W W = Design and Sustainability

W W designed by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti one integrates two essential elements in any bathroom: the toilet and sink. uniting in a single piece, so you can save space without thereby waives attractive design. In addition to providing a multi-functional product reduces the resources used

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A church in the rock

Campus Church of Lalibela Giyorgys Beit Excavation of the mountains to house construction is an ancient practice of which there are many examples around the world. The case of temples carved into volcanic tuff Lalibela (Ethiopia), is a very curious example that draws attention

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Wine Architecture

In recent years we have seen has proliferated the link between the wine industry and contemporary architecture. A "marriage" that has more to do with marketing issues to functional or practical aspects. The most prestigious wineries have used architecture as a brand or image of differentiation in an industry where

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Wings of Desire

To end the week I'd recommend the film 80 which is often linked to cycles of Cinema and Architecture. “The Wings of Desire” Wim Wenders is an interesting feature showing fantastic scenes of the city of Berlin through the vision of two angels (Bruno Ganz and Otto

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Inal en Mauritania

Inal health clinic in the region of Mauritania Dakhlet Inal is a small enclave inhabited, Dakhlet the region in northern Mauritania, that is not even on the maps. Located 255 East of Nouadhibou is accessible by train and unpaved roads. There is a small organization

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Architectural Visualization

WakYak – Architectural visualization from Erik Jansson on Vimeo.

New imaging technologies are constantly evolving, fostering meaningful change shape when projected virtually. In this video posted on the Web Platform Architecture, how realistic contrasts can become these innovative rendering systems.

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Sillón Wassily

By Belén Cano

Wassily Chair. Marcel Breuer, 1925. Image: DC Traveller

By observing the Wassily Chair, created between 1925 and 1927, Marcel Breuer (Hungary 1902-New York1981) not easy to understand at a glance what we have before our ojos.Una possible interpretation is that it can be a chair whose design is based on

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Banganga en Bombay

Tanque de Banganga, Bombay. Espacio del manantial. Photos: Inese Pumala Mumbai is an extensive and very dense city that houses over 15 millones de personas. Its unique public spaces, known as maidans and thirtas- son escasos en relación al tamaño del territorio urbanizado y, thus, constituyen allí un bien muy preciado. Call it

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Solar Ivy

Through the urban ecosystem blog I discovered a new storage system called Solar Ivy solar, which is used as a coating for external walls. This system is inspired by natural forms, the collector panels are arranged on the surface of buildings like leaves

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Tejidos africanos

Diseño de moda inspirado en tejidos africanos. Hank Koers Collection. Rotterdam Museumnacht 2011 La diversidad de la estética identitaria de los pueblos del mundo se mantiene viva en la artesanía de los distintos países africanos. Impresiona la riquísima variedad de formas, textures and colors that proliferate in tissues and dyed fabrics from

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