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Successful housing projects for people living with disabilities have inviting communal spaces, private individual dwellings, commercial opportunities for residents and on-site support.
Hospital design shifted in the 20th century as hospitals moved from being places for treating disease and injury to being centres of health systems.
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The theory of supportive design considers
positive distraction, perceptions of control and social support.
The Julian Sreet Inn, Shelter for the Homeless, in San Jose, Calif., designed by Christopher Alexander.
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Architect Christopher Alexander’s work will continue to be important not only for designing buildings but also in light of contemporary debates about how data always comes from specific settings.
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Building houses better at withstanding the impacts of climate change is one way we can protect ourselves in the face of future catastrophic conditions.
In 2017, Diébédo Francis Kéré was commissioned to build the 17th annual Serpentine Pavillion, in London.
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The west African master has been awarded for his lifelong focus on grassroots architecture and empowering local communities.
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What the world stands to lose due to Putin’s unprovoked war.
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The Spanish word ‘destierra’ describes the psychological trauma of being uprooted, displaced or dispossessed from a loved place.
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It’s time to rethink these physical environments with peoples’ fundamental human needs at the heart of design.
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Pubs like the John Curtin Hotel are more than just buildings – the loss of the hotel would also be a loss of our living cultural memory.
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Between the first and second world wars, Australia’s high-end architecture was strongly influenced by exotic scenery from Hollywood’s rapidly accelerating movie industry.
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Naturalistic thinking has long helped humanity grapple with complex urban predicaments. What role can it play today?
Spaces built collaboratively, close to nature.
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What we can learn from squatters, climate protestors and desert hippies.
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There is a reason your body draws you back to the same place again and again. It’s not simply habit, it is also the ways a place makes our body feel.
Technological advances have made many buildings less environmentally friendly.
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Lessons from ancient architecture can help us design buildings that provide comfort and convenience without costing the earth.
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For a long time the roof has been an afterthought in urban design, but the future is definitely looking up.
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If you’re stuck in mall traffic this holiday season, spare a thought for Victor Gruen, whose grand urban vision turned into today’s suburban reality.
A dairy barn in Waitsfield, Vermont, built circa 1890.
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Barns are practical buildings, designed to safeguard farm animals and equipment. Why are so many of them painted to stand out from the landscape?
Builders construct experimental vaults of brick and cement blocks in Santiago de Cuba in December 1960.
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After Fidel Castro took power, government plans to build new housing, schools and factories were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.
The greenest buildings are those that exist already.
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One-tenth of global emissions result from the production and supply of building materials – and the construction process itself.
Beijing’s Forbidden City under a light dusting of snow.
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Roof slopes in traditional Chinese architecture reflect snowfall patterns over a millennium.