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Russian Dachas: How the humble summer cottage became an institution

Dachas, traditionally a small summer cottages, have through the centuries become a real institution for Russia's mainly urban-dwelling population.

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Janus Rostock: The man behind the Dubai opera house

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Rostock describes Dubai as a 'melting pot' and says working in the city back in 2005 was like being in the Wild West

Living

Happy frugality in architecture

Our interview with Philippe Madec, the French architect calling for the end of concrete monoculture

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Building the architectural future with new technologies

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Drones, VR, AI, 3D printing and scanning: how can all these new technologies help design the buildings of tomorrow? In search of answers, architects have teamed up with engineers and their findings have been shared at an exhibition in Copenhagen.

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Italy

The miracle of Matera: city prepares for year of culture

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Euronews' Marta brambilla Pisoni reports from Matera as the city gears up for its opening ceremony as European Capital of Culture 2019.

Living

Gingerbread City opens its gates to take a look at the future

The exhibition focuses on the theme 'Imagining the Future City'.

Destinations

Back to Stonehenge: Italy's luxury cave fad

It's like being a privileged castaway.

Living

Oodi, the future-facing Helsinki new public library

A true democratisation of resources.

Living

This is solving unexpected environmental problems

The art of reusing shipping containers.

Green News

The city of pesto and focaccia

A guide to old and new in Genoa, Italy

World News

IMMERSIVE STORY: Moscow's Metro aka the 'subterranean palace' in 360

IMMERSIVE STORY: Moscow's Metro aka the 'subterranean palace' in 360

Taiwan

Taiwan now home to 'world's largest performing arts centre'

Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world.

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India inaugurates world's tallest statue to celebrate independence hero

India on Wednesday (October 31) inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty.

World News

Watch: World's longest cross-sea bridge opens on Tuesday

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, in Zhuhai city, that connects the east and west sides of the Pearl River Delta in South China will officially open on Tuesday.

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Cementing the future: the EU's ECOBINDER project takes a hard look at concrete

Cheaper to manufacture, less damaging on the environment, and with better insulating properties - these are the aims of European research into the world's number one building material.

Turkey

Watch: Locals push to save Europe's largest wooden building from ruins

Built as a casino and hotel in 1899, the building later became an orphanage which housed about 5,800 minority Greek children before closing its doors in 1964.

Turkey

Push to save historic orphanage in Turkey

It looks more like the set of a horror movie than the majestic hotel and casino it was intended to be. Now there's a push to save it.

World

Marwan Zgheib speaks of a crisis in global architecture

Whilst building towers of record breaking height was once a priority for many modern Middle Eastern countries, today affordable and efficient developments are on the rise.

World

Arab Future Cities Summit showcases the Middle East’s ‘smart city’ ambitions

Held this September in Dubai, the 5th Arab Future Cities Summit showcased the newest technology aimed at finding smart solutions for modern societies.

World

What’s lined-up for Kuwait’s Smart City transformation?

South Saad Al Abdullah city in Kuwait is billed as the Middle East’s first development to be both green and ‘smart’.