A New Stefano Boeri Vegetated Tower is Coming to Milan?s
Stefano Boeri Architects have a unique vision for futuristic architecture infused with living vegetation, incorporating thousands or even millions of ...
26-02-2021 21:42
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NCaved House: Mold Architects Embed Home into Greek Cliffsid
Villainous lairs tend to share a few key defining qualities. They’re masculine in design, made of cold, hard materials like steel, glass, stone, and...
23-02-2021 21:43
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8 Prefab Homes You Can Build in 3 Days or Less
Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whic...
22-02-2021 21:45
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Vincent Callebaut?s Stunning Sustainable Twisting Taipei Tow
French architect Vincent Callebaut has a lot of big ideas, envisioning grand, visually spectacular architectural solutions to pressing problems like c...
19-02-2021 21:43
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Stacked Treehouses at China?s Senbo Resort Designed to Mimic
Subverting the notion of the tree house as a place of solitude, these stacked clusters of cabins at Xiaoshan Xianghu Resort in China stress social int...
16-02-2021 21:51
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Sou Fujimoto Creates ?Palace of Musical Wonders? in Hungary
Thanks to the design wizardry of Sou Fujimoto, Budapest will have a new crowning architectural jewel by the end of 2021: the Hungarian House of Music....
09-02-2021 21:44
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“Peach Hut” Brings Contemporary Architectural Ge
Why should big cities have all the fun" People living in poor and isolated rural settings deserve access to nice things, too.
In the Henan province o...
02-02-2021 21:47
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Opposite Office Proposes Protecting the US Capitol with a De
In the aftermath of the invasion of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6th, 2021, many people wondered what went wrong, and how we could ensure that...
27-01-2021 21:46
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Spiraling 3D-Printed Tiny House Inspired by the Fibonacci Se
As 3D printing homes becomes more common, could we finally see residential architectures break out of the same old box shapes" If the Fibonacci House ...
25-01-2021 21:50
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Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber Buy a Mansion on Miami’
Iconic ’90s supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband, businessman Rande Gerber, are set to be the newest uber-famous residents of Miami’s celebri...
21-01-2021 21:43
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12 Homes Tucked Into ?Great Wall? of Rammed Earth in Austral
In remote Pilbara, an arid, sparsely populated region in the north of Western Australia, a new zig-zag structure is visible from the sky, cutting into...
18-01-2021 21:43
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For Miley Cyrus, Sex and Interior Design Go Hand in Hand
When it comes to home decor, style is subjective. And while there are common aesthetic themes like cottagecore, mid-century modern, or industrial, som...
16-01-2021 21:42
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Amsterdam Museum Built Around a Glass Tank Containing a Ship
Usually, the only way to view a submerged shipwreck in person is to don scuba gear and dive beneath the surface of the sea — but if this proposal by...
15-01-2021 21:44
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Sou Fujimoto Builds a Grassy Hillside in the City for ?Shiro
With a series of bland 1970s high-rise buildings as its backdrop, the new addition to the Shiroiya Hotel in Maebashi, Japan could easily have been unr...
13-01-2021 21:44
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Playscraper: Eight Stacked Tennis Courts with Transparent Wa
By the year 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in major metropolitan areas. This trend toward urbanization represents an ad...
07-01-2021 21:40
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Trump’s New Executive Order Decrees Only “Beauti
Sitting U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for the exclusive use of classical architecture for all new federal building...
05-01-2021 21:42
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Stefano Boeri’s Flowery COVID-19 Vaccination Pavilions
Italians will soon be returning to their public piazzas, not yet for social gatherings, but to combat COVID-19 by receiving vaccines at stylish and ef...
31-12-2020 21:42
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Branch-Shaped House in the Forest Enables Solitude at Family
Family get-togethers can be joyous occasions, but there comes a time when just about everyone present wishes they could retreat to a quiet place for a...
31-12-2020 21:42
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Crumbling Italian Castle Transformed Into a Modern Lookout T
Over a thousand years ago, Castello Montbui was a key center of power in the Queralt mountains of Igualada, Spain, offering its inhabitants a commandi...
27-12-2020 21:40
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NKAA Fits Café and 3-Generation Home Into Tiny Corner Lot in
On a street corner in the city of HuĂŞ, Vietnam, surrounded by much more conventional buildings, a translucent tower glows, revealing its interiors to...
24-12-2020 21:42
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Framlab’s ?Open House? Fights Loneliness in the City w
We tend to think of our basic needs in terms of tangibles: housing, food, water, oxygen. But in order to thrive, humans need a lot more than that. The...
