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Outside in : the gardens and houses of Tichenor & Thorp
\"Tichenor & Thorp design exceptional properties that integrate large-scale residences and luxurious gardens and landscapes into a singular, unified vision. Deeply fluent in historical architectural styles and the modern California tradition, the duo's projects resonate with individuality and precedent. Featured here are a Spanish-inflected courtyard house and garden in Las Palmas; a Bel Air estate tinged with English and French influences; a Newport Beach hilltop hideaway that evokes a Portuguese quinta; a Pasadena retreat inflected with John Soane-inspired details; two luxe Manhattan apartments; and a mountain getaway in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by Roger Davies and Brian Tichenor's own watercolors, drawings, and plans, and with a foreword by Pilar Viladas, Outside In shares \"Hollywood's best-kept secret\" with the world\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Visualization scheme of residential design combining BIM and VR technology
Economic development arouse the people's increasing pursuit of life. To meet people's design requirements for daily living places, it is essential to propose a reasonable residential design scheme. The research combines Building Information Modeling (BIM) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, aiming to enhance the visualization effect of residential design. The research first establishes a BIM three-dimensional model to reflect the building structure and cost data, and then applies genetic algorithms to optimize the design cost to ensure economy and efficiency. With the help of VR technology, users can experience residential design in an immersive way and feel the spatial layout and environmental atmosphere through virtual roaming. In the experimental analysis, the application effect of the genetic algorithm is evaluated first. It has a significant effect on residential housing cost control and reduces the daily capital use of residential housing construction in the Building Information Modeling model building simulation. Further, the Building Information Modeling model can effectively calculate the risk value of residential housing. The Building Information Modeling+Virtual Reality visualization collaborative experiment shows that the visualization effect is good, the model lag time is less than 0.06s. The high satisfaction evaluation of most groups can be obtained. The above results show that Building Information Modeling+Virtual Reality technology can realize the design visualization in residential design; Building Information Modeling+Virtual Reality technology shows a good application effect. It is of great value to the development of digital technology and engineering practice.
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Life at the top : New York's most exceptional apartment buildings
\"What are New York City's best apartment buildings? Before 1900, it was the Dakota and the Osborne; soon after came McKim, Mead & White's 998 Fifth and the ultra-soigne 820 Fifth Avenue. The roaring twenties produced true luxury: 740 Park Avenue, the art deco-inspired River House, and Rosario Candela's extraordinary 778 and 720 Park Avenue. Today, the city's skyline sparkles with palatial new buildings, such as Robert A. M. Stern's 15 Central Park West, Richard Meier's glass-walled Perry Street towers, and 432 Park Avenue, New York's tallest residential building. Kirk Henckels and Anne Walker, real estate and architectural insiders, chronicle the fortunes and features of 15 outstanding apartment houses with a wealth of vintage and new photography and architectural plans, and show off select apartments as they look today, designed by top interior designers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Home for Every Age: Rethinking Senior–Child Co-Living Through Universal and Inclusive Smart Residential Design
Smart home technologies are increasingly integrated into residential environments jointly inhabited by older adults and young children. However, existing research remains largely ageing-centered and insufficiently addresses the governance challenges arising from generational asymmetries in vulnerability, spatial agency, and authority within shared domestic space. Rather than merely complicating design, these asymmetries fundamentally reshape how safety, autonomy, access, and surveillance are structured in everyday residential practice. This study reconceptualizes senior–child intergenerational co-living as a governance-oriented socio-technical system in which generational asymmetry functions as a structuring principle of design prioritization. An expert-based decision framework integrating interdisciplinary focus groups and the Analytic Hierarchy Process was developed to evaluate five design dimensions and thirty indicators. The findings reveal a differentiated priority structure in which intelligent safety, accessibility, and risk governance together with spatial integration and technological accessibility constitute the foundational architecture of inclusive intergenerational housing, while interaction-oriented functions receive comparatively lower weights. By embedding generational asymmetry within a formal hierarchical evaluation model, this study extends smart housing scholarship beyond ageing-centered optimization and provides a structured decision-support logic for inclusive multi-generational residential design aligned with the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those promoting inclusive communities and health equity.
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Design happy : colorful homes for the modern family
\"In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for anyone who may not want--or simply cannot afford--to hire an interior designer. The story of each home includes color studies, design lessons, and pro tips, plus plenty of practical advice for anyone who might face similar challenges\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Post-Pandemic Trends in Residential Space Design: An Analysis Using Deep Learning and Expert Evaluation
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally transformed residential spaces, yet traditional survey-based approaches face limitations in objectively capturing these changes. This study investigates residential design trends in the Post-pandemic era, defined as the period in which pandemic-induced lifestyle changes have become institutionalized in everyday living environments. Residential interior images were collected from Pinterest and Instagram and analyzed using an image-based deep learning approach combined with expert evaluation. A pretrained convolutional neural network (ResNet50) was employed as a visual feature extractor to quantify three spatial attributes—openness and comfort, flexibility and diversity, and nature-friendliness—across four residential space types: balconies, living rooms, entrances, and bedrooms. The model-generated proportional scores were validated by experts and compared between pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods. The results reveal dual transformation patterns of functional specialization and increased multifunctionality. Balconies evolved into well-being-oriented spaces with enhanced nature-related features, while living rooms emerged as multifunctional hubs with a substantial increase in spatial flexibility. In contrast, entrances exhibited reduced openness, functioning as hygienic buffer zones. These findings indicate a reconfiguration of spatial hierarchy in post-pandemic housing, where auxiliary spaces gain prominence and traditional primary spaces adopt flexible roles. This study demonstrates the value of image-based deep learning for objectively identifying residential design trends and provides practical implications for resilient housing design in the post-pandemic era.
