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1 day ago

She invited her friends to come together to make her casket

MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp is creating her own casket with friends after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.
fromPadailypost
2 days ago

Stanford gets a green light for its plan for cancer hospital that could be 10 stories tall

Resident Mike Morris expressed that the project will burden the community, citing existing congestion on local roads. He stated, 'This is the wrong neighborhood for such a massive project.'
Cancer
#residential-architecture
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

7 Unbuilt Houses Shaped by Site, Climate, and Constraints

Residential architecture is explored through unbuilt projects that respond to site, climate, and constraints, emphasizing the house as a spatial system.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

7 Unbuilt Houses Shaped by Site, Climate, and Constraints

Residential architecture is explored through unbuilt projects that respond to site, climate, and constraints, emphasizing the house as a spatial system.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

open courtyards and evolving green facades turn hyderabad school campus into living forest

Pentaspace's Heartfulness International School integrates ecological design principles to create a nature-connected learning environment for pre-primary education.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

I'm 66 and the woman at the pharmacy called me "sweetie" yesterday while handing me my medication and I nearly broke down in the parking lot - not because it was patronizing but because it was the warmest thing anyone had said to me in weeks, and when a stranger's automatic kindness is the closest thing to tenderness in your life, you start to understand a kind of loneliness that doesn't have a name but has an address and you're living in it - Silicon Canals

Modern loneliness intensifies with age as personal connections diminish, leading to feelings of isolation and longing for genuine human interaction.
#architecture
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
3 days ago

PCG House / Visioarq Arquitectos

The residence in Portugal features formal clarity, functional efficiency, and strong landscape integration with a refined volumetric composition.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

FN House / Anonym

FN House features a bold exterior design while maintaining a humble connection to its Bangkok neighborhood through material choices.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

Wellbeing garden opens to combat isolation

Volunteer Linda Fisher, 68, discovered the hub two years ago when she was 'socially isolated' and said the garden 'will be an ice-breaker for people walking past'.
London food
Public health
fromAxios
4 days ago

Finish Line: The quiet rise of "prescribing connection"

Social prescribing addresses health crises and broader issues like social isolation through diverse community programs and activities.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

How Cognitive and Social Forces Shape Medical Decisions

Medical decisions are influenced by how options are framed, presented, and the dynamics of the situation.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

When Trauma Awareness Stops at the Hospital Door

Chronic health conditions significantly impact psychological well-being, yet healthcare providers often neglect this aspect for both patients and themselves.
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 week ago

The Shift From Place To Performance In Workplace Design

The future of work focuses on workplace performance metrics rather than just location, emphasizing adaptability and efficiency.
Health
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

On World Health Day: How Architecture Shapes Well-Being in Everyday Spaces

World Health Day emphasizes the interconnectedness of health, environment, and society, promoting a One Health approach for collective action.
Berlin food
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

"We Live in Toxic Interior Environments": Interview with Healthy Materials Lab

Material selection in architecture is crucial for public health and environmental sustainability.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Beyond the user: why design needs to widen its circle

Human-centered design must evolve to consider ecological impacts alongside user comfort and needs.
Environment
fromNature
3 weeks ago

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Buildings currently harm the environment, but regenerative design can restore ecological systems and reduce waste through nature-inspired strategies.
Medicine
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

I vibe coded an AI tool to help my mom fight stage 4 cancer. It helped us catch errors in her treatment and let her die with dignity.

Pratik Desai developed a tool to assist his mother in navigating Stage 4 duodenal adenocarcinoma using advanced coding and AI technology.
Fundraising
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Pupil art sessions 'bring joy' to hospice

Kent students collaborate with a hospice to provide art sessions for individuals with life-limiting conditions, fostering creativity and connection.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Architecture of Water: Disappearing Fixtures in Contemporary Wellness

Advanced bathroom design emphasizes minimalism by making fixtures less visible, allowing water and light to shape the experience.
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
4 days ago

Renovation of a Historic School Creates Harmony With Nature

Renovation projects must honor historical design while integrating modern updates for current users, especially in community-centric, older structures.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

'What if I die first?' Making a plan is key for family caregivers. Here's how

Family caregivers for adults with disabilities worry most about the future and lack of planning for care after their own death.
Wellness
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

