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Color Palettes From Cities Around the World 

The Mill Shop, a UK-based purveyor of affordable curtains, went on a tour around the globe, picking out the colors that exemplify some of the world’s most beloved cities. The results are a fascinating look at how the environment, local culture, and weather produce stunning color palettes that should inspire any designer.

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Longfu Life Experience Center Luo Studio

Luo Studio has designed the ‘Longfu Life Experience Center’, in the Henan Province of China, with a view to create a ‘universal space’ that boasts infinite possible uses rather than being limited to one specific function. The client, who is devoted to operating eco-farms, asked that their sustainable lifestyle be conveyed to target consumers through the design of the sales center. timber has therefore been used as the construction material as it most accurately suits the client’s green corporate identity.

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Add some magic to a public space near you | David Engwicht | TEDxIndianapolis. 

Every human has a deep longing for home and a sense of place. But home is not where many people think it is, because home is a feeling­­ – not a location. David Engwicht is a place maker and founder of Creative Communities International, a social innovation incubator. The son of an itinerant gospel preacher, David grew up on the fringes with no sense of place. He shares his secrets for helping ordinary citizens add magic and soul to the public spaces in their neighborhood or town center. ( TED )

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Plaza San Martín Facades in Córdoba, Argentina - Ian Duranti

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Happy Holidays ! Best wishes !

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See you next time, Taxco

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The Architecture of Some of the World’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities

What’s so great about the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world? Probably the fact that their societies have been evolving in one unbroken series of eras, with ever-changing values and styles that have, among other things, given rise to architectural memories of their long histories. These cities aren’t like the archeological sites we visit to see how people lived thousands of years ago; they are the exact places people lived thousands of years ago, places where people are still living today, with their rich histories buried under layers of paint and concrete instead of earth.

Identified from the top:

Athens, Greece (inhabited since 5000 BC) 

Bagan, Myanmar (inhabited since 849 AD) 

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico USA (inhabited since 1200 AD)

Poznań, Poland (inhabited since c.900 AD)

Kyoto, Japan (inhabited since 794 AD) 

Tiruvannamalai, India (inhabited since c.800 AD) 

Constantine, Algeria (inhabited since 600 BC) 

Flores, Guatemala (inhabited since c.900 BC) 

Suzhou, China (inhabited since 514 BC) 

Cádiz, Spain (inhabited since 1100 BC) 

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The carpet in this sky bridge is based on aerial photographs.

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#Entropy according to Balthasar Holz | via LEBBEUS WOODS

“Architects must embrace the decay of their buildings, at least mentally. They should forget about perfection, the complete realization of their design, and understand that the only truly finished building is a heap of rubble”

B.H.

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(via Delta Shelter Winter Cabin Retreat by Olson Kundig Architects | Inthralld)

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