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Before-and-After Photos Reveal the Destructive Effects of the War in Syria

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This Parklet In San Francisco Is Covered In Plants

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A House Born from the Mountain in Valencia

A mountain landscape, with large retaining walls of stone, is the origin of the design for this house layout. Located in a housing state in Sagunto, Valencia, at the base of the Calderona Range, the Paz & Comedias House by Ramón Esteve Estudio is fully integrated with its environment by reusing the red sandstone, extracted while opening the foundations, in the masonry walls.

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Salam could you please share the link to the lecture Jazak Allah Khair

RAMADAN DAY 21: LAYLATUL QADR

We made it to the last 10 days, alhamdulillah! Laylatul Qadr can happen any time from now. Here are a few notes I took down from a lecture called “Virtues of Laylat al-Qadr” which was delivered by Sheikh Omar Suleiman. Love love love this talk MashaAllah <3

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RAMADAN DAY 21: LAYLATUL QADR

We made it to the last 10 days, alhamdulillah! Laylatul Qadr can happen any time from now. Here are a few notes I took down from a lecture called “Virtues of Laylat al-Qadr” which was delivered by Sheikh Omar Suleiman. Love love love this talk MashaAllah <3

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A Dutch House With American Accents 

 "We chose this location for its views, its light and proximity to the sea. We razed the house of existing farmer to start from scratch and build our own project, carried out by an architect from Rotterdam as crazy as us, Maartje Lammers . She worked from a plan Laetitia and I had offered him.“  The result: a house with American accents and made ​​of three materials: wood, omnipresent, glass, and stone.

The house is built around a central thick shale stone wall running inside and outside, to the left of which there are kitchen, living room, dining room and library, and right, bedrooms and bathrooms bathroom. The whole is surrounded by large windows, offering wonderful views of the surrounding nature.

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A Courtyard House in Shiga

Courtyard House by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects in Shiga, Japan is located in a relaxed area where fields and farms are stretching. The west side of the site is visually connected to the distant hill, making the site look like the original Japanese landscape, together with the Torii gate and the approach to the adjacent shrine. Surrounded by such an environment, a house was requested which blends with the scenery while making the best use of the spacious site of about 304 m2.

Incorporating this scenery, the house was then designed to form a U-shaped building with courtyard which secures privacy. The building form accords with the surrounding views and the range linking with the approach to the shrine. The interior is configured by a single open room whereas finishes and levels vary to make each space independent and comfortable, creating various scenes as one moves from one place to another.

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Islamic Architecture - Granada, Spain.

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(via 40 Incredible Lofts That Push Boundaries)

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(via 6 Master Suits to Inspire You)

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Great blog. Should I study architecture or interior architecture/design if I want to be an interior designer?

Both will do.

Studies in architecture will give you an understanding of the building as a whole, how to create interior and exterior spaces. There are architects that focus their career in the interior portion of the design.

Studies in interior design will focus on how to design interior spaces with a deeper understanding of materials and finishes.

Both are very different than interior decorating, where you learn to choose color, finishes and furniture for interior spaces.

You decide.

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“This dad has a message for fathers everywhere—and it’s going viral. #LeanInTogether

As seen on the Lean In Facebook page

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hey, do you know any studio that focuses on humanitarian architecture? Or do projects like the one in Djibouti from Urko Sanchez Architects?

Most large firms participate in some non-profit design work, but if you are looking for a firm or organization that is focus in this kind of work, here is a list of the ones I know about (but by no means a comprehensive list):

MASS Design Group

IDEO.org 

buildingcommunityWORKSHOP

Catapult Design

Design Corps

Design Impact

Project H Design

Public Architecture

Images SOS Children’s Village In Djibouti Urko Sanchez Architects