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The power of nature is our vital link to our deeper selves. It’s something that most people and outdoor enthusiasts realize when they step out of the frenetic bubble of the city and into the woods, taking that first deep ...
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Hemp is finally making its comeback. Belgium’s Martens Van Caimere Architecten has renovated a local home with a sustainable hemp-based insulation, known as hempcrete. The hemp-based render, made out of a mixture of hemp, lime and water, provides a more ...
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In modern society’s expanse, forests have gradually turned into concrete jungles. As a result, designers are beginning to push back to ensure that offices and city planners can create experiences that are in harmony with their local surroundings, and make a ...
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Known for his visionary work of building soaring structures with bamboo andgreenery-covered homes, Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia is at again, this time completing a conference hall with two types of locally sourced bamboo. Located near the central port city ...
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Even after years of therapy and mindfulness, many of us have difficulties mastering the full spectrum of our emotions. Portuguese designer Giestas decided to turn it into a data visualization problem, He recorded his emotions every hour for 300 days, ...
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© DOM Arquitectura Proper solar orientation of a building on a site has been one of the core practices of passive solar design for decades. But as a number of green building observers have noted before, times have changed, techniques ...
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We have seen major leaps and bounds in the past decade or so when it comes to efficient home lighting and the options available to the public keep getting better. The designers at Nanoleaf are at the forefront of this movement and ...
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The challenge is as old as your pre-war, walk-up apartment: how do you squeeze a home’s worth of furniture into tiny quarters.Sam Linders, a recent graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven, has a clever solution for seating in space-starved abodes: ...
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Fifty years ago, Many apartment buildings were built in the International Style, tall flat slabs of buildings with efficient layouts. Now Acton Ostry Architects are using this iconic 20th century style to build the world’s tallest timber tower using a ...