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Lisbon’s abandoned commercial spaces are offering creative solutions to the housing crisis
3+ week, 3+ day ago (171+ words) In a city centre that’s short on space, architect José Guimarães is betting that the answer isn’t to build more but to revamp what already exists. In the Lisbon neighbourhood of Campo de Ourique, you’ll find traditional knitting shops pressed…...
Munich’s Arabellahaus could become a model for saving Germany’s ageing housing blocks
4+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) Monocle When the owner of Munich’s Arabellahaus announced in 2018 that the building would have to come down, residents were furious. Completed in 1969, the enormous, skinny, rectangular structure long functioned as a miniature city, earning comparisons with Le Corbusier’s L’Unité d’Habitation…...