This pop-up camper transforms any truck into a tiny mobile home in seconds

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Minimalist timber home gracefully blends into the Austrian landscape

Lovers of minimalist architecture will swoon over Innauer-Matt Architekten’s Höller House, a beautiful modern home built mainly of wood in Austria’s picturesque Bregenzerwald valley. Set in a steep hillside, the dwelling combines inspiration from traditional farm buildings with a more contemporary vibe evidenced in its gabled form and restrained minimalist palette. Light timber is used throughout the home, inside and out, and is complemented by the structural framework’s exposed concrete columns....

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Sustainable circular economy principles inform Amsterdams flexible Circl pavilion

Interdisciplinary design studio DoepelStrijkers designed the interiors of the Circl pavilion, a sustainably minded space founded on the principles of the circular and inclusive economy. Located on the lower floors of Dutch banking group ABN AMRO’s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Circl pavilion emphasizes reusability throughout, from material choice to spatial design. Thanks to multifunctional and movable furnishings, the interior can be adapted for a variety of functions including a day care, performance...

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SOM unveils images of new undulating mixed-use tower in China

The form of SOM's new mixed-use tower in China is the result of the structural, programmatic and environmental strategy. The first images of the structure show a distinctive silhouette of the Hangzhou Wangchao Center with an undulating glass façade and 8 mega-columns that slope outward at the corners which aim to minimize wind loads and create flexible floor plates. The Center will be built at the heart of Hangzhou, near one of the city’s new subway station, the tower will combine office spaces,...

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Discovery of ancient middle finger bone completely upends what we know about human migration

Archaeologists have discovered the middle finger bone of ancient people in Saudia Arabia, and it could completely change what we know about human migration. For the first time, scientists found an 85,000-year-old bone belonging to Homo sapiens in the Nefud Desert. It's surprising because this is the first time Homo sapien bones of that age have been discovered outside of Africa. The current view of human migration shows that Homo sapiens migrated en masse in a movement known as "Out of Africa"...

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Trump administration prioritizes rural areas over cities in infrastructure spending

The Trump Administration has re-prioritized which kinds of communities, and what kinds of projects, receive funding from the popular $500 million transportation grant program known as TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery).

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Michigan Governor declares Flint water safe, ends free bottled water service

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has announced that Flint water is once again safe to drink and the state will soon cease the free bottled water service it has provided to Flint residents in the wake of the city's drinking water crisis. “The scientific data now proves the water system is stable and the need for bottled water has ended,” the office of the Republican governor said in a statement. “Since Flint’s water is now well within the standards set by the federal government, we will now...

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