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“Light and airy” were the main demands of modernism. In terms of technology and construction, a lot has changed in the 100 years since the famous Bauhaus in Weimar was founded. Yet what remains unchanged is the desire to get out of inside spaces. Well thought-out designs allow visionary concepts to be created with sustainable solutions for individual living environments. Inside becomes outside, space grows, air flows and the view is limitless. ...
“Whether you’re eight or eighty, you want your world to work for you.” This quote from the “Unlimited by Design” exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York encapsulates the spirit of universal design. The same conditions for everyone, no matter their age, rather than special solutions for the select few. But what is behind the term “universal design”? How does the approach, which is at once both innovative and universal, address the challenges of demographic change? ...
Dazzling sunshine, turquoise sea, endless blue sky – light and shadow. There's nothing quite like the Greek landscape, which still holds many secrets – with countless islands to discover and secluded bays to conquer. It is the perfect place to feel the sea breeze and take time to do simply nothing... which is exactly what the owner of a villa on Zakynthos thought when they built their holiday home. ...
Between rocks and ferns, the 82 concrete steps wind up the steep mountain. They lead to Jacob and Jenny Fröslee Jonsson's holiday home: a timeless yet modern 100 m2 retreat on the small island of Flatön on the west coast of Sweden. The architect couple built Villa Yv for themselves and their four children. ...