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Edition 81
Circular Construction
Even Waste Has a Future
A practical argument for seeing buildings as evolving assemblies of valuable materials—and for considering change, repair, reuse and disassembly from the first sketch.
Original cover · lighter PDF availableInside GTR 81
A complete conversation, in one focused edition.
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Principles for keeping materials in use
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Five shared actions for designing out waste
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Waste, materials and circular responsibility
04
2040: When buildings were designed for another life
Cover story
Waste Is Material Without a Plan
Design waste out from the start.
Case studyPrimetech Office Building, Nigeria
Ideas become useful when they meet a real place, a real challenge and the people shaping what comes next.
GTR reflection
“Waste is not only a site-management problem. It is also a design problem—and design can give materials another future.”
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