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Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells

Local practice Vector Architects has unveiled the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in Aranya, China, which was designed to resemble a piece of hot spring “apparatus”. Topped with a stack of eight chimney-style lightwells, the spa is located on a river valley site surrounded by cliffs and forest in Wuling Mountain’s Yanshi Village, which means Eye

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Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates “impetus for city life” amid ongoing conflict

Local architects Dmytro Volyk and Ksenia Donetska have completed the renovation of Uspenska Square in Dnipro, Ukraine, dividing multipurpose space with wave-like benches informed by the nearby river. Volyk and Donetska were tasked with renovating the square in 2021, and sought to rekindle what they describe as having become a “transit area with no meaning”.

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“Subtle and sophisticated” interior distinguishes Kyiv sex shop Inside

Soft lighting, rounded forms and neutral colours create a welcoming atmosphere inside this sex shop in Kyiv by Ukrainian designers Sofiia Hupalovska and Nataliya Stukonog, with playful details including a phallic pouf. Hupalovska and Stukonog, who worked together at architecture and interiors studio Balbek Bureau before Hupalovska set up her own firm in 2021, wanted

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Meet Prule: The All-in-One Titanium EDC and Stationery Crossover that’s a Game-Changer

EDC and stationery have more of an overlap than you think. EDC multitools help you deconstruct objects physically, stationery helps you do the same creatively on paper. Making notes as you fix a product go hand in hand. Creating an engineering schematic while reverse-engineering a gadget go hand in hand. One uses stationery, the other

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