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Mass Timber Architecture (CLT) I.

Structural, aesthetic, natural.

4 weeks ago 20 votes
Regenerative Architecture

Shifting our time horizon.

a month ago 17 votes
Create homes that are havens for health and vitality

Life is too short to spend it in bad buildings.

over a year ago 18 votes
Case study #2 - Sunbeam A-frame

Let's start 2023 with presenting one of my dearest projects.

over a year ago 19 votes

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A New Cafe In South Korea That’s Inspired By A Walk In Nature

Architect-K has shared photos of MIGIUI, a modern cafe and various social spaces that lies within the hanok village of Ulju-gun, South Korea. The building was designed to blend seamlessly into this natural setting, and was inspired by a forest path. Major tree species, rocks, and water flows were scattered across the site to reawaken […]

23 hours ago 3 votes
The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design

Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?

yesterday 2 votes
Preserving Common Food as a Defensive Strategy: the Ghorfas of Southern Tunisia

The ghorfas (in arab غرفة [ghurfa], meaning “room”) are common granary chambers found mostly in southern Tunisia and certain areas of Libya and associated with Berber populations. In more recent times, they have also been used as dwellings. They consist of barrel-vaulted rooms measuring 4 to 5 metres in length and 2 metres in height, […]

2 days ago 6 votes
Reading List 03/29/25

US bridges at risk of ship collisions, Airbus testing an unducted fan, an earthquake in Myanmar, China’s undersea cable cutter, and more.

3 days ago 5 votes
Secret Mall Apartment

The new documentary Secret Mall Apartment is about a group of artists who built, you guessed it – a secret apartment, inside of the mall. We interviewed the group’s ringleader Michael Townsend a few years back, and after the story, we’ll have an update about what’s happened since then. Plus, mall history with Alexandra Lange.

a week ago 6 votes