{
  "id": 16034267,
  "title": "To ‘change the perception of materials,’ this museum started with its own annex",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/to-change-the-perception-of-materials-this-museum-started-with-its",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91626072/design-museum-gent-annex-bricks-made-from-rubble-and-waste"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Belgium, the building blocks for a new space have been made with yesterday’s construction material. The white brick annex at the newly reopened Design Museum Gent, in Gent, Belgium, is made from locally sourced materials through a process that repurposes construction waste for less energy than firing a typical brick. The Gent Waste Brick, developed by the Brussels-based construction company BC…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}