Architecture

The architecture community is experiencing substantial growth in the understanding and use of composites. Composites offer architects and designers performance and value in large-scale projects and their use is increasing in commercial and residential buildings.

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This Eye-Catching Composite Pavilion in Stuttgart was inspired by Moths

Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart have used robots and drones to weave a unique, 39-foot composite pavilion inspired by moth webs. The research pavilion, based at the university’s...

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MIT Students Create Self-Assembling Flying Building for Disaster Relief

A group of students from the Masters of Architecture Options Studio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has designed a structure that assembles itself in mid-air and can be dropped into disaster...

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Introducing PassivDom: An Autonomous 3-D printed Composite Solar-Powered House

Ukrainian engineer Max Gerbut and his team has created an autonomous, 3-D printed, composite solar powered-house called PassivDom. Gerbut and the PassivDom team claim the 387 square foot house, made with an...

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Composites will be Part of the World’s First Rotating Skyscraper

Over the past few years, Dubai has produced some incredible composites innovation, including the world’s first 3-D printed office building, materials for Apple’s new campus roof, passenger-carrying drones...

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Built to Last

Architects seek composite solutions to add both strength and beauty to buildings that will stand the test of time. When “A Gathering Place for Tulsa” opens in the Oklahoma city later this year, the nearly...

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Thermoplastic ICEhouse Stands out at 2017 World Economic Forum

Material supplier SABIC’s ICEhouse took center stage during the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The ICE in ICEhouse stands for Innovation for the Circular Economy. SABIC collaborated with...