Let’s take a look at some of the most popular articles on Architecture & Design this February.
1. US researchers develop engineered timber from recycled carbon fibre
![Factory interior recycled engineered timber](/getattachment/a38954a7-42b3-47fc-bdf1-1d5846824202/Factory-interior-of-recycled-engineered-timber.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
Washington State University (WSU) researchers and the not-for-profit Composites Recycling Technology Centre (CRTC) are working together to create new mass timber materials from heat-treated wood and carbon fibre recycled from Boeing airplanes.
2. A modern, low-maintenance beach house with a view
![Seachange house](/getattachment/b416e74e-a1cf-41a5-a768-90bfbc733118/69013.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
Seachange House is a low-maintenance beach house designed to achieve value for money while employing a range of ESD principles.
3. Exoskeleton House: Renovating a 1950s brick bungalow
![takt exoskeleton house](/getattachment/6cd721a4-df1e-4dea-ae6b-cc6827319d3c/takt-exoskeleton-house-01-shantanu-starick.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
Exoskeleton House is the renovation of a 1950s brick bungalow as a space for relaxation and retreat.
4. The off-grid townhouses with sweeping Melbourne views
![Clifton Hill Terraces front facade off-grid townhouses](/getattachment/2f995ce5-73b2-4664-bea3-1e5f8ead1d95/68839-lil.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
Clifton Hill Terraces is a dual townhouse development in inner-city Melbourne for environmentally conscious clients looking for a place to retire alongside friends and family.
5. An ultra-sustainable, intelligent family home
![habitech hampton sustainable home](/getattachment/74740b98-3d3d-49b0-8044-260f24eed7a6/57627-habitechhampton-lil.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=374)
Hampton House is a highly sustainable family home that utilises intelligent technology to minimise energy consumption.
6. Rejuvenating an 1890s terrace for family life
![1890s terrace renovation](/getattachment/af3764d7-878d-4049-8d5b-671eb7fd994b/70337-Rearview1-jpg-lil.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
This project is a rejuvenated 1890s terrace house on a small sloping site in the inner-Sydney suburb of Paddington.
7. Adaptive reuse of a set of 1960s Melbourne townhouses
![adaptive reuse 1960s Melbourne townhouses](/getattachment/3218f183-ded0-475f-888c-d062fa9a7254/68700.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=375)
This project is a rejuvenated 1890s terrace house on a small sloping site in the inner-Sydney suburb of Paddington.
8. Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50 percent of the world’s coastlines
![climate change ocean waves](/getattachment/d67bce4e-7999-44a9-b53b-59e19e67bc5a/wave-water-shore-above-view.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=374)
The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published in Nature Climate Change, found a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50 percent of the world’s coastlines.
9. A home with two very different architectural styles
![verge house](/getattachment/f8d105f5-6476-4c6b-9552-a9b6747d2002/vergehouse1.jpg.aspx?width=500&height=374)
Verge House is a celebration of the threshold between two different architectural styles; a clear depiction of the home’s history.
10. World's best architecture master degrees of 2019
![harvard gsd](/getattachment/ee603f1c-a34b-426c-82fb-1b0fadd9ebd8/harvardgsd.jpg.aspx)
Best Architecture Masters has released its 2019 rankings for the best architecture master programs in the world.