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fromApartment Therapy
3 hours agoThe 8 Best Solid Acacia Furniture Finds at IKEA for Under $500
IKEA has been releasing new solid-wood pieces to its lineup, all while keeping prices relatively low - headline news for folks like me who want premium 'forever furniture' on a particle-board budget.
E-Commerce
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Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 hours agoEverything in 2026 Is Disposable - Here's 5 Sustainable Trends Are Designed to Last Centuries - Yanko Design
Sustainability in 2026 emphasizes permanence, focusing on materials that last and promote ecological responsibility through architectural endurance.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoThey lost their homes to fire. Now they're rebuilding with all-electric.
Burning gas and propane for cooking, water heating and space heating in California homes and businesses creates 10% of the state's greenhouse gas emissions. It also releases pollutants indoors.
LA real estate
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Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 day agoThis Japanese-Inspired Garden Studio in California Is Doing Three Jobs at Once - Yanko Design
Two-Fold Studio in Fairfax, California, is a multifunctional pavilion designed to accommodate a Pilates studio, ceramics workshop, and guesthouse within an 800-square-foot structure.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days agoopen courtyards and evolving green facades turn hyderabad school campus into living forest
Pentaspace's Heartfulness International School integrates ecological design principles to create a nature-connected learning environment for pre-primary education.
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month agoHome Design for a Longer Life: Can a House Really Promote Longevity?
When you design your home with intentionality, you are essentially 'hard-coding' healthy behaviors into your daily rhythm. Health outcomes are the result of thousands of micro-decisions—so in his own home, he prioritized spaces like the kitchen, whose open layout makes cooking a pleasure, and the gym, centrally located.
Wellness
fromArchDaily
1 month agoHow Architecture Is Learning to Generate Its Own Energy
Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy represents a modular technology that can be manufactured in large-scale facilities, generating economies of scale, while also being adaptable to small-scale applications. From residential rooftop systems to large-scale power generation installations, photovoltaic solar energy has established itself as a cost-effective option for electricity production in many countries around the world.
Environment
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Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month agoA Net-Zero Research Building That Actually Respects Its Landscape - Yanko Design
University of Toronto's Koffler Scientific Reserve exemplifies intentional design where every architectural element serves both functional and aesthetic purposes, from solar-optimized shed roofs to climate-responsive shading.
Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago5 Greenhouse-Based Designs That Use 90% Less Water Than Yours - Yanko Design
Integrated greenhouse systems transform homes into self-sustaining structures that merge architecture with food production, reducing resource dependence and enhancing energy efficiency.
Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 days ago7 Brilliant Products Renters Are Buying to Upgrade Their Homes Without Drilling a Single Hole - Yanko Design
Renters can enhance their living spaces with versatile, non-permanent upgrades that are functional and environmentally conscious.
Renovation
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 days agorecycled ocean-plastic tiles, timber, and stone shape tropical house on costa rica's coast
Casa Milagros integrates local materials and tropical principles into contemporary architecture, creating a seamless connection between interior spaces and the surrounding landscape.
fromAeon
2 months agoIn solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature's lead | Aeon Essays
In Indra's Net of pearls and jewels, every gem reflects every other, a shimmering image of interdependence. This ancient Vedic metaphor for connection across the cosmos also illuminates what the environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht first proposed in 2014as 'theSymbiocene': the era after the Anthropocene, in which human technologies take their cues from living systems and work in partnership rather than through dominance.
Philosophy
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks agoBiomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design
Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoWe can learn from the old': how architects are returning to the earth to build homes for the future
Unstabilised rammed earth provides a low-carbon, locally sourced building method with thermal mass, moisture control and potential for circular construction.
Environment
fromArchDaily
1 month agoCan Shading Become Energy? From Passive Facades to Productive Envelopes
Facades can generate significant renewable energy by integrating colored photovoltaic shutters that combine shading, daylight control, and electricity production without adding envelope complexity.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month agoRethinking Architecture at the Scale of Planetary Systems
Contemporary architecture operates within interconnected technological systems—energy networks, data infrastructures, and global logistics—that fundamentally shape what can be built, its affordability, performance, and waste production.
fromArchDaily
2 months agoWhen Light Meets Energy in Glass Ceilings
From the large industrial roofs and galleries of the 19th century to the contemporary atriums of museums and public buildings, glass has been a recurring material in shaping large and monumental interior spaces. More than a technological or engineering solution, these horizontal glazed planes introduce a distinct luminous quality: light that comes from above. Unlike lateral daylight entering through façades, zenithal light is more evenly distributed, reduces harsh shadows, and lends spaces a sense of continuity and openness that is difficult to achieve otherwise.
Design
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