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Ephemeral exhibit at the London Design Biennale 2023

House of moveable wooden walls promising cheaper, greener alternative to ‘knocking through’, wins award

22 Jun 2023

Cambridge architects have won a public choice award at the London Design Biennale for a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition...

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Turkey earthquake – a glimpse of the ECHO assessment

Cambridge engineer to co-lead earthquake reconnaissance mission to Turkey

13 Feb 2023

Professor Emily So will lead a UK response to uncover the causes of the extensive damage and loss of life

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A retrofitting revolution

06 Oct 2022

Laying the foundations for buildings to stay cool in extreme heat.

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Fixing India’s slum rehabilitation housing

13 Feb 2020

Millions of new houses being built for former slum-dwellers are failing their residents and fuelling unnecessary energy use. New research aims to...

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New book shows how to build a more flood resilient future

04 Feb 2020

We urgently need to adapt our built and natural environment to be more flood resilient in the face of climate change, a new book shows.

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Back to the future of skyscraper design

01 Mar 2017

Answers to the problem of crippling electricity use by skyscrapers and large public buildings could be ‘exhumed’ from ingenious but forgotten...

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