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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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As Woody from Toy Story would say, to Haranui and Beyond! As we head out of Auckland to Haranui Marae the afternoon had that strange ‘four seasons in one day’ feel about it. The skyline has ominous storm clouds rolling in at a great rate of knots but the afternoon sun had a warm and […]
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Autumn has a way of softening the human heart like no other season. It’s a time in which there is a quiet, unobtrusive turning over of the heart’s soil and despite those seemingly modest machinations, we are left in no doubt a difference has been made, deep in our soul. How?
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