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Opening today, the zero-energy-building (ZEB) pilot project in Norway is conceptualized as a single family house with a garden, which sees a categoric amalgamation of architecture and technology - ensuring optimization of both, comfort and energy use. Check out the project here...

The Haussmannian masterpiece - Les Bains in Paris - is a building design that is firmly stamped by its heritage, whilst it captures the zeitgeist of 21st century Paris. Check it out here...

Ar. Shigeru Ban designs instant relief from disasters, inspired from Nepalese architecture. Check out the veteran's work for the recent Nepal earthquake victims and leave us your feedback…

"Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable."- John F. KennedyThere's one thing for sure: 2008 isn't anything like politics as usual.The corporate media (with their unerring eye for the obvious point) is fixated on the narrative that, for the first time ever, Americans will likely end this year with either a woman or a black man headed for the White House. Bloggers are telling stories from the front lines of primaries and caucuses that look like something from the early 60s - people lining up before dawn to vote in Manoa, Hawaii yesterday; a thousand black college students in Prairie View, Texas marching 10 miles to cast their early votes in the face of a county that tried to disenfranchise them. In recent months, we've also been gobstopped by the sheer passion of the insurgent campaigns of both Barack Obama and Ron Paul, both of whom brought millions of new voters into the conversation - and with them, a sharp critique of the status quo and a new energy that's agitating toward deep structural change.There's something implacable, earnest, and righteously angry in the air. And it raises all kinds of questions for burned-out Boomers and jaded Gen Xers who've been ground down to the stump by the mostly losing battles of the past 30 years. Can it be - at long last - that Americans have, simply, had enough? Are we, finally, stepping out to take back our government - and with it, control of our own future? Is this simply a shifting political season - the kind we get every 20 to 30 years - or is there something deeper going on here? Do we dare to raise our hopes that this time, we're going to finally win a few? Just how ready is this country for big, serious, forward-looking change?Recently, I came across a pocket of sociological research that suggested a tantalizing answer to these questions - and also that America may be far more ready for far more change than anyone really believes is possible at this moment. In fac

Latest issue of India Art n Design ezine focuses on two polar realities of city housing - luxurious living and urban density. Check out this and much more…

Futuristic homes needn't necessarily look as though they've descended from an alien world. They could harbour sci-fi features, despite falling within the realms of a normal 'home', set amidst nature, with pleasing aesthetics. Check out our feature on the W.I.N.D House and leave us your views.

Need a home? Have limited resources? Here's Vietnam's architectural practice a21studio's solution to a warm and enjoyable home in the lap of nature…

Do you think that white is the best colour to augment pared-down design elements? Check out this penthouse in Madrid by A-cero design and leave us your views…

Luxury home design is all about exclusive and upbeat design reinvention. Agree? Take a peek into the design of one such house in South Mumbai and leave us your views.

Eco-friendly retirement home by Spark Architects wins best future-experimental project at the 2015 World Architecture Festival

A cozy holiday home by Puran Kumar Architects connects with the basic pleasures that nature bestows.

Apollo Architects & Associates' Ark House is the modern version of Noah's Ark!

Purple Ink Studio designs luxurious multi-apartments for Bengaluru family

Architects at Cluster One Creative Solutions Pvt. Ltd design a modern guest house for Balaji Fertilizer employees in Nanded city, without losing out on the essence of a vibrant Indian household. Check out the full story here... https://goo.gl/ewQyg9

@coop-himmelb-l-au designs PANEUM - Wunderkammer des Brotes (Museum of Bread) as the first wooden building in free form! Check out the iconic form and full story and leave us your views…

This all-white house will set you thinking. A study in white by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos draws a parallel to life as the interior of an apartment is treated like a white canvas with minimalist art. Check it out here…

Can a 215 square foot Russian café, house a large stained-glass window, a large detachable monochrome painting and 3d menu card? You will only know if you continue reading

This contemporary house, the 'Tropical Cave' by H&P Architects is idyllic for a humid sub-tropical country like #Vietnam - an ornamentation-free envelope that wraps around spatial experiences and #sustainable principles of #design.

Designed by Hong Kong based @onepluspartnership with an articulate, overriding theme throughout, this Shanghai cinema house is inspired by the rails used for tracking shots in the filming process. Check it out and leave us your comments here…