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...He also designed a crane for hoisting bricks, which he arranged in a double-shell structure in an innovative herringbone pattern....
...I ask whether computers deny the artistry of traditional masonry, with the slight imperfections that project a handmade quality....
...The launch model cuts plasterboard, but Mr Sebhatu is working on blades for wood, ceramics, glass and masonry....
...Instead, ingeniously, the entire structure was built on the surface as a 1,000-tonne masonry drum, bounded by chains and then set on a slicing iron hoop that was gradually sunk down through the clay....
...Sam Hooper dodged falling roof tiles and masonry as he escaped from an office block during the devastating earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand, a little more than five years ago....
...Maggie’s Centres are rightly admired for their innovative architecture but this is high-handed. Work is due to be completed by the end of this year....
...It was clear that something fantastic was about to happen to gravestones when Bompas & Parr — architectural jelly connoisseurs and purveyors of innovative culinary creations — announced in October that “...
...A change of attitude is necessary if modern earth buildings are to survive equally well as current construction practice promotes ‘maintenance-free’ products such as cement renders and masonry paints.”...
...By contrast, the manufacture of the materials that go into a square metre of standard cavity masonry wall is responsible for 100kg of emissions....
...“We’ve certainly seen innovative design ideas emerge during this period, particularly when you consider the area of sustainable design,” says Ulf Meyer, dean at the college of architecture at the Berlin...
...One excellent case in point is “masonry infill” or “confined masonry” construction, in which structural elements of wood, reinforced concrete or steel surround rocks, bricks or concrete blocks....
...He markets his eponymous line of chocolates to a local client base that appreciates his innovative flavours using mainly local ingredients....
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