Barns provide a multi-purpose system of storage built to accommodate living things. Barns are houses for activities that involve humans, but are not built exclusively for them. Barns are storehouses that operate as supply infrastructure for crops. The annual cycle of grain crop production often entails specific rituals or agricultural rites— procedures that entangle human … Read more
When a Danish couple found a small rural property, all they saw was a dead field with exhausted soil, devoid of earthworms, the result of years of monoculture of grains and corn sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. So they began a patient process of building, rebuilding, and regenerating the soil. They started observing the … Read more
Housing NOW is a modular bamboo housing system that provides rapid, affordable homes in Myanmar’s conflict- and disaster-affected regions. They use small-diameter bamboo bundled into structural frames that interlock to form the backbone of each house. This method uses abundant, low-value bamboo culms from local sources and transforms them into load-bearing construction elements through bundling, … Read more
Dating back to 1640 with later additions through the 1700s, this beautifully restored 5-bedroom property in Somerset, known as Malthouse, spans roughly 2,861 sq ft, with contemporary delights such as a summerhouse and a swimming pool. Beyond its classic stone façade and mullioned windows, The Malthouse’s interiors are steeped in character. Original architectural features — … Read more
While vacationing, Nicole and Gav decided they “might as well” view some smallholdings for sale to simply indulge in a dream they had long carried. They were attracted to a 13-acre smallholding in west Wales, with a crumbling farmhouse and a yard full of derelict outbuildings. The couple immediately fell in love with it and … Read more
A recent archaeological discovery has brought to light a large underground structure in Westphalia, Germany. It is a historic construction located beneath an old town. It covers an area of more than 1000 square feet and is a spacious vaulted cellar located beneath the urban core founded in 1321. The space was uncovered near a … Read more