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The Portugal-based firm Casas Em Movimento recently designed a shape-shifting home that follows the sun throughout the day in order to combat one of the main design flaws associated with fixed solar panels. One of the problems with fixed solar ...
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Malaysia‘s Forest City is set to become Southeast Asia’s largest mixed-use green development. Sasaki Associates designed the $40.9 billion masterplan as an ecosystem that mimics the natural coastal ecologies of the region. The project will boast the world’s largest green ...
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Backpackers roaming through the Balkans and lovers of eco-friendly travel should definitely check out Belgrade’s Fair and Square Hostel, the city’s first hostel to earn the 5 Star Hostel Award. What’s special about this place is the amount of upcycled ...
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Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars from Universe Architecture has a new home concept conceived according to the principle of Tetris games. Aiming to change the way family homes are structured, this model offers privacy and innovative technology. Townhouses no longer needs to ...
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Nestled in the hills of Mexico City, the Tepozcuautla House consists of two concrete bodies — one for services and the other for the bulk of the house’s main areas — joined by steel bridges and a cantilevered staircase. The ...
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As a city whose rapidly growing population numbers do not appear to be leveling off any time soon, Stockholm needs to find a way to accommodate legions of new residents without succumbing to uncontrollable sprawl. A plan commissioned by Sweden’s ...
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New York studio Bates Masi Architects added sprung cedar boards that can be acoustically “tuned” to this house in The Hamptons, so residents can have noisy parties without disturbing their neighbours (+ slideshow). Designed for studio co-founder Paul Masi, Elizabeth II house occupies a ...
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Inside Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Rodney Eggleston of March Studio explains how the Australian firm used over 5000 lengths of reclaimed wood to create the award-winning interior for a Canberra hotel. March Studio designed the ground floor spaces of Hotel ...
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The idea of kitting out rooftops with environmentally friendly gardens or solar panels has been around for some time, but an international team of scientists has hit upon the idea of carpeting roofs with plastic grass-like material instead. Each plastic ...