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Urban Jungle Budapest is a mindset | Interview with Nóra Hadobás
lifestyle

Urban Jungle Budapest is a mindset | Interview with Nóra Hadobás

Indoor plants, parks, plant-covered walls, and balconies overflowing with flowers—the Urban Jungle Budapest team has been looking for the city’s greenery since 2018, and organizing a series of walks and workshops to create a community of plant lovers who help each other. Their latest program explores edible plants
Plants in the language of art—introducing the Czech Haenke project
lifestyle

Plants in the language of art—introducing the Czech Haenke project

Alexandra Strelcova and Julien Antih take an unusual approach to the gloomy predictions that await our world. This may seem like an exaggeration, but there is no doubt that the importance of plants is a timeless issue. Interview with the founders of Haenke. Haenke project is about bringing nature closer
Light bath and steely glitter in Rivne’s newest café
architecture

Light bath and steely glitter in Rivne’s newest café

Shiny steel surfaces and plenty of light characterize Rivne’s newest café, the Salut Café Bar. Using the charm of simplicity, the design office RomanXSvitlana dreamed up a truly timeless and functional interior. The basement of the two-story café has a professional kitchen, and the ground floor has a salad
Diverse nature trails | TOP 5
slovakia

Diverse nature trails | TOP 5

Hiking in all seasons is good, but in spring the nature is especially inviting. For those who not only want a simple excursion, but would like to learn about the natural and cultural values of a landscape, an exciting nature trail may be the best choice. Let’s show you
Bouquets and still lifes | ATAK PELIF
design

Bouquets and still lifes | ATAK PELIF

Let’s be honest: because of all the socialist memories, carnations and gerberas would probably be amongst the last things we would decorate our homes with. We would sooner buy a bunch of trendy dried flowers than these retro favorites. Now we can get to know them from a fresh,
Meditation in the middle of a herb garden | Maacraft x AU Workshop
architecture

Meditation in the middle of a herb garden | Maacraft x AU Workshop

The result of Maacraft and AU Workshop’s collaboration is this herb dryer, which does not only provide an opportunity to dry herbs, but to meditate a bit, too. Time-consuming activities such as drying herbs naturally urge people to slow down. This is a process that can’t be rushed:
An apartment converted into a park in a tower block
architecture

An apartment converted into a park in a tower block

This park created in a 90 m2 apartment at the 27th floor of a 50-story skyscraper in the framework of an experimental project has everything it should, except for birdsong and blue sky. When I was a kid, I had a recurring dream about a flat filled with water. Later
Stamba Hotel | Tbilisi, Georgia
places

Stamba Hotel | Tbilisi, Georgia

A building functioning as a newspaper publisher in the Soviet era reborn as a boutique hotel in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The Brutalist building revived by Adjara Group has become a vibrant element of Vera, the already pulsating district of Tbilisi. It’s another approach to the Soviet architectural heritage: