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Estonia is small, but mighty. A coastal country with over 2,000 islands, it borders both Latvia and Russia as part of the Sarmatic ecoregion. As one of the least populous countries in the European Union and Schengen Area, Estonia has high living standards and a high-income economy. Described as one of the most wired countries…
Japanese architecture has become synonymous with exquisite craftsmanship, minimal surfaces, and play ful spatial experiences. With designed simplicity and careful attention to ephemerality, Japanese architecture invites speculation and wonder. As we’ve covered through our previous collections on Japan, including themes of concealment, origami, transparency, and concrete, Japan is known for rigorous and restrained design. Often, some…
An oculus is an eye of a building, generally an opening in the center of a dome or a wall that was a common feature of Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. It allows natural light into the building, representing a sun lighting the earth. The classic oculus has since been transformed into variations of skylights incorporated…
These eight examples of modern mountain houses provide all of the coziness and warmth of traditional structures, but do so with a modern twist and minimal environmental impact.
Hanukkah is typically known as the festival of lights, where a new candle in the menorah is lit ever y night to celebrate the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. As the story goes, only one vial of oil was found with just enough oil for one day, and yet it lasted for eight full…
Standing as icons of design, these projects represent visionary concepts and ideas grounded in the rhythms and practices of place.
Using traditional origami techniques, designers can experiment with shifting planes and hard edges t o push formal boundaries.
As housing prices continue to go up and more single professionals move into cities, the increasing d emand for these spaces is inevitable.
The greatest challenge facing architects when designing religious spaces pertains to the profundity of program: how do you create an atmosphere befitting such weighty functions as worshiping, professing faith, celebrating new life, or grieving death? One way in which many firms achieve answers to these questions is by harnessing an intangible element that possesses greater…