In the wake of Donald Trumps victory last November, Matthew Yglesias published a manifesto imploring the Democratic Party to reembrace common sense. Specifically, in his Slow Boring newsletter, Yglesