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University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Palladium Tower Shennong Valley Resort One Raffles Place Tower 2 Northpine Technical High School Yongsan International Business District 'Project R6'

Recycled vinyl from London 2012 Olympic venues to be reused at 2014 World Cup


The use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in construction is a contentious issue, magnified at global events such as the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games. For years green campaigners have fought the AEC industry for its utilisation of the material, touting low levels of biodegradability, toxic emissions during PVC production and hormone disruption as reasons for its dismissal. As such, a policy was issued by London 2012 in 2009 to outline the parameters of vinyl use in the London 2012 Olympic Park... more

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Date Project Description
17/05/12 University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences  
17/05/12 Palladium Tower Maximum daylighting afforded in competition winning Palladium Tower concept 
16/05/12 Shennong Valley Resort Broadway Malyan designs sustainable resorts for 'the father of hybrid rice' in Baoting Cou 
16/05/12 One Raffles Place Tower 2 Work completes on SAA Architects & Tange Associates-designed One Raffles Place 
16/05/12 Northpine Technical High School A beacon for educational excellence 
15/05/12 Yongsan International Business District 'Project R6' REX Unveils Residential Tower in Seoul's Yongsan International Business District 
15/05/12 City Creek Center Landscape architecture is focus at new City Creek Center complex 
14/05/12 Recycled vinyl at the London 2012 Olympic Park  
09/05/12 Accent Business Park Architecture from a new angle 
04/05/12 NurnbergMesse Exhibition Centre Zaha Hadid Architects designs sustainable exhibition centre for NunbergMesse 
04/05/12 Shanghai Bund International Financial Centre First images of Fosters/Heatherwick scheme 
03/05/12 Trianel GmbH Corporate Center Trianel GmbH Corporate Center Competition in Aachen won by Hamburg-based gmp 
02/05/12 Hariyo Chowk Kick start needed for charity project in Nepal 
01/05/12 Wilmington Waterfront Park Incorporating sustainable solutions, engineering and community engagement in LA 
01/05/12 Pierce's Park, Baltimore Pierce's Park set to open 6th May 
27/04/12 New Orleans BioInnovation Center Laboratory, LEED, biotech, incubator, daylighting, landscape 
27/04/12 Sheikh Khalifa Medical City SOM, Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, SKMC, Estidama, Design 
25/04/12 NASA Sustainability Base, NASA Ames Research Centre NASA Sustainability Base employs space exploration technology closer to home 
13/04/12 Beach and Howe Tower BIG presents twisted residential tower 
12/04/12 New Jerusalem Children's Home