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The Home of Shadows competition winners explore natural light-only home designs

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The answers to such a brief have just been shared as the winning results of The Home of Shadows design ideas competition, organized by Buildner to highlight the role light and shadow play in creating better functional and more inviting living spaces for their occupants.

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Burning down the house to make American homes disaster-proof

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Last year's devastating wildfires in California and Hawaii once again came into focus as part of a New York Times exposé on the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (I.B.H.S.)-led The MIT Technology Review wrote more extensively on the subject of design and the disaster-proof home in California last April.

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Star Homes / Ingvartsen Architects

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The Star Homes Project has been in development for over a decade, exploring ways to develop novel, low-cost, comfortable, and insect-proof housing to. Completed in 2024 in Mtwara, Tanzania. Images by Julien Lanoo.

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Cezara Holiday Home / KUN Studio

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The Cezara Holiday Home, a project by KUN Studio, stands as an architectural homage to climate responsiveness amidst the urban landscape of. Completed in 2023 in Hyderabad, India. Images by Sanjay Borra.

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The Rise of 3D-Printed Prefabricated Homes

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Image © Paul Vu As construction materials costs increase , builders and developers are seeking alternatives to traditional home construction methods to address housing shortages. ADU / Mighty Buildings. In response, an expanding construction technology field is the 3D printing sector.

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In Japan, abandoned and vacant homes are on the rise

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of all Japanese homes are abandoned, while 13.88% of homes are vacant (a total of 9 million homes). Image credit: Sherpa More broadly, Japan passed a law in 2015 allowing local authorities to issue warnings about vacant homes at risk of collapse, including powers to de. New government figures show that 5.9%

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How to Create a Smart Home: A Complete Guide for Beginners in Home Automation

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Image: © Maíra Acayaba Smart homes leverage technology to provide residents with increased convenience, savings, comfort, and security. They enable a new level of interaction between the home and its inhabitants through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections. With automated environments, household routines are streamlined.

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