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What Primitive Huts Teach Us About Architecture

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Origin myths,” “founding myths,” and “creation legends” provide a way for us to see into and imagine the distant past in metaphorical, poetic, and compelling ways. The oldest origin myths help us understand how a people or a place (such as the universe) were believed to have come into existence.

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"Average customer doesn't care terribly much about sustainability" says LVMH US head

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We know that today the average customer doesn't care terribly much about sustainability," he continued. They say they do, but when you actually get down to the brass tacks, we don't have people walking into our stores today and asking us, 'Hey, is this done sustainably?' – well, at least not many." And we think that'll be good for us.

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‘About us. Tracey Snelling for The Human Safety Net’ at the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice

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The spaces we live in talk about us, our stories, our experiences and our being part of a community. at the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice ‘About Us’ takes the visitor through a surprising city teeming with life, where inhabited spaces contain stories, images and voices.

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"How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future"

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Our future depends on how compassionate we are to our environment and how creative we are at successfully adapting to the changes that are happening all around us. How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future. We need to train and empower a cadre of humanitarian designers and architects.

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Lessons of Troglodyte Living: What Caves Can Teach Us About Sustainable Design

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Mexican architect Carlos Lazo's Cuevas Civilizadas project in Mexico City. Image Courtesy of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum Contemporary architecture's approach to space is fairly linear: enveloping a specified volume within some form of material construct.

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Looking Forward to COP28: Can Decisions About the Built Environment Save Us From the Climate Crisis?

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Courtesy of Green&Blue | Vincent Ledvina on Unsplash The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties, more frequently referred to as COP28 is a joining of over 160 countries that intrinsically agree to combat harmful human impacts on the climate.

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If You Need Us, We’ll Be Dreaming About the Pool at This $3.4M L.A. Midcentury

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Photo by Aurelia D'Amore Photography See the full story on Dwell.com: If You Need Us, We’ll Be Dreaming About the Pool at This $3.4M Photo by Aurelia D'Amore Photography Photo by Aurelia D'Amore Photography Honey-hued wooden steps lead from the entry to the light-filled living room.