There’s a deep divide in the effort to reduce climate change – and it’s in the kitchen. Beloved for its spark and sizzle, the gas stove is increasingly restricted in new residential and commercial building construction in more than 50 California cities and counties, according to the nonprofit SPUR, a […]
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On an unusually cold day in May, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin are trampling across a large, man-made clearing in the forests of southern Finland, near the Baltic city of Turku. This stark landscape is the result of clear-cutting: swathes of woodland sliced down for timber production, decimating the habitats […]
This week, the High Point Market Authority announced that longtime CEO Tom Conley would be retiring at the end of the year. Conley’s 11 years in the top spot has coincided with an unprecedented period of change for the 113-year-old market, spanning the aftermath of a recession, the rise of […]
Space-saving innovations are nothing new—Murphy beds, folding desks, integrated storage, and multitasking furnishings have long been staples of tiny home design. Recently, however, Spanish architecture practice Enorme Studio has combined all these elements with robotics to create Beyome, a new system for flexible living in tight urban spaces. The company […]
Rice University architecture students design and draw dozens of buildings during their college career, and sometimes, one of their ideas becomes a structure for Houstonians to use. Madeleine Pelzel, Kati Gullick and Alex Oetzel — Rice graduates who returned for the unveiling of a 625-square-foot “accessory dwelling unit,” or ADU, […]
Environment enthusiasts and change makers gathered here on Monday to highlight the need to save the planet and leave it in a better shape for the future generations. ”One act of change can inspire a billion” echoed at the event here to launch National Geographic’s initiative ‘One for Change’, where […]