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Ten bright kitchens that are flooded with natural light In the first of a trio of spring lookbooks this Easter weekend, we've selected ten bright kitchens that are flooded with light from wide windows, skylights and full-height glass doors. This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series providing visual inspiration for the home. Previous articles in the series feature inspiring outdoor living spaces, calming green kitchens, and living rooms with beautiful statement shelving. Tibur House, UK, by Paul Archer Design This 15-square-metre addition to the rear of a house in north London contains a bright, open-plan kitchen and dining area. Architecture studio Paul...

Building with Mushrooms Along with our research on wool and cardboard insulation we turn towards investigating the constructional potential of living organisms, in the frame of our research on sustainable insulation. Our aim is to explore natural solutions that could replace conventional materials while being equally efficient, more ecologically responsible and cost competitive. In our latest research we have been focusing on the insulation properties of fungal mycelium and developing different kinds of prototypes to be tested and compared. The major role of fungi in nature is to act as a decomposer. They grow on dead organic matter, disassembling and...

  Smart construction site experiment underway in Moscow The Moscow authorities have launched the practical stage of an experiment aimed at creating a smart construction site as a component of a smart city.  The site involves the use of various modern information technologies to automate on-site processes, while also reducing construction time and identifying and preventing emergencies and accidents at an early stage. Eduard Lysenko, minister of the government of Moscow and head of the city’s department of information technology, stresses that the introduction of smart solutions in the city’s building sites will take the construction industry to a fundamentally...

Caterpillar updates cold planer portfolio for milling customers Five years ago, Caterpillar brought a fresh line-up of cold planers to the market and have been continuously working on improvements to the product line ever since. The latest product updates to the Cat PM620, PM622, PM820, PM822 and PM825 feature numerous improvements based on customer feedback to ease operation and lower owning and operating costs. The 470 kW (630 hp) PM620 and PM622 are powered by the well-known Cat C18 engine. The heavier and more powerful PM820, PM822 and PM825 are powered by the same C18 engine with a twin-turbo setup to...

Specify Sustainable Building Materials with NBS Chorus The NSW and federal governments will invest up to $2 billion over 10 years to reduce emissions in New South Wales—making it the most comprehensive, fully-funded plan in Australia. The production and use of construction materials is responsible for 10 per cent of the state's total annual emissions. Given the manufacturing of traditional steel, concrete and aluminium produce high levels of carbon dioxide, cutting these levels is a priority in the state government’s plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. And when it comes to innovative technologies NBS Chorus is at the forefront as the...