The First Step to a Longevity Home? The Floor Plan

Home floor plan design fundamentally shapes daily habits, nervous system function, and longevity through strategic light exposure, spatial flow, and environmental orientation.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I asked 11 hospice nurses what dying people talk about in their final weeks and not one mentioned career achievements. Every single answer pointed to the same category of regret, and it had nothing to do with what they did or didn't accomplish. - Silicon Canals

Dying patients consistently regret unrepaired relationships and missed connections rather than professional achievements, revealing a fundamental misalignment between what modern life optimizes for and what ultimately matters.
Remodel
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

Build It Better: The Materials That Make a Healthier Home

Healthier homes combine natural materials, advanced filtration systems, and vetted non-toxic products without requiring excessive spending or sacrificing design aesthetics.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
5 days ago

Sayuwon Park Visiting Center Gate / liveraniandrea

Sayuwon Park is a private park opened to the public, featuring designs by various architects and artists in dialogue with nature.
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

I have stage four cancer there will be no cure, but death isn't necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle

Stage four lung cancer transforms breath into a finite currency, dictating daily life and relationships amidst medical advancements that extend survival.
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
6 days ago

Circularity Cements Memory in Cast Concrete

True ingenuity in architecture lies in negotiation with the past rather than erasure, as demonstrated by the Trace project in London.
Wellness
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

The Longevity Home: Designing for Longer, Healthier Lives

Home design significantly impacts long-term health and healthspan through material choices, spatial planning, and science-informed design decisions that support healthy behaviors.
Design
fromDesign Milk
5 days ago

Marc Thorpe's Forest Edge House Blends Beauty + Self Sufficiency

Forest Edge House exemplifies sustainable architecture, emphasizing energy independence and a design philosophy that integrates environmental forces into its structure.
Mental health
fromTetraLogical
1 month ago

Designing for people with anxiety - TetraLogical

Thoughtful design reduces stress and anxiety by lowering cognitive load, while poor design amplifies these conditions for users experiencing threat responses.
Renovation
fromIrish Independent
6 days ago

Self-build story: 'It awakened something in me; I probably did it in a past life. But I've finally found a really creative career that I love'

A West Cork bungalow combines Irish and French design elements, focusing on light and texture to create a Mediterranean-inspired family home.
Renovation
fromThe Inspired Room
6 days ago

3 Secrets to Turn a Small Outdoor Space into a Retreat - The Inspired Room

Refreshing outdoor spaces can be achieved with intentional details and multifunctional furniture, even in small areas.
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

Home Design for a Longer Life: Can a House Really Promote Longevity?

When you design your home with intentionality, you are essentially 'hard-coding' healthy behaviors into your daily rhythm. Health outcomes are the result of thousands of micro-decisions—so in his own home, he prioritized spaces like the kitchen, whose open layout makes cooking a pleasure, and the gym, centrally located.
Wellness
Remote teams
fromwww.hrdive.com
1 month ago

Office space must support learning and well-being to attract workers, design firm says

Employees prioritize physical and mental wellness amenities, focused work spaces, and nature access in office design, with reduced resistance to return-to-office policies as job market tightens.
Design
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

An Argument for Interior Design with Neuroaesthetics in Mind

Interior design should prioritize functional aesthetics to enhance mental health, creativity, and interpersonal connections through a new field called Neuroarchitecture.
Medicine
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

Hospital Workers Are Revealing The Heartbreaking Regrets Patients Had On Their Deathbeds, And Wow

Healthcare workers witness profound deathbed regrets centered on lost relationships, unresolved conflicts, and time wasted on non-essential pursuits rather than loved ones.
Design
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Future of Brain Health Is Architecture

The built environment significantly influences mental health, mood, and performance, with neuroscience guiding design for improved well-being.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
Remodel
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The art of the imperfect house: 8 habits of people who stopped apologizing for the mess and built something their family actually wants to come home to - Silicon Canals

Happy homes prioritize lived-in comfort and family connection over aesthetic perfection and Instagram-ready appearances.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks ago

Biomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design

Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
#healthcare-architecture
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A space of their own': how cancer centres designed by top architects bring hope to patients

Maggie's Centres provide compassionate, architecturally designed spaces within hospitals where cancer patients can maintain joy and connection to life during treatment.
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A space of their own': how cancer centres designed by top architects bring hope to patients

