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6 Ways Residential Architecture Can Impact Your Health

Architizer

Beyond mere aesthetics, certain architectural qualities are crucial in shaping our living environments and influencing our physical, mental and emotional well-being. Morning sunlight exposure for example, helps regulate our circadian rhythms and directly influences our mental and physical health.

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The Resilient Construction Imperative in the Face of Climate Change

Santa Cruz Architect

In the midst of these challenges, resilient construction practices emerge as a critical solution to ensure the longevity and adaptability of our built environment. As our planet grapples with the increasing impacts of a changing climate, the built environment must evolve to meet the challenges head-on.

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The New Urbanism: Re-imagining Urban Design

Santa Cruz Architect

Background The New Urbanism emerged in the late 20th century as a response to the growing challenges of urban development, such as traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and the social isolation caused by car-dependent lifestyles. 4th Street Corridor, St.

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The Chesapeake Bay - A Complex Eco-System Explained

Community Architect

Increasing floods graph (NOAA) Add culture and urban development. Continuing growth and clear-cutting have resulted at best in a balance between the reduction of pollution loads through better regulation and the continuing deterioration from population growth and development. Agreements go back for decades.

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Ugly Should Be Allowed

A Better Built Environment

Meanwhile, the overall built environment of Tokyo is wonderful. We spend so much time and effort regulating the look, feel, and size of individual buildings we neglect to consider the impact these regulations have on the city at large. It makes it hard for smaller scale projects and incremental development.

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Competitions: 2022 Jiaxing Rainbow Vegetable Garden Cartoon Vegetables Characters Design Competition

Bustler

In order to enrich the publicity of Jiaxing Rainbow Vegetable Garden’s image as well as to raise Jiaxing Rainbow Vegetable Garden’s popularity and influence, 2022 Jiaxing Rainbow Vegetable Garden Cartoon Vegetables Characters Design Competition is held by Jiaxing Economic & Technological Development Zone Garden Municipal Construction Co.,

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Eurasian Prize 2021 competition news

e-architect

Discussions will take place in several directions: a city as a cultural landscape, a city and a healthy environment, a city of equal opportunities, a city of heritage, a city as a technology, a city as a design product, a city in motion and new urban mobility. December 15 (all times are local / time zone in Ekaterinburg).