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Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world, by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around us.
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Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.
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In December 2006 Brad Pitt convened a group of experts in New Orleans to brainstorm building green affordable housing on a large scale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Having spent time with community leaders and displaced residents determined to return home, Pitt realised that an opportunity existed to build houses that were not only […]
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