Month: March 2022

This Trending Now story features the most-saved powder room photos uploaded to Houzz between Dec. 15, 2021, and March 15, 2022. Designers often recommend implementing bold ideas in a powder room. It’s typically a small, intimate space that guests freq…

A ground floor building is accessed through a porch, an extension of two rows of existing trees that are preserved. It is a unitary volume of 22×51 meters aligned with the existing pedestrian walkway that joins the various surrounding school facilities.

the kyiv-based studio has come up with a construction kit that can be adapted to different types of terrain, landforms, and settlement density.
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‘the use of raw materials emphasizes the original character of the project while the choice of vegetation and clay pots transmits spatial warmth,’ shares the architect.
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‘there is an urge for me to document these places when I travel because they are fragile,’ tells iwan baan in an exclusive interview with designboom.
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Global Finance‘s ranking of the world’s best cities to live in, during 2022 has just been released. Centered on 8 different parameters that calculate and compare the quality of life of people living in urban areas such as economy, culture, population, environment, etc., this year’s edition also took into consideration Covid-19 deaths per thousand for each country, to reflect the new reality we live in. With data from the Global City Power index, Johns Hopkins University, Statista, and Macrotrends, the list seeks to have a complete vision, putting together traditional metrics with new factors.

The warehouse is an example of architectural upcycling which philosophy transforms the conception of waste and reincorporates it into the useful life cycle. “Nature does not know the concept of waste; the only species capable of doing something that no one desires is the human species.” Gunter Pauli.

The NextGen International Taskforce is a collaboration between IE School of Architecture & Design and CPA NextGen, bringing together international talent to exchange ideas on the real-estate industry and built environment. This group of NextGen professionals typically gathers on a bi-monthly basis to address topics such as sustainability, inclusivity, technology, cities and wellbeing.