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How a Home Security System Can Keep Your Family Safe

In the past, high-tech security systems were only seen in the homes of wealthy, important characters in movies The post How a Home Security System Can Keep Your Family Safe appeared first on...

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3 DIY Renovation Projects You Should Never Do Yourself

The Do it Yourself movement has made a major comeback since the last recession, driven further by home repair .. The post 3 DIY Renovation Projects You Should Never Do Yourself appeared first on...

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How to Make Your Home Safer

Do you feel safe and secure in your home? Unfortunately, thousands of homeowners don't prepare for the worst-case scenarios that can take place in their properties. The post How to Make Your Home Safer...

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A-Frame House in The Hamptons Revamped by Edgar Papazian

New York studio Doon Architecture lead by Architect Edgar Papazian has redefined an aged A-frame house into a timeless cozy family nest in an area known for an “outrageous housing market”. It is...

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The Culla Belly Co-Sleeper Will Keep Your Little Loved One Close

A newborn triggers one of the most extraordinary time-frame of our lives, parenthood, we are excited and frightened to death, we start to assemble our own family, knowledge, tradition and our family...

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Re-Think: Share your ideas with the world

Think Brave  All humanity’s potential lies within the mind. Ideas are a testament to this fact. They change how we live, how we interact, how we feel. Ideas are everything. So now it’s time to show us...

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38 Brilliant Floor Level Sofa Designs to Boost Your Comfort

A good layout is the most important component of a good interior design one might argue yet as this relevant piece is rarely a given, practicality, the grade of customization and comfort are rapidly...

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Cool Must-Have Furnishings Ideas for the Modern Living Room

  Modern design seems to stay in perpetual style, long after other trends have come and gone. And why not? It’s classic without ever feeling outdated; utilitarian without taking itself too seriously....

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13 Epic Home DIY Projects to Try in 2017

The sun is shining and we’re halfway into 2017 already. Where did the time go? If you’ve been meaning to tackle some DIY projects this year and not found the time to get round to it, now’s your chance....

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Beginner Home Automation Questions Answered

The concept of smart homes has existed for more than a century, but it was only within the past five decades that the technology has allowed us to create real home automation tools. What’s more, this...

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Tokyo Void: Possibilities in Absence

A refreshing book looking at the social, cultural and philosophical qualities of leftover spaces in one of the world's densest cities. The post Tokyo Void: Possibilities in Absence appeared first on...

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A closer look at the Modernist utopia Crestwood Hills

In 1947, on the hills above Brentwood, the newly formed Mutual Housing Assn. broke ground on an ambitious 800-acre neighborhood development named Crestwood Hills. Now the little-known story behind the...

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Book Release / Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand

Drawing from Practice by J. Michael Welton explores and illuminates the ways that 26 diverse and reputable architects use freehand drawing to shape the built environment. In this generously illustrated...

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Concrete Ideas in Architecture

A new two-volume set, ‘100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings,’ looks at the different ways architects are using the material The post Concrete Ideas in Architecture appeared first on Architecture Lab.

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superkül releases first monograph to celebrate first ten years in practice

Toronto-based architectural firm superkül announced the launch of the firm’s first book, Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold The post superkül releases first monograph to celebrate first ten years in practice...

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Wood to warm up modern architecture

The new book ‘100 Contemporary Wood Buildings’ showcases today’s most innovative uses of the material The post Wood to warm up modern architecture appeared first on Architecture Lab.

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Last Futures by Douglas Murphy – utopian architecture, from space colonies to...

How the shining architectural optimism of the 1960s and 70s has ultimately produced buildings such as supermarkets, open-plan offices and other spaces of control The post Last Futures by Douglas Murphy...

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Aging Gracefully: How a New Architecture for Old Age Helps Everyone

Architect Matthias Hollwich's book New Aging offers a radical blueprint for rethinking and redesigning old age The post Aging Gracefully: How a New Architecture for Old Age Helps Everyone appeared...

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On the Black Skyscraper – An interview with Adrienne Brown

Adrienne Brown’s forthcoming book The Black Skyscraper teaches us how early “sky-scrapers” shifted our perception of race in America The post On the Black Skyscraper – An interview with Adrienne Brown...

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Misunderstanding architecture and London’s great expansion

We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill’s famous phrase was uttered after the House of Commons was destroyed in the Blitz The post Misunderstanding architecture...

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