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Context: Folding – an efficient construction principle
In construction, the term folded plate structure describes a three-dimensional load-bearing structure assembled from thin-walled elements with flat su...
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BMW Guggenheim Lab in New York
With its modest appearance, this small pavilion is tucked inconspicuously into a gap between other buildings in New York’s Houston Street. Who w...
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Technology: Lightweight construction with plastics
Structural optimisation and lightweight construction are closely interrelated: Lightweight construction is an element of structural optimisation. Natu...
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Capsule Hotel in Kyoto
Erected on a six-metre-wide city-centre site, this capsule hotel sets new standards for what is a typically Japanese form of accommodation. The name, ...
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Report: From Cable Tie to Space-Defining Element
Cable ties and pipe fixings usually go unnoticed, but if taken as a constructional module alienated from their proper function, they can have a great ...
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Discussion: Plastics: Ethereal Materials or Trash Culture?
With the dissolution of the relationship between form and material and the attendant altered approach to design, plastics have now been re-established...
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