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Materialize the Future with Materia

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Materia stimulates and inspires architects, designers and producers to apply these materials to their designs. Materia aims to build a new vision for the future.

Material Database by Raw

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Need some help choosing materials? Try Raw’s material database, it’s totally free.

They inform designers, architects, product developers and producers about new as well as traditional materials and means of production. Raw is constantly updating it with new inspiring materials and production techniques.

They also run a free magazine called Råvara.

Litracon: light-transmitting concrete

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Litracon, invented by Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi, presents the phenomenon of light transmitting concrete in the form of a widely applicable new building material.

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An Unique Acoustic Ceiling

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In a small New York restaurant called Tides, LTL Architects explored different configurations of bamboo. The ceiling is formed by over 110,000 bamboo skewers embedded into a bach-lit acoustical ceiling. The skewers are composed to produce a topographical effect, evoking sea grass.

Bio Glass

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Bio Glass from Coverings Etc consists of 100% recycled glass.

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Paper Bridge by Shigeru Ban

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Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, known for his eco-friendly lightweight materials, lifted the veil on a paper bridge over the Gardon River in southern France.

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Acoustic Design by Offecct

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The Swedish company Offecct is now focusing on acoustic design.

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Graphic Concrete

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Graphic Concrete offers a new way to produce a patterned concrete surface.

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