Category: SHELTER
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The first Super Hero ambassador for Earth Hour
The idea of Earth Hour, the global movement organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), has grown beyond anything we could have dreamed. This year with the help of Spider-M.an by our side, WWF is taking the movement to the next stage and inspires individuals to use their power to become Super Heroes…
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Smart technology and fashion coming together in the world’s first interactive skirt
Smartphones play an important role on the font row of fashion week shows, with designs online before they hit the end of the runway. Nokia and LFW Designers Fyodor Golan reveal the world’s first interactive skirt. This the precursor to future clothes that will monitor our existence, and, hopefully, will give useful fashion suggestions like matching,…
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Winners of the 2014 Building of the Year Awards. The best architecture of the year
2014 ArchDaily Building Of The Year Awards. Due to their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community, these quality buildings represents the best architecture of the year in archdaily‘s vision, the ultimate source of inspiration for architects. Over four weeks, 60,000 readers reviewed 3,500 projects, selecting 14 stunning winners. Winners vary from up-and-coming architects,…
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Crystal Architecture by Zaha Hadid x Lalique.
Iraqi-British star architect Zaha Hadid is not passionate only by futuristic, curving forms of her elongated architectural structures, but has an affinity for haute glass. She is even collects original glass artwork resonating with her art philosophy. A new partnership with luxury French crystal house Lalique is a natural extension of this artistic hobby. Zaha…
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The world’s most extraordinary hotel named by Lonely Planet
Mihir Garh, in Rajasthan, is named by Lonely Planet as the world’s most extraordinary hotel as publisher unveils three new top 10s, including best-value hotels and outstanding eco-hotelsWhich hotels would you add to these top 10s? Tell us in the comments belowGallery: world’s most extraordinary hotels
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Venice – the city that created opera
In the early 18th century, Venice, a city of some 160,000 inhabitants, boasted seven full-time opera houses. John Julius Norwich looks at the Italian city’s great cultural history