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Resilient design is most commonly associated with disaster prone areas where buildings are designed to withstand severe storms, flooding, wildfire, and other environmental impacts brought about by natural causes, climate change, or infrastructure failures. The Resilient Design Institute defines Resilient ...
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While some hotels love to be flashy and extravagant, the newly opened One Suite Hotel located in Srebreno, Croatia takes the opposite approach. You won’t find an intricate facade outside or lavish amenities inside. Instead, the beauty and draw of ...
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Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time of year. Carlo Ratti Associati designed The Garden of the Four Seasons to offer city-dwellers a ...
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Step inside the National Building Museum’s Great Hall and you will find the Hive, a mountainous sound chamber designed by Studio Gang Architects for the Museum’s 2017 Summer Block Party. The interactive installation comprises three interconnected domed structures made from over 2,500 wound paper ...
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Travelers to Paris can soon immerse themselves in a paradise of greenery at the Kengo Kuma-designed Eco-Luxury Hotel. Located on the banks of the River Seine in the Rive Gauche neighborhood, the plant-covered building will deliver a breath of fresh air to Paris’ ...
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Artist Janet Laurence is combining art with medical botany to create what she calls the “breathing bubble” which displays the diversities of medicinal plant life. The bubble-shaped structure is made from a steel frame and a transparent covering. The interior ...
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They’ve been a long time coming, but Google has finally laid out its plans for its new “innovative” £1 billion London headquarters located in Kings Cross. This week, the company submitted a detailed planning application to Camden Council, outlining its desire ...
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Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel (because it’s made from shipping containers), in Treboutice, Czech Republic. Designed to be easily movable, the seasonal hotel had its first location on a surf campsite alongside the Elbe riverbank. The lower ...
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A pollution-fighting green city unlike any before is springing to life in China. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the first “Forest City” is now under construction Liuzhou, Guangxi Province. The futuristic city will use renewable energy for self sufficiency and be blanketed in ...