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Edith Wharton at home : life at The Mount
\"At once a leader and a recorder of the glamorous Gilded Age society, Edith Wharton is at the pinnacle of American literature and social history. The Mount, her summer \"cottage\" in the Berkshires, was essential to her success, filled with gatherings of literary figures and artists, and this book documents the story of her life there\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Strategic Biophilic Residential Design Based on Seniors’ Health Profiles: A HRQoL-Driven Approach
This study aims to develop a strategic framework for biophilic residential design (BRD) tailored to the diverse health profiles of seniors. To achieve this, a nationwide survey of 424 seniors in South Korea was conducted to assess their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and preferences for BRD elements. Through principal component and cluster analyses, three HRQoL dimensions—social-economic, mental-sensory, and physical QoL—were extracted, and four distinct senior clusters were identified: Optimal Health, Physically Declining, Overall Low Health, and Socially Vulnerable. Statistically significant differences in BRD preferences were found across clusters for 11 out of 28 BRD elements (p < 0.05), particularly in categories related to sensory-based physiological stability, cognitive stimulation, and external-social connectivity. Notably, the Physically Declining Group expressed a strong preference for restorative and stable features (e.g., natural colors and ventilation systems), while the Socially Vulnerable Group prioritized elements promoting external interaction and social engagement (e.g., balconies, indoor gardens, and walkways). Based on these results, BRD elements were reclassified by function and mapped to the spatial needs of each cluster, leading to a strategic design matrix that supports adaptive and user-centered residential planning. This HRQoL-driven framework contributes a novel link between multidimensional health diagnostics and biophilic design application, moving beyond generalized aging-in-place models. The findings offer practical insights by linking BRD strategies to distinct health profiles. For practitioners, the matrix can inform spatial layouts and design priorities. For policymakers, it provides a basis for developing differentiated housing standards aligned with seniors’ health conditions.
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Retraction notice to: ‘The aesthetics of Gannan Hakka architecture in modern housing: A design psychology perspective’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8850
Reason: The article ‘The aesthetics of Gannan Hakka architecture in modern housing: A design psychology perspective’ by Xiang Lei, Hao Cao and Limin Guo has been retracted by AOSIS, as publisher, following an investigation undertaken by the publisher. This investigation has uncovered evidence of systematic manipulation of the publication and peer-review process. We cannot, therefore, vouch for the reliability or integrity of this article. Please note that this notice is intended solely to alert readers that the peer-review process of this article has been compromised. AOSIS regret that the usual quality checks did not identify these issues before publication and has since put additional measures in place to safeguard research integrity. The corresponding author, as the representative of all authors, has been given the opportunity to register their agreement or disagreement with this retraction. We have kept a record of any response received.
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Performance-Oriented Parametric Optimization Design for Energy Efficiency of Rural Residential Buildings: A Case Study from China’s Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone
With the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, rural residences have become an essential component of China’s building energy conservation efforts. However, most existing research has focused more on urban buildings, with less attention given to rural residences. This study, taking rural residential buildings (RRBs) in the hot summer and cold winter zones in China as an example, proposes a more precise, two-stage optimization design framework using Rhino-Grasshopper for the overall optimization of RRBs. First, field surveys and numerical analysis of collected rural residential design drawings were conducted to clarify spatial characteristics and air conditioning usage. The parametric optimization design of RRBs was then conducted in two steps. The first step involves room function positioning, where spatial geometric models are established. Annual dynamic simulation analyses of AC (air conditioning) and AL (artificial lighting) energy consumption are performed to obtain energy intensity distribution maps. Based on the principle that “space with higher energy consumption is set in the location with lower energy consumption intensity” and the habit of functional space distribution, room function positioning, and adjustments are made. In the second step, the SPEA-2 genetic algorithm was applied for multi-objective optimization of room width, depth, WWR (window-to-wall ratio), SHGC (solar heat gain coefficient), and VLT (visible light transmittance), all based on the logical relationships of the building structure. The final Pareto front solution sets were obtained by multi-objective optimization simulation (MOO). A typical three-bay RRB was selected for application in this study, and the optimized design led to a total energy savings rate of 11% in annual AC and AL energy consumption.
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