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An Architect Rebuilt Chongqing’s Yuzhong District in Minecraft to Understand Its Vertical City
Using Rhino, Grasshopper and Minecraft, architect Seth of Sluda Builds recreated more than 1,000 buildings in Chongqing's Yuzhong District to study its layers.
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Samsung C&T’s Beam-Column Dry-Joint System Gets Korea’s First Special-Frame Nod
Samsung C&T's dry-joint precast connector became the first in Korea to earn special moment frame seismic certification.
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Maxon Adds MCP Support to Cinema 4D, Letting Claude and ChatGPT Automate Repetitive 3D Tasks
Maxon's free Cinema 4D MCP server lets artists hand repetitive scene, material and render setup tasks to Claude or ChatGPT while work stays...
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Singapore Trials WoodFlex, a Recycled Wood Pavement to Protect Tree Roots
LTA and NParks are trialling WoodFlex, a porous recycled wood and cement pavement, on two Singapore paths to protect tree roots.
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England’s Housing Approvals Fall to Their Lowest Level Since 2012
Home Builders Federation figures show 45,315 homes approved in England in the second quarter of 2026, a 21 percent drop and the lowest...
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Clients Are Now Editing Architects’ Renderings with AI, and Not Everyone Is Happy
Canadian architects describe clients editing their renderings with AI, and explain where generative AI helps in practice and where it still falls short.
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AJ Survey: 60 Percent of Newly Qualified Architects Would Not Recommend the Profession
The AJ's Into Work survey of more than 400 UK students and early-career architects shows rising debt, a tight jobs market and widespread...
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Chalmers Researchers Urge Architects to Build Material Reuse Practice Into Design
A Chalmers and KTH study urges architects to start projects by cataloguing reusable materials, citing a Bruges pavilion as proof of concept.
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