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Month: November 2025
12 Ways to Turn Your Yard Into a Wellness Retreat (12 photos)
Time spent outdoors can be good for your health, and you can enhance your outdoor spaces to bring a sense of calmness and relaxation. “Spending time in nature has many physical and mental health benefits. According to the Mayo Clinic, it can be an eff…
Bright green stairwells bookend school workshops in Belgium
Staircases and walkways framed in bright green steel wrap the concrete frame of Atelier PPW, a studio block created for a school in Belgium by local studio NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte and architect Kris Broidioi. Named Atelier PPW, the building is located on the campus of VTI Oostende in Ostend and replaces a structurally compromised block that
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Neighborhood Center Augustin / nbundm*
A heterogeneous working-class neighborhood from the 1960s receives a new social meeting point: Stadtteiltreff Augustin. The site lies between a secondary school, a church, and cooperative housing. The aim was to create an open, low-threshold space, free of hierarchies, accessible to all, regardless of age, background, or social status.
Eight isolated modernist-style homes that belong in thrillers
In our latest roundup, we explore eight homes in the UK and North America that look like they could feature in a modern-day thriller. In recent years, the film and tv industry has seen horror-style architecture shift away from gothic and Victorian homes, with modernist-style dwellings becoming a new staple for villain lairs and sinister
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Dar It-Tarag Residence / Periti Studio
Preamble – This 18th-century vernacular farmhouse in Naxxar’s historic core had been abandoned for over 50 years. Once a working farm and family dwelling, it had fallen into serious disrepair. Organised around a central courtyard and divided into three wings, the property retained significant heritage features, stone slab ceilings, timber beams, xulliel walls, arches, and a large mill room, but its fragmentation and poor condition made it unsuitable for modern family life.
Global Heating: How Vernacular Architecture is Affected by the Climate Crisis
Vernacular architecture is often referred to as harboring lessons for creating low-energy buildings and the fight against climate change. Yet, as weather patterns are changing, there are cases where traditional building techniques are themselves becoming at risk. As well as changes in temperature, different regions have faced becoming wetter or drier, experiencing increased risk of droughts, flooding, storms, and changes to local flora. The painted houses of Tiébélé in Burkina Faso, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are one example.
The Collector’s Residence showcases collectible Portuguese design in a “lived-in space”
Design collective Luso filled a townhouse in Lisbon with works by emerging Portuguese designers and makers to demonstrate how collectible design can coexist with everyday living. The Collector’s Residence was furnished and styled by The Modern Spaces to showcase its Alba development – a former warehouse in the city’s Marvila neighbourhood that the real estate
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Mixed-Use Building / Samir Alaoui Architectes
The project layers industrial premises on the first two levels and two penthouse apartments above.
santiago calatrava sculpts haus zum falken in zurich with folded glass facade
the project introduces a public square, a large underground bicycle station, and light-filled interior spaces.
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