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Configuring the Earth

By Jaume Prat. Technology surrounds us. Literally. When you think about technology and construction, it is not so much about adding gadgets to buildings but rather about what has configured all the elements used in the construction of, or found inside, any of the spaces we inhabit, regardless of whether it uses electricity or electronics.

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Sustainability is the only way forward for the future of building

By Bruno Sauer. When I became managing director of GBCe, a journalist asked me what my goals were as the association's top manager. I had no doubts what to answer: to make GBCe one of the leading associations in the sustainable building industry, while at the same time providing a rallying point for all the players who, in their respective areas, are working towards the same goals.

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Thank you for this dream!

It would not be difficult to provide a theorem to assert that the vast majority of important inventions in the history of mankind would end up, sooner or later, transformed into weapons with a thousand twisted, ingenious and unpleasant devices: fire, metals, radioactivity and drugs. What is not so common is that the person behind the discovery would end up realising this fact.

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Always the same atoms

Reflections on the boundary between the worlds of new-build and building renovation could help to change people's attitudes towards projects by tackling them with greater flexibility, regardless of their type.

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Cristales curvos de Cricursa en la década de los 40

The tradition of novelty

One of the corollaries of last month's article leads us to comment on the role that companies have played in innovation in every field of knowledge from past centuries through to the present day, particularly in the world of construction.

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