Lifestyle

A new study suggests sleeping more than nine hours a night, and/or taking long midday naps, can significantly increase a person’s risk of stroke. The research adds to a growing body of work finding deleterious health effects from excessive sleep.

Vo Trong Nghia Architects once again adds greenery to its architecture with its most recent project, Chicland Hotel. The building is part-covered in plants and squeezes into a cramped and awkward plot near the beach in Vietnam.

After hitting the scene with an innovative expanding roof-top tent, iKamper reworked it, set Kickstarter on fire with a $2 million campaign, and became a brand name in the camping scene. Now it's reaching out to small car owners with a Mini version.

A study is suggesting a neural circuit implicated in overeating may be more broadly linked to impulse control. The research hypothesizes behavioral disorders, from drug addiction to excessive gambling, could be treated by regulating this pathway.

Surfers use up a lot of energy, both paddling out to the lineups where the waves roll in, and then paddling even harder to catch one of those waves. The Boost Surfing Fin is designed to help, by giving users … well, an electric boost.

We've followed New Story's efforts to create affordable 3D-printed homes for a while now, including its ambitious plan to build a community. That plan has now been put into action and it has revealed the world's first 3D-printed community in Mexico.

MVRDV already added significant greenery to Seoul with its transformation of a highway into a plant-filled walkway, and now plans to do the same to a large stretch of waterfront too. Named The Weaves, the project is due to begin construction in 2021.

2019 has been a bumper year for architecture and we've reported on many superb projects ranging in size, budget, and style. From a horizontal skyscraper to a power station with a ski slope, here's our selection of the best buildings of the year.

Designed by Advanced Architecture Lab[AaL] and Wiki World, the community project dubbed Wiki Tribe was created as an interactive method to bring the community together and to teach children about sustainable architecture.

Not only do many people walk around with their eyes glued to their smartphones, but a lot of them also wear headphones. With that in mind, scientists are developing headphones that warn their wearers when vehicles are approaching.

The winner of the Architectural Photography Awards has been announced during the WAF in Amsterdam. Laurian Ghinitoiu won the overall prize for his stunning photo of the BIG-designed museum The Twist, while also picking up two category awards.

The 2019 Inside World Festival of Interiors recently took place in Amsterdam alongside the World Architecture Festival. During the annual event, the JCA Living Lab, a renovated home in Taipei, Taiwan, was named the World Interior of the Year.