WORLD’S LONGEST ICE BRID...

Dec 27, 2015 by

WORLD’S LONGEST ICE BRIDGE IS COMING TO FINLAND

[Translate] by Lidija Grozdanic   INHABITAT Next Monday the first batch of around 150 students will leave for Finland to build the...

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DISASTER-PROOF SCHOOL DESIGN

Dec 27, 2015 by

DISASTER-PROOF SCHOOL DESIGN

[Translate] by Lucy Wang   INHABITAT New York-based SHoP Architects has unveiled plans to build 50 solar-powered, disaster-proof...

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Dec 23, 2015 by

[Translate] David Friedlander Architecture The world is abuzz about tiny houses. They are the architectural antidote to all that ails...

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HAFENCITY’S FLOOD-PROOF ...

Dec 17, 2015 by

HAFENCITY’S FLOOD-PROOF DESIGN IN GERMANY CAN CHEAT RISING SEA LEVELS

[Translate] by Katie Medlock   INHABITAT Hamburg, Germany is one of the world’s many cities threatened by rising sea levels, yet its...

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Googleplex designer’s sky offi...

Dec 17, 2015 by

Googleplex designer’s sky offices above London would suck people up from their homes

[Translate] by Lidija Grozdanic   INHABITAT Clive Wilkinson, who design the original Googleplex, came up with a quirky design that...

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OBAMA JUST RELEASED THE BIGGES...

Dec 17, 2015 by

OBAMA JUST RELEASED THE BIGGEST ENERGY EFFICIENCY RULE IN U.S. HISTORY

[Translate]   by Cat DiStasio   INHABITAT The new rules (PDF), according to the Energy Department’s announcement, “will save...

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VIDEO: MEET THE ARCHITECT WHO ...

Dec 16, 2015 by

[Translate] By Kate Yoder   GRIST In Taos, N.M., recycled tires are the building blocks for a community of radical, off-the-grid...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Dec 16, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (DECEMBE 1-15)

[Translate] THE DIRT by J.R. Taylor Lowlife – The Architect’s Newspaper, 12/2/15 “Even the worst gardener knows that a plant needs...

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WHY DO SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE OPPR...

Dec 15, 2015 by

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE OPPRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS?

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE A tall concave ceiling enhances activities taking place in this grand room, but...

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FUTURISTIC TRANSPORT

Dec 14, 2015 by

FUTURISTIC TRANSPORT

[Translate] Gregory Han  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Bringing eight modes of transportation together was not the only complex problem at the...

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MICRO GOES EVEN MORE MAINSTREA...

Dec 12, 2015 by

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture When LifeEdited began several years ago, the micro housing conversation was...

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NEW YORK’S FIRST MICRO-A...

Dec 12, 2015 by

[Translate]   nov 28, 2015comprises 55 units, varying in size from 260 to 360 square feet — 40% of which are set aside for...

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NEW CASE STUDIES ON SUSTAINABL...

Dec 11, 2015 by

NEW CASE STUDIES ON SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green A newly expanded and now mobile-friendly version of ASLA’s Designing Our Future: Sustainable...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCE ...

Dec 8, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCE CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS FOR 2016 MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has released its call for presentations for...

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LOW IMPACT, HIGH TIMES, IN THE...

Dec 4, 2015 by

LOW IMPACT, HIGH TIMES, IN THE WOODS

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture Individual tiny cabins out in the woods are nifty and all, but the...

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FRENCH ARCHITECTS UNVEILS PLAN...

Dec 1, 2015 by

FRENCH ARCHITECTS UNVEILS PLANS FOR BIO-CLIMATIC ‘INSIDE-OUT’ OFFICE BUILDING

[Translate] 11/24/2015   INHABITAT by Nicole Jewell A French architectural firm has pioneered an exciting new design for an office...

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SINGAPORE TO TRANSFORM DISUSED...

Dec 1, 2015 by

SINGAPORE TO TRANSFORM DISUSED RAILWAYS INTO A 15-MILE PARK SPANNING THE ENTIRE NATION

[Translate]   by Lucy Wang   INHABITAT Singapore will soon embark on one of the most ambitious rails-to-trails project in the...

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BEST LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BO...

Dec 1, 2015 by

BEST LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BOOKS OF 2015

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Looking for the perfect present? Or taking time off during the holidays to delve into the latest...

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BRAD PITT’S MAKE IT RIGH...

Nov 27, 2015 by

[Translate] INHABITAT Architecture by Lidija Grozdanic The first three homes designed by Brad Pitt’s nonprofit Make It Right...

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HOW DO WE CREATE HEALING SPACE...

Nov 27, 2015 by

HOW DO WE CREATE HEALING SPACES?

[Translate] Point of View /METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Nikos A. Salingaros A traditional courtyard is full of overlapping living patterns....

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JDS ASSOCIATES EMBED SECLUDED ...

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[Translate]   nov 19, 2015 JDS architects embeds secluded casa jura into the rolling french landscape all images by julien lanoo...

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WATCH JEFF GOLDBLUM EXPLAIN TH...

Nov 20, 2015 by

[Translate] Watch Jeff Goldblum explain the Clean Power Plan in a Funny or Die video By Tim McDonnell  GRIST This story was...

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NET-ZERO ENERGY SOLAR POWERED ...

Nov 20, 2015 by

NET-ZERO ENERGY SOLAR POWERED HOME POPS UP IN THREE DAYS

[Translate] by Lucy Wang   INHABITAT https://youtu.be/bPSxNE-DdJE If you aren’t yet sold on factory-built housing, the gorgeous...

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HELP SHAPE THE NEW URBAN AGEND...

Nov 18, 2015 by

HELP SHAPE THE NEW URBAN AGENDA

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Nearly twenty years ago, world leaders met in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss the fate of cities at...

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IN CHICAGO, NEW PARKS ARE CIVI...

Nov 18, 2015 by

IN CHICAGO, NEW PARKS ARE CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Heidi Petersen For Daniel Burnham, the Chicago architect and planner who created the 1909 Plan of Chicago,...

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REDESIGN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEU...

Nov 10, 2015 by

REDESIGN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

[Translate]   nov 06, 2015 american museum of natural history reveals expansion plans by studio gang       the...

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VERTICAL FOREST FOR LAUSANNE, ...

Nov 10, 2015 by

VERTICAL FOREST FOR LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND

[Translate]   stefano boeri plans second ‘vertical forest’ for Lausanne, Switzerland stefano boeri plans second...

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LIVING STRUCTURES SHOULD COME ...

Nov 9, 2015 by

LIVING STRUCTURES SHOULD COME FROM LIVING PATTERNS

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Space that exists “out there” is used only reluctantly by human beings, because...

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MUJI’S TINY HOUSES SHOW ...

Nov 7, 2015 by

MUJI’S TINY HOUSES SHOW OFF HUGE STYLE

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture Japanese retailer MUJI’s bread and butter is simple, neutral colored,...

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THE 21ST CENTURY NEEDS ITS OWN...

Nov 4, 2015 by

THE 21ST CENTURY NEEDS ITS OWN PARADIGM SHIFT IN ARCHITECTURE

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros   METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Non-adaptive double-loaded skyscraper corridor destroys urban space. Interior...

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