Maggie's Centres provide compassionate, architecturally designed spaces within hospitals where cancer patients can maintain joy and connection to life during treatment.
Miscellaneous
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Aging independently, by design - Harvard Gazette

Most older adults prefer aging in their own homes, but the reality involves complex challenges around physical ability, financial resources, and community support systems.
UX design
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 design principles to feel fully alive

Meaningful life emerges through daily design practices and experiences rather than one-time discovery, with aliveness and human potential exceeding what any single lifetime can express.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

No-one knows what to expect when you're dying - but hospices helped me

I think everybody worries when they come to the last stages, no one knows what to expect, but these people are wonderful at relaxing you and they help you an awful lot.
Public health
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Spaces That Feel Back: How Buildings Respond to Human Behavior

Decades of research in environmental psychology and building science reveal that indoor conditions can profoundly affect human health and behavior. Lighting influences circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. Air quality impacts cognitive performance and respiratory health. Temperature and acoustics shape comfort and concentration.
Renovation
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Parents to open 'virtual hospice' after unit shuts

Families of seriously ill children in east London are establishing East London Hospice to provide home-based 'virtual hospice' care after Richard House's closure.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

A Unique Chance for Long-Term Care

A Utah facility will provide long-term, tiered mental health and substance use treatment for people experiencing homelessness, replacing short-term "treat and street" approaches.
Wellness
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

Emergence is a New Kind of Multi-Sensorial Wellness Experience

The wellness sector reaches $6.3 billion in 2023 with 7.3% annual growth through 2028, expanding beyond traditional treatments into neuroscience-based experiences like Kinda Studio's personalized meditative Emergence service.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Dying With Dignity

Dying with dignity enables individuals to control when, how, and where they die, prioritizing autonomy, informed consent, and minimizing suffering.
Wellness
fromElite Traveler
2 months ago

How to Biohack Your Home for Supercharged Health

Engineering the home as a curated ecosystem—adjusting light, air, materials, scent, and smart tech—can measurably support physical, emotional, and cognitive wellbeing.
fromMedscape
2 months ago

Is Assisted Death Always Peaceful? We Simply Don't Know

For decades, the gold standard for the coma-induction phase of euthanasia was thiopental. It was swift, reliable, and highly concentrated and rapidly induced a deep coma. In 2011, however, the European Union banned the export of drugs used for capital punishment, including thiopental. In the wake of the ban, manufacturers withdrew or tightly controlled supplies to avoid association with executions, making the drug increasingly difficult to obtain. "Thiopental is very difficult to get now," Horikx said.
Medicine
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

6 Unbuilt Retreats Exploring Hospitality Through Landscape and Refuge

Retreat architecture reimagines hospitality through landscape-responsive design prioritizing rest, reflection, and environmental sensitivity over spectacle across diverse global contexts.
Design
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Design as a catalyst for wellbeing

Design must prioritize holistic wellbeing—physical, psychological, and environmental—for people and planet across supply chains, materials, energy, and end-of-life decisions.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Designing for Presence: When Architecture Invites Us to Stay

Architectural design should prioritize presence by creating calm, comfortable spaces that enable staying, reflection, and shared awareness without demanding interaction.
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

AD PRO LIVE: The Longevity Home | Register Now

The home isn't just where we live anymore. It's a mechanism for living longer. In this AD PRO LIVE report, we'll examine how residential design has become the next frontier to a healthier, longer life. Delve into the industry's expanding catalog of non-toxic materials, the architectural elements shaping conscientious builds, and the luxury amenities promoting physical and mental well-being in every room of the house.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Al-Iqtishad Mushola / CREM Paragon x KIND

Located on the southeastern edge of the University of Indonesia's Faculty of Economics and Business, AlIqtishad redefines the role of a campus Mushola, shifting from a discreet endpoint to a civic and spiritual threshold within the FEB UI Masterplan.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

When Light Meets Energy in Glass Ceilings

From the large industrial roofs and galleries of the 19th century to the contemporary atriums of museums and public buildings, glass has been a recurring material in shaping large and monumental interior spaces. More than a technological or engineering solution, these horizontal glazed planes introduce a distinct luminous quality: light that comes from above. Unlike lateral daylight entering through façades, zenithal light is more evenly distributed, reduces harsh shadows, and lends spaces a sense of continuity and openness that is difficult to achieve otherwise.
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