Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Quiet Spaces Connect Nature and Design
Meditation and yoga rooms must be tailored exactly to the clients’ needs.
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21 Quick and Easy Budget Upgrades
Improve the look and function of your home without spending an arm and a leg
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Late-Season Garden Sensation
Carved out of an apple orchard, these colorful garden rooms show how fall-blooming perennials, long-flowering annuals, and a fruitful harvest can really shine in the golden light of autumn
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Three Inspired Houses Respond to Surge in Multigenerational Households
Three projects show how to accommodate several generations in one home, with a balance of privacy and togetherness.
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Right Down the Line
Pocket doors, sliding window walls, and openness to the outside offer privacy and a connection to the outside on an infill lot in Venice, Calif.
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FourPlans: New Plans Less Than 2,200 Square Feet
Here are our favorite new, not-too-big home plans. What do they have in common? They all use space very, very wisely, while incorporating modern amenities like mud rooms and flexible areas.
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Seeking Building Material Alternatives in the Natural Order
Scientists turn to biomimicry to devise better, safer products.
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Materials Supplier Gives Strapped Cities a Reason to Reuse Vacant Lots
AmeriSus kicks in $2,500 for every house built with its kits.
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Boat Dock, the Perfect Lakeside Hangout
Taking its cues from the main house, this boat dock provides shade from the sun and exposure to the breeze, with louvered ipe walls and a stone pier that houses pipes for an outdoor shower.
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Fast Trains, Slow Trains, and Sidetracks Planned
A high-speed train in California, a light rail in D.C., a super train yard in Arizona are planned.
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