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archdaily.com - Antonia Piñeiro - Seven Finalists Announced for the 2026 EU Mies Awards for Contemporary European Architecture
Seven Finalists Announced for the 2026 EU Mies Awards for Contemporary European Architecture
ArchDaily

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the seven finalist projects for the 2026 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Awards, supported by the European Union's Creative…

infoworld.com - Josh Fruhlinger - What is context engineering? And why it's the new AI architecture
What is context engineering? And why it's the new AI architecture
InfoWorld

Context engineering is the practice of designing systems that determine what information an AI model sees before it generates a response to user input. It goes beyond formatting prompts or crafting instructions, instead shaping the entire…

wallpaper.com - Ellie Stathaki - Here's your chance to shape the London Festival of Architecture 2026
Here's your chance to shape the London Festival of Architecture 2026
Wallpaper*

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architectureau.com - First House: The Kite by Architecture Architecture
First House: The Kite by Architecture Architecture
ArchitectureAu

It's genuinely hard to say which of our projects claims the mantle of “first house.” Our practice began, as many do, with an array of smaller commissions: a single bathroom, a garden balustrade, carports; house-adjacent warm-up…

dev.to - Narnaiezzsshaa Truong - Why We Keep Blaming Prompts Instead of Architecture
Why We Keep Blaming Prompts Instead of Architecture
DEV Community

A quiet pattern after Moltbook—the industry protects the surface layer so it doesn't have to rebuild the foundation. About a month ago, I wrote a piece on dev.to called Tech Horror Codex: Substrate Sovereignty. It was an experiment—a…

dev.to - Matt Frank - Designing TikTok: Short Video Platform Architecture
Designing TikTok: Short Video Platform Architecture
DEV Community

When ByteDance launched TikTok in 2016, few could have predicted it would become the fastest-growing social media platform in history. With over 1 billion active users consuming millions of short videos daily, TikTok's architecture represents one…

bhg.com - Abby Wolner - The 7 Cozy Bedroom Trends Designers Say Will Define 2026
The 7 Cozy Bedroom Trends Designers Say Will Define 2026
Better Homes & Gardens

Let 2026 be the year your bedroom gets some attention. Bedrooms are often static in their design because the furniture is expensive, and we don't spend as much time in our bedrooms (when we're awake) as we do in our other living spaces. A…

psychologytoday.com - Edward Hoffman Ph.D. - Maslow Saw Vibrant City Life as an Unrealized Goal
Maslow Saw Vibrant City Life as an Unrealized Goal
Psychology Today

As America's most populous city ushers in the new mayorship of African-born Zohran Mamdani, the time seems opportune to highlight Abraham Maslow's own viewpoint on optimal urban life. He warmly recalled to a California business group, 'My father…

theguardian.com - Yassin El-Moudden - 'We can learn from the old': how architects are returning to the earth to build homes for the future
'We can learn from the old': how architects are returning to the earth to build homes for the future
The Guardian

From afar, the low-rise homestead perched in the Wiltshire countryside may look like any other rural outpost, but step closer and the texture of the walls reveal something distinct from the usual facade of cement, brick and steel. The Rammed Earth…

9to5mac.com - Marcus Mendes - The future of apps is voice
The future of apps is voice
9to5Mac

Like it or not, there's no turning back: apps and operating systems will steadily gravitate toward voice-first interactions. But here's the thing: none of the points I'm about to make mean that you will be forced to talk to your devices against…

newsweek.com - Adam Mills - AI Impact: Is OpenClaw an iPhone moment-or just Gopher?
AI Impact: Is OpenClaw an iPhone moment-or just Gopher?
Newsweek

Is OpenClaw an iPhone Moment—or Just Gopher? I watched thousands of people discover this week that the future of AI isn't a product—it's a utility bill. The viral ascent of OpenClaw, plus spinoffs like the AI-only social network…

archdaily.com - Reyyan Dogan - Systems' Hack and RAMSA's Palmer Memorial Institute Plan: This Week's Review
Systems' Hack and RAMSA's Palmer Memorial Institute Plan: This Week's Review
ArchDaily

This week's architecture news brings together a series of announcements that reflect how the discipline is engaging with larger structural and institutional frameworks. The OBEL Foundation's introduction of Systems' Hack as the theme for its 2026…

thestar.com.my - Arsheeya Bajwa - Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint
Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint
The Star Online

Feb 4 (Reuters) - ‌Memory shortages will constrain sales of cell phones for some time, hurting demand for chip ‌industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip architecture designer Arm Holdings, executives and analysts said on…

oreilly.com - Heiko Hotz - The Agentic Commerce Revolution
The Agentic Commerce Revolution
O'Reilly Media

For 30 years, digital commerce has been a destination. We “go to” a website, a marketplace, or an app. In this single, bundled environment, we handle discovery, comparison, and checkout. The entire architecture of the web, from…

wallpaper.com - Anna Solomon - This gem of British modernism just hit the market
This gem of British modernism just hit the market
Wallpaper*

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