Rotate, ascend, turn East. “90 Degrees”, an installation by HQ Architects | The Strength of Architecture

Description of project by HQ Architects

Context

Hansen House is a historic hospital that cared for people with leprosy, established in Jerusalem in 1887. Nowadays it is transformed into a design, media and technology cultural center and is the home of the Jerusalem Design Week, which is now in its 8th edition.

The structure is under strict preservation regulations and it can only undergo minor changes. HQ Architects undertook the challenge to design a temporary intervention for the historic building. The installation forms a space that serves as a showcase for exhibitions during the Jerusalem Design Week, and creates a

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62 TV Shows About Interior Design and Architecture to Watch Now

On Celebrity IOU, it’s the celebrities who get their hands dirty. The series gives some of Hollywood’s biggest names—including Brad Pitt, Viola Davis, and Melissa McCarthy—a chance to give a big thanks to the friends and family members who helped them get where they are by renovating their spaces. Hosted and produced by the Property Brothers, the series promises to elicit both tears and laughter.

Brother vs. Brother

Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+

At this point, Drew and Jonathan Scott have basically created a Property Brothers cinematic universe, but this show is especially fun because it pits the

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Italy’s One Euro House Dream: The renovation reality

For many people, living in a historic town in Italy seems like an unaffordable dream.

But thanks to an ambitious social experiment you can live la dolce vita in Sicily for just one euro!

This week on Foreign Correspondent reporter Natalie Whiting travels to the Sicilian towns where people are arriving from all over the world to snap up abandoned houses for virtually nothing.

And their arrival is helping to solve one of Italy’s biggest problems.

The country has the oldest population in Europe with deaths now far outstripping births and huge numbers of young people are leaving for better

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Toronto area renovation fraud saw nearly $40K stolen: PRP

A man in his 20s has been arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $40,000 in a series of renovation frauds across the Toronto area.

According to investigators with Peel Regional Police, a suspect signed three renovation contracts in 2023, collecting deposits totaling $37,000.

“In every instance, [the suspect] promised to provide a service, signed a contract, collected a deposit, and failed to provide said service or return the deposit,” police alleged in a release issued Tuesday.

On Thursday, Toronto resident Trisztan Tarnoci, 23, with one count of defrauding the public and one count of possession of property obtained by crime.

The

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Award-winning design: Best new house, best renovation revealed

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River Hearth House was the best new house design. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.


A new house built around an old fireplace and a ‘modest’ renovation surrounded by mansions have emerged as the best of their class in the construction crisis era.

The best and brightest in residential design trends were revealed Thursday night at a state function for the Australian Institute of Architects.

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