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If you thought that waiting for a bus was boring...
An ingenious solution was found in Kobeřice, near the city of Brno. For this village of seven hundred inhabitants, architects at Atelier Walter designed a multifunctional wonder where you can spend your waiting time with a little sightseeing.
Atelier Walter has designed a compact bus stop that, despite its size,
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What story can a country house tell you?—The Old khata project
As a result of Russian attacks, hundreds of villages in Ukraine are getting either partially or completely destroyed: the lifestyle and traditional culture of the people living there are in transition. Svitlana Oslavska and Anna Ilchenko seek to preserve and tell the real stories of these villages. Despite the current
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Magical villages in Eastern Europe | TOP 5
A charming feature of Eastern Europe is that life does not stop beyond city borders. The legendary village romance alone carries with it the nurturing of traditions, symbiosis with nature and rural virtue. In our selection today, we chose villages that are perfect examples of how, beyond these characteristics, villages
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Smart village based on the pufferfish mechanism
The floating wooden houses in Ganvie, an African lake village, are no longer functioning well, putting rural living spaces at risk. In light of the problem, Iranian architect Sajjad Navidi has unveiled a concept called Puffer Village: a system of smart houses that can adapt to rising sea levels.
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Life scenes from the north-eastern corner of the country
The socio-photos in János R. Szabó’s exhibition, Stories along the Öreg-Túr River, take us to the north-eastern corner of Hungary. Everyday life situations, landscapes, objects, human glances and gestures evoke the artist’s home, giving an honest portrait of life in the villages of the region. The documenter is
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Magical villages in Eastern Europe | TOP 5
A charming feature of Eastern Europe is that life does not stop beyond city borders. The legendary village romance alone carries with it the nurturing of traditions, symbiosis with nature and rural virtue. In our selection today, we chose villages that are perfect examples of how, beyond these characteristics, villages
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Countryside chanson | TOP 5
At times, even the greatest urbanites want out of the city liveliness, as the tranquility of the countryside forests, the flirtatious charm of the villagers, and the seemingly astonishing first but even more exciting habits fill us up instantly. We present Eastern European countrysides, cultural heritages and initiatives that fight
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Retro Trabants, world-famous people and fairy-tale shacks | Drvengrad
During the pandemic, traveling and the feeling of freedom might seem quite distant. If in real life we cannot, in thought let’s travel to a special world for a few minutes: to the village of Emir Kusturica.
In the western part of Serbia lies a mountain village surrounded by
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Amsterdam floating village expands with new dream house
Each and every house of the floating village built since 2010 boasts a unique character, while still creating a unified overall appearance. Here is the latest home of the urban village!
Since the 2010s, a residential community has been developing on the Johann Van Casselt canal located in a former