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Best Windows For Every Climate
Windows are a vital part of your home, providing a way to let light in and also a way to keep the elements outside. Choosing the right windows can be a … More» about Best Windows For Every Climate
How to Prepare Your Home for Winter
Canadian winters are notoriously tough. Even if you don’t personally get a lot of snow anymore, you still need to deal with freezing rain, hail, and harsh … More» about How to Prepare Your Home for Winter
This Is an Indian House, According to One Architect
It was a bright April day of prodigious heat in Mumbai, India, with the monsoon still weeks away, and I wondered if the 54-year-old architect enjoyed … More» about This Is an Indian House, According to One Architect
Opinion: Is Instagram Ruining Architecture?
The New York Times' Alexandra Lange wonders if the app can help expand our love of the designed world and incite our curiosity or it can turn us into … More» about Opinion: Is Instagram Ruining Architecture?
The Guardian Review: LSE’s new Centre Building
A square. We all like squares, orderly places of public enjoyment, signs of civilised city-building, agents of urban harmony across the centuries. … More» about The Guardian Review: LSE’s new Centre Building
Top 4 Home Improvements
Carrying out home improvements can be an excellent investment. Even minor upgrades can increase your property value, create a more functional and … More» about Top 4 Home Improvements
Why Malls And Stores Are Turning To Retail Epoxy Concrete Flooring
Retail spaces are subject to a lot of punishment when it comes to flooring. High numbers of shoppers mean that foot traffic can potentially damage the … More» about Why Malls And Stores Are Turning To Retail Epoxy Concrete Flooring
How to Create a Timeless Interior Design
Many people make the blunder of following popular interior design trends, which can lead to their properties becoming quickly outdated. It is, therefore, … More» about How to Create a Timeless Interior Design
Can modular homes solve the UK’s housing crisis?
Modular housing is on the brink of a major milestone. Construction is under way of the world’s tallest towers built using modular manufacturing, a method … More» about Can modular homes solve the UK’s housing crisis?
Failed Architecture: The Deceptive Platform Utopianism of Google’s Sidewalk Labs
For the last two years, Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary brand of Alphabet (Google’s parent company), has been in the process of planning one of North America’s … More» about Failed Architecture: The Deceptive Platform Utopianism of Google’s Sidewalk Labs
Landscape with Beavers
The hay fields in summer were lush and green, and heavy rains had broken the beaver dams on David Trew’s farm. When I called to get directions, he tried to … More» about Landscape with Beavers
An unusual historic hotel might be built in Downtown Los Angeles by 2022
A slim hotel tower slated to rise on a Historic Core parking lot is slated to begin construction in spring 2020 and wrap up in 2022.The Spring Street … More» about An unusual historic hotel might be built in Downtown Los Angeles by 2022
The Chateau Laurier mess shows it’s time for Canada to think harder about architecture
What is good architecture? How should we build our cities, and adapt what we’ve already built as we look to the future?These are big questions. And after … More» about The Chateau Laurier mess shows it’s time for Canada to think harder about architecture
The Guardian: London’s answer to New York’s High Line? You must be joking
Almost 20 years since the unveiling of the Millennium Dome, which promised to transform the post-industrial wastes of the Greenwich Peninsula, the … More» about The Guardian: London’s answer to New York’s High Line? You must be joking
The Pod life – giving up privacy to live in America’s most expensive cities
Housing costs have become so expensive in some cities that people are renting bunk beds in a communal homefor $1,200 a month. Not a … More» about The Pod life – giving up privacy to live in America’s most expensive cities