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Fab Tree Hab: Multi-Species Living Structure by Terreform ONE

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The first of its kind, the Fab Tree Hab is a terrestrial reef and grafted living tree structure. The goal is to prototype a dwelling seamlessly integrated into its natural landscape and to replace harmful industrial materials with durable, bio-based alternatives.

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Ciguë uses steel foundations to elevate lightweight home in rural France

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French studio Ciguë has elevated this timber-clad home in Saint Julien le Petit, France , above its rural site using slender, removable steel foundations. It is] a place in which you live carefree and unconfined, in direct contact with the landscape, surrounded by bare necessities," it continued. The photography is by Maris Mezulis.

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Designed by Tadao Ando, MPavilion 10 Opens in Melbourne, Australia

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The structure was designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando , marking the architect’s first built project in Australia. The pavilion follows his signature use of geometric shapes in harmony with the natural landscape and the precise use of exposed concrete.

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The Beauty of Porcelain Tiles for Pool Design

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The significance of this impressive millennia-old structure is unknown, but it is generally believed to be linked to some form of purification ritual of the mysterious Harappan Civilization in the Indus Valley —the first civilization to develop urban planning.

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Reimagining the convent typology to blend spirituality and social engagement

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Italian architecture and landscape firm Mixtura has designed a wood-structured conventual complex in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil , that provides both a space for worship and philanthropic services. Image: Cesare Querci The initiative has so far seen the construction of a kindergarten for 120 children from the neighboring favelas.

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Stowaway House by Eerkes Architects

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Utilizing the former residence's foundation, the home establishes a landscaped courtyard as its focal point. Prefabricated wood ribs, reminiscent of ship hulls from Blakely Harbor's 1800s shipyards, form a framing structure. Accessible via a bridge spanning the courtyard garden below, the steel-clad front door pivots open.

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News: An examination of the British landscape amid the climate crisis is the SOM Foundation's inaugural European Research Prize winner

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The winning project “Constructive Land,” led by Paloma Gormley and Summer Islam, examines the future of the British landscape in the context of the climate crisis. The country’s fertile landscape is constrained by the forces of farming, woodland, and housing, all of which must be reimagined to make way for a post-carbon future.