22-12-2020 21:42
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Mountain House in Mist: Translucent Reading Space on Stilts
Tucked into a hillside within the ancient mountain forest of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, a translucent reading room on stilts glows like a massi...
19-12-2020 21:45
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Sliding Cabin Lets in as Much (or as Little) Nature as You W
Dutch architect Caspar Schols has created the perfect dwelling for maximal nature enjoyment. The wood and glass sliding shells of his new ANNA cabin a...
11-12-2020 21:42
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HomeAdvisor Maps Famed Architect Paul R. Williams’ Mos
Paul R. Williams made quite the name for himself in the architectural world, designing more than 2,000 houses and 2,500 total buildings over his 50-ye...
08-12-2020 21:42
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PLP Architecture Designs Striking ?Geek Community? Facility
The latest in cutting-edge technology comes together with natural surroundings at the biophilic “Geek Community Project,” a massive facility for r...
02-12-2020 21:44
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Post-Pandemic “City of Tomorrow” Envisions an El
COVID-19 almost certainly won’t be the last pandemic we contend with in our lifetimes. At the same time, we’ll be dealing with both climate change...
26-11-2020 21:42
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Casa Trevo: Monolithic Retirement Residence With a Rooftop P
A massive monolithic hunk of sculpted concrete with no visible windows sounds like a pretty unpleasant place to live. Wouldn’t it be dark and cold i...
23-11-2020 21:46
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Portugal?s Hottest New Vacation Rental Digs Deep in Its Desi
It seems like something out of an elven fantasy novel: a hidden home with entry requiring a descent into the depths of terra firma. Serenely buried in...
19-11-2020 21:48
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Oslo?s Stunning New Public Library Cantilevers Over the Wate
In Oslo, Norway, a stunning new library has been given the prominent setting it deserves over the Oslo waterfront. Set just across the street from the...
16-11-2020 21:44
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Neoclassical Pool by IONS Design Perfect for Palatial Luxury
If you have more money than you know what to do with (or just like to daydream), Dubai-based design firm IONS Interior Architecture is full of outrage...
12-11-2020 22:35
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A Victorian-Style Greenhouse Goes Modern for London?s Design
Ever since it first gained wide popularity in the 19th century, the Victorian glasshouse has become an iconic feature of large estates and botanic gar...
10-11-2020 21:47
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2,400-Foot-Tall Futuristic Tower Proposed for Roosevelt Isla
A newly proposed tower for Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island stands to transform the city’s iconic skyline and change the way its residents live and wo...
06-11-2020 21:47
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Flat-Pack IKEA House: Built & Shipped for Under $100,00
Some of IKEA’s furniture can’t even be ordered online … but a whole house" Yes, they will ship and build it all for a price that one might expe...
04-11-2020 21:45
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Rock the House: Bizarre Rural Boulder and Stone Home Design
It seems too strange to be real – a home emerging from a set of giant stones, seemingly cut out of the rock itself. Yet there it stands in rural Po...
25-10-2020 21:45
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Aston Martin Designs Sleek New “Sylvan Rock” Hom
What sort of residence might you expect from luxury British carmaker Aston Martin" Whatever you envision, it’s probably not too far off from the rea...
23-10-2020 21:43
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Create Your Own Glamping Airbnb With O2 Treewalkers Treehous
The travel industry might never be the same as it was before the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t eager to get out of the...
21-10-2020 21:45
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Sustainable Cameroonian Village Harvests Water from the Sky
A new village being constructed in the rainforests of Cameroon is attempting to solve age-old human water needs using only materials and resources nat...
16-10-2020 21:47
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Modular HexBox Canopy Comes Together With Traditional Wooden
In many woodworking traditions around the world, wedged mortise-and-tenon joints have long been a way to join wooden components without the use of glu...
15-10-2020 21:48
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Nest-Like Woven Pavilion Built Around Living Bamboo
Poking out of a vast bamboo forest is a golden structure that looks like it was woven by birds or small woodland creatures. Organic in shape, its form...
10-10-2020 21:45
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Modern Handcrafted Shipping Container House for Sale in Colo
Shipping container houses may be made of inexpensive recycled materials, but that doesn’t mean they’re cheap. Case in point: a unique net-zero hom...
07-10-2020 21:45
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Terunobu Fujimori?s New Tea House Built on a Disused Missile
There’s something magical about the work of Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori. His tiny tea houses have a sense of vitality and movement to them,...
