schmidt, professor of the history of architecture and the living environment, talks about the vision behind the design and its significance for its surroundings.

Associate Professor Arianna Brambilla from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning will work with the Victorian Building Authority to establish best practice guidelines around the construction of moisture-resilient buildings. A new research project, led by Associate Professor Arianna Brambilla from the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning , will investigate how better building design and construction can tackle the issue of problem mould and water damage in buildings.

Focusing exclusively on new housing developments to counter the housing crisis is not sustainable, says David Kaufmann.

Design experts set to visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to share low-carbon, climate resilient building design ideas and tools University of Bath architecture experts will embark on a roadshow acro

Australia has taken a 'light touch' with Airbnb. Professor Nicole Gurran, from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, investigates whether stronger regulations could ease the housing crisis.

The Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich has just introduced the first seismic risk model for Switzerland.

The headquarters of Vaudoise Insurance in Lausanne, designed by Swiss architect Jean Tschumi, is the subject of a detailed monument study to guide restoration work.

Architecture students address the urgent need to reframe the relationship between design and time. Close How would we design and build differently if we learned to live at multiple time scales?

Gérald Ledent and Alessandro Porotto (UCLouvain Faculty of Architecture LOCI+LAB * ) publish the first comprehensive monograph on Brussels housing architecture.

Some people have a negative emotional response to the proliferation of condos in the Montreal region - and an UdeM doctoral candidate says we should listen to them.

Fatma Özdogan, an architect and UdeM doctoral candidate, hopes that her research into post-disaster reconstruction will help prevent tragedies like the one that occurred in Turkey, her home country.

Previous article Next article In September 2023, housing corporation De Veste together with contractor Plegt-Vos, will start building three residential complexes on the campus of University of Twente.

Researchers have analyzed soil samples from the Josefwiese on behalf of the city of Zurich and detected elevated dioxin levels.

A recent publication explores the unique history of dormitories from the Middle Ages to present day.

Miho Mazereeuw, an architect of built and natural environments, looks for new ways to get people ready for natural disasters.

Nasser Rabbat's new book explores the life and legacy of al-Maqrizi, Egypt's most influential historian.

University experts will monitor, analyse and investigate the implementation and industry response to new sustainable building policies.

Dr Rokia Raslan (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources), with Aimee Ambrose at Sheffield Hallam University, warns in The Conversation that a quarter of houses worldwide are classified as "hard to decarbonise" using conventional energy efficiency upgrades.

Uzufly's technology uses aerial imaging to generate 3D models of cities and regions with advanced precision, enabling urban planners to incorporate full-scale designs of all types of architectural and urban structures.

Many cities would rather get rid of waffle shops and Airbnb is further increasing pressure on the housing market.

Chalets have been widely adopted as the standard form of architecture for mountain homes - but according to Patrick Giromini, an architect and lecturer at EPFL, it's worth taking a close look at why.

Olivier Lalancette, an EPFL Master's student in architecture, has come up with some development proposals for the Brig-Visp-Naters conurbation.

A new partnership will bring several First Nations in Saskatchewan together with a team of researchers from the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University to develop new pathways toward housing self-sufficiency.

By Ute Wiedner The architectural holdings of the Archives of TU Graz - including the estates of Herbert Eichholzer, Anna Lülja Praun or Karla Kowalski - form the core of the Architekturarchiv Steiermark (ASt), which will be opened in Graz on 30th November.