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Loader Monteith has completed a comprehensive refurbishment and extension to a former crofter’s cottage in the remote Scottish Highlands. The clients gave their architects one powerful line of aspiration for the project; the house needed to be a warm, comfortable, light-filled family space that allows the outdoors to be in harmony with the indoors. The existing cottage was very small and disconnected from its surroundings by thick stone walls and small windows. The clients wanted more and usable space to accommodate their family and guests, but local planning laws meant new building interventions could be no more than the size of the original footprint. To meet this challenge, Loader Monteith designed the house that has two wings.

Wafra Living‘s design by AGi architects proposes an innovative housing organization in Kuwait, a new type of multi-family living as a social response to housing needs in the country. The design is guided by the requirements contemporary life while balancing traditional norms, and reintroduces urban life to the building level. Wafra Living is designed as a high-rise building set back from the street, with an L-shaped building defining the street edge. It is conceived to maximize privacy within the community, whilst providing ample natural light and usable indoor and outdoor common spaces. Cuts have been made on the ground floors of the front building to provide better views for the tower apartments.

Some people were already in the water when the Italian coastguard reached them off Lampedusa Island.

Protests in Iran turned violent as police cracked down on thousands of people who turned out to demand the revival of a river the government diverted to factories.

There are many USA-made brands to keep in mind when shopping for gifts this holiday season.

Britain and France traded accusations Thursday after at least 27 migrants drowned while trying to cross the channel separating the two countries.

Santa Ana winds in Southern California has led to wildfire warnings for over 17 million people and tens of thousands of power outages.

Known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C.

WORLD WAR 3 fears have been ignited across the globe after Taliban fighters took over the capital of Afghanistan. The whole world is already fighting a common enemy: coronavirus. But now with hundreds of thousands fleeing Kabul, many are concerned WW3 may be on the horizon.