04-10-2020 21:45
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Solar-Powered Yacht Villa Can Rise Above High Water on Deman
Living in a houseboat sounds awesome until you consider what happens during a bad storm. After all, crashing waves, battering winds, and potential flo...
24-09-2020 21:40
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The 10 Most Amazing Airbnbs for Your Quarantine Vacation
Pining for a getaway in these strange times of reduced travel" You might be surprised just how many unique and awesome vacation rentals are practicall...
22-09-2020 21:43
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California Startup 3D Prints Homes in Just 24 Hours
A new style of prefabricated dwellings, fully 3D printed in one day, stands to revolutionize the home construction scene.
The sleek, energy-efficient...
17-09-2020 21:41
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COVID-19 Sparks Changes in Home Life Among US Families
2020 will undoubtedly be a year to remember, but no one could’ve predicted that it would also change the way people exist inside their homes. The de...
15-09-2020 21:46
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Tokyo Designers Bring Transparency to Public Restrooms ? Lit
“Inviting” and “appealing” aren’t exactly words typically associated with public restrooms. In an effort to change that perception, a Japane...
03-09-2020 21:43
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No Defense: How Hostile Anti-Homeless Design Darkens Our Cit
You?re not just imagining it ? urban architecture has gotten a lot more uncomfortable lately, and not by accident. So-called ?defensive architecture,...
31-08-2020 22:07
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World’s Last Blockbuster Video Hosts $4 Airbnb Sleepov
The last six months may have been total chaos on a global scale, but it’s also been a great time for nostalgic memories of family gatherings full of...
26-08-2020 22:08
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“City Dreamers” Documentary Highlights 4 Influen
Any casual lover of architecture knows the names Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, and Robert Venturi, but far fewer have heard of Phyllis...
24-08-2020 21:44
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House Gallery Boafo: Modern Rammed Earth in Ghana
Rammed earth is almost as ancient as architecture itself. This construction technique compresses locally available natural raw materials like dirt, c...
12-08-2020 21:43
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Getty Research Institute Invests $2 Million in the Conservat
Innovation is typically met with curiosity and enthusiasm, but when it comes to architecture, it often tends to affect commercial value negatively in ...
06-08-2020 21:40
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This Romantic Brick Home Offers a Bridge Between Forest and
Seen from above, this home looks like the ruins of an old bridge, or perhaps part of a forgotten fortress. Trees emerge from the spaces between the od...
04-08-2020 21:43
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Elon Musk Releases New Renderings of Tesla Gigafactory in Be
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just given us a new look at what his company’s Gigafactory Berlin will look like once complete. The Brandenburg-area facilit...
31-07-2020 21:48
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Horizontal Skyscraper by Safdie Architects Opens in China
Setting a record as the “world’s longest horizontal skyscraper,” Raffles City by Safdie Architects has officially opened in Chongqing, China. Th...
28-07-2020 21:40
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Ship-Shaped Floating Houses Form a Self-Sustaining Community
On the surface, floating cities seem like a far-out, somewhat unrealistic approach to dealing with climate change. Can we really be self-sustaining w...
26-07-2020 21:42
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Workstation Cabin: Geometric Backyard Pod by Hello Wood
Hello Wood’s new Workstation Cabin has a futuristic feel with its faceted geometric silhouette, but its wooden exterior can complement all sorts of ...
23-07-2020 21:42
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World?s Tallest Hybrid Timber Building Set for Construction
For a long time, building tall structures out of wood seemed like a bad idea. Would they be strong enough to withstand severe weather" Wouldn’t enti...
21-07-2020 21:42
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All-Bamboo “Hideout Horizon” Offers Tropical Lux
In Bali, you can find all of the must-have elements of a tropical vacation together in one place: open-air dining, hammocks with amazing views, lush f...
15-07-2020 21:42
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Parking Lot Turned Into Temporary Modular Residences for Hea
All over the world, healthcare workers are living in temporary rentals, motels, and even RVs to avoid bringing the novel coronavirus home to their fam...
13-07-2020 21:39
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Health Center by Thomas Heatherwick Designed as Three Massiv
The incorporation of living greenery into architecture is a very welcome trend, provided it’s done in a way that can be realistically maintained. In...
10-07-2020 21:41
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Glass Surfer Cabin Floats on Air Above the Atlantic Ocean
There’s something vaguely villainous about most modern cliffside home concepts. Almost always made of concrete and glass, these proposals are often ...
07-07-2020 21:46
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Quirky Guest House Pod in Ghent Boasts Its Own Lookout Tower
There’s one major reason we don’t see many regular-sized quirky homes: building codes. In many places around the world, it’s tough to get approv...
04-07-2020 21:40
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Glass House Project: Ruins Preserved With Transparent Additi
This architectural preservation project in the U.S. state of Virginia takes “radical transparency” quite literally, encasing a damaged but histori...
02-07-2020 21:41
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Mies van der Rohe Foundation Launches New Research Grant in
Good design comes from myriad influences across the globe, whether it’s cars, clothing, or interiors — but few can claim shining examples in all t...
01-07-2020 21:39
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Czech Home Features a Roof-Shaped Second-Story Greenhouse
It may look odd, but enveloping an entire home within a glass greenhouse is a great way to make it more hospitable in punishing winter weather. We’...
26-06-2020 21:40
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Mirrored House in Madrid Hides Within a Garden Landscape
What does the word “burrow” mean to you" Most of us likely think of rabbits and other small, gentle mammals building their little nests undergroun...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Base Cabin: Dramatic Black Mobile Retreat by Studio Edwards
The concept of tiny houses on wheels took off in the public imagination about a decade ago, and ever since then we’ve seen virtually every conceivab...
25-06-2020 21:39
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New Nanchang Waves Community Center Twists Into the Surround
Outstanding architecture is a culmination of art, design, and function. That is, the best examples make eye-catching statements while working with the...
25-06-2020 21:39
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$77.5 Million Mansion by Mexican Architect Ricardo Legorreta
A home designed by one of Mexico’s most celebrated and beloved architects is now for sale for a cool $77.5 million in Los Angeles. Located in the he...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Angie’s List Brings 6 Iconic “Sims” Homes
The Sims, a classic in the video game industry, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. As a tribute to two decades of virtual builds, the home se...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Dafang Creative Village Brings a Futuristic Look to this Rur
NEXT Architects has transformed the feel of an old rural town with “Holland Dafang Creative Village,” a regeneration project in Dafang, Jiangxi Pr...
25-06-2020 21:39
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“Nano” Camper Takes Tiny House Movement Back to
About a decade ago, when the tiny house movement was first popularized on the internet by Jay Shafer and the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, most of th...
25-06-2020 21:39
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BIG Completes Spiraling, Grassy Museum in Switzerland
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) never fails to impress with its imaginative architectural projects, and this newly completed museum in Switzerland is no...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Ai Weiwei’s Artsy Vacation Home in Upstate New York No
This summer, some lucky vacationers in New York will have an incredibly rare opportunity: the chance to stay overnight in a “livable sculpture” by...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Son of Billionaire GPS Titan Scores Sleek $22.5 Million Beve
Nurture or nature" When children grow up and follow in their parents’ footsteps, for better or worse, many wonder if their choices are based on how ...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Now Offering Virtual Tours
Any discussion of the last 100 years of architecture will inevitably include works by the famed Frank Lloyd Wright — and “wrightfully” so, consi...
25-06-2020 21:39
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This 12,000-Year-Old Temple Exhibits Modern Architectural Ch
The worlds of archeology and architecture have collided in the discovery of a Neolithic Temple that dates back 6,000 years before Stonehenge, leaving ...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Doomsday Bunker Sales Spike in Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
Back in 2013, Yahoo News cited 3.7 million Americans as bona fide preppers. Now imagine how much that number has risen since then — that’s certain...
25-06-2020 21:39
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California Competition Highlights Potential for Mass Timber
In an effort to promote more eco-friendly building practices and reduce the risk of annual wildfires, California has opened the doors to a new compet...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Ha Long Villa: Home in Vietnam Wrapped in an Inhabitable Gar
In hot climates, the unrelenting sun beats straight down onto building facades, making it a lot harder for them to keep their interiors cool. Shades o...
25-06-2020 21:39
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InterContinental Hotels Builds Luxury Resort Inside Abandone
When you picture the Shanghai skyline, rows of skyscrapers likely come to mind. But the city well known for building to extreme heights has recently c...
25-06-2020 21:39
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Chinese Sugar Mill Converted Into Hotel
A new hotel in China is making waves in the international hospitality industry for its stunning design and beautiful setting. Recently awarded the num...
29-01-2020 22:01
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Iceland?s Harpa Concert Hall is the Pinnacle of Glass Archit
Music and art are often inseparably intertwined. In the case of Iceland?s Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, that idea takes center stage with ...
27-11-2019 21:58
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Apple?s Iconic Fifth Ave Store Gets an Update from Foster +
In 2006, Apple unwrapped sheets of black plastic to give the world its first glimpse of its new Fifth Avenue store in New York City: a 32-foot gla...
23-10-2019 21:54
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