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01-12-2008, 11:23 AM
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,528098,00.html
By Ulrike Kn?fel
The Bauhaus-Dessau Foundation is going back to its roots and sponsoring an architectural competition that aims to encourage young architects to build attractive homes for the poor. Its 2008 award deliberately pays tribute to the Bauhaus commitment to social housing in the 1920s.
There's always something new in the world of architecture and interior design. Two of the themes at next week's International Furniture Show in Cologne will be "Priceless" and "Neo Nature," a reflection of the current popularity of costly eco-chic in German living rooms.
The truth is that just about everything goes these days, from retro to futurist, from cool to cushy -- although "cocooning" is apparently pass?. The question of how we design and shape our living spaces is taken very seriously, because it reveals a lot about both a person's taste and their status.
...to continue:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,528098,00.html
By Ulrike Kn?fel
The Bauhaus-Dessau Foundation is going back to its roots and sponsoring an architectural competition that aims to encourage young architects to build attractive homes for the poor. Its 2008 award deliberately pays tribute to the Bauhaus commitment to social housing in the 1920s.
There's always something new in the world of architecture and interior design. Two of the themes at next week's International Furniture Show in Cologne will be "Priceless" and "Neo Nature," a reflection of the current popularity of costly eco-chic in German living rooms.
The truth is that just about everything goes these days, from retro to futurist, from cool to cushy -- although "cocooning" is apparently pass?. The question of how we design and shape our living spaces is taken very seriously, because it reveals a lot about both a person's taste and their status.
...to continue:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,528098,00.html