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Traditional and avant-garde combine in Japan's architecture and design

Stunning innovation from Japanese designers and architects combining traditional aesthetics with cutting-edge creativity

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Paragliders compete and Christmas comes early: No Comment of the week

Here's our selection of this week's best videos from Euronews' No Comment section.

Vietnam

Vietnam: Giant hand bridge attracts the tourists

The "Golden Bridge" in the Ba Na Hills has attracted many tourists since it opened in June and sits a 1,000 metres above sea level

Living

Ideas and exploration at Venice Architecture Biennale

The subtitle this year is 'Freespace', but how that is interpreted is left wide open.

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Green News

The Millionaire Flatshare

What is a high net worth individual to do if they want a second home abroad, but don’t feel like they can commit to one place?

World News

Ancient Arab city in Spain gets added to UNESCO heritage list

The UNESCO list of world heritage sites has a new addition. After Spain's medieval city of Medina Azahara was added on Sunday,

Green News

Unseen Russia: a week by boat

We cruise on the River Svir discovering centuries-old Orthodox churches along the way

Living

Inside the Royal Academy of Arts grand refurbishment

The Royal Academy of Arts unveiled its highly-anticipated refurbishment last month, and according to the President, Christopher le Brun, everyone is welcome

Living

The new Zagreb neighbourhood celebrating creativity and design

How the Martićeva neighbourhood has turned into a hub for artists and creative people in Croatia

Italy

Venice Architecture Biennale

Visitors to this years International Architecture Exhibition, the Biennale, in Venice are being asked to reflect on space and its implications

Denmark

Denmark's 'wooden skyscraper' breaks ground

The 45-metre tall observation tower offers panoramic views of Denmark's Gisselfeld Kloster park and will be connected to a 900-metre-long treetop walkway.

World News

Euroviews. Get used to wooden skyscrapers. They're stronger, cleaner and fire resistant | View

Timber is set to become a popular alternative to traditional building materials used in tall buildings, says Rune Abrahamsen, a timber expert who is helping to construct the world's tallest wooden high-rise in Norway.

Turkey

Europe's largest wooden building at risk of collapse

The building served as an orphanage until 1964 and has been abandoned ever since.

World News

See them before they vanish: Europe's most under-threat heritage sites

A communist monument in mountainous Bulgaria, an ice factory in England and an art nouveau casino in Romania are among Europe’s most endangered heritage sites, say campaigners.

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Recycling drainage pipes into new homes in Hong Kong

Micro-apartments made from giant concrete drainage pipes are on display in Hong Kong’s industrial area of Kwun Tong

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China: a new glass suspension bridge attracts tourists in Henan

A new glass-bottom suspension bridge in central China's Henan Province brought a fun mixture of excitement and thrill to tourists during the Spring Festival holiday.

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Flora Robotica: The team of European scientists putting plants and machines together to construct the buildings of the future

Using robots and plants, scientists, architects and robotics researchers are trying to find a way to grow green cities out of the ground.

Living

The man behind Google’s new campus

Thomas Heatherwick reflects on cityscape architecture and how it should “lift up and nourish” urban living.

Spain

Gaudi's first project opens to the public as a museum

The first project of renowned Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, Casa Vicens, has opened to the public as a museum.

Global Japan

Architects building dreams the Japanese way

In this edition of Global Japan we meet Shigeru Ban and Sou Fujimoto, two world famous Japanese architects.