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Second colorful tiny home village opens to homeless residents in los angeles

The Second Lehrer Architects-designed Tiny Home Village Opens to Residents this Week. More than Twice the Size of the Previous Site, it is the First…

Sustainable wood at the heart of UK’s summer staycation

As staycations look set to be one of the hottest trends in tourism this summer, take advantage of the many eco-friendly hotels and products the UK has to offer…

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal Receive the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, of France, have been selected as the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is known internationally as architecture’s highest honor.

“Good architecture is open—open to life, open to enhance the freedom of anyone, where anyone can do what they need to do,” says Lacaton. “It should not be demonstrative or imposing, but it must be something familiar, useful and beautiful, with the ability to quietly support the life that will take place within it.”

Together we can eliminate non-essential single-use plastics

Sustainability is at the forefront of Michelmersh’s ethos and remains one of its four core values. The Group continues to strive to be a well invested, long term, sustainable and environmentally responsible business.

Alongside the Government accelerating our path to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, Michelmersh extends its corporate responsibility and governance of its sustainable agenda. The Group continues to raise sustainability awareness, accountability and the education of environmental impacts, and to highlight the importance of accurate reporting whilst setting considerable objectives. Michelmersh is committed to continuing to invest in its people, communities and protecting our planet. Through its ‘Sustainability Group’, Michelmersh hopes to continue to lead the industry in sustainable achievements, further extending the value of our products and services for all our stakeholders.

Premiere: Urban Sun cleans public space of coronavirus

World’s first Urban Sun cleans public spaces of the coronavirus for better human gatherings
Inspired by the light of the sun, and backed by scientific research that proves a new, specific light can safely clean up to 99.9% of the coronavirus, Studio Roosegaarde launches the world’s first Urban Sun today.

How the new Stratos Candleholders by OKHA are inspired by Mayan iconography and ritual

The two designs in the STRATOS collection are both totemic in design, structure and meaning. The more angular design is inspired by Mayan iconography and…

The biggest safari story in Southern Africa, and why OKHA was the chosen décor supplier

It’s no secret that over the past year OKHA has taken its signature furniture designs from Cape Town to London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York,…

New showroom design for Marsotto in Brera

nendo‘s new showroom for Marsotto
A showroom in Milan’s Brera district for the marble manufacturer Marsotto. Replete with ground and basement levels, it exhibits marble furniture, sundries, and samples of processed materials.

Reinvigorating hospitality’s locus after crisis

The tourism sector across the MENA region and Dubai in particular have been facing bleak prospects in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic as a result of strict global travel restrictions to help contain the virus. While the impact of the lockdown measures in some nations has been somewhat moderated by the use of hotels as controlled quarantine facilities for inbound travellers and as front line aid worker accommodation, this commentator believes there are however significant opportunities, short and long term, that hotel owners, operators and developers to review in better positioning themselves to ride out these critical times.

Zaha Hadid Architects Designs Xi’an International Football Centre

The new Xi’an International Football Centre will be a 60,000-seat stadium for national and international matches as well as domestic league games, youth training academies, entertainment performances and cultural events. The centre will be located in Xi’an’s Fengdong New District with its stations on the city’s expanding metro network.

With a population of nine million people and two professional football clubs, Xi’an will be a host city of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in China. Taking its legacy mode of operations as the starting point of the design, the stadium has been designed to provide optimum conditions for football and maximize its use by generations after the 2023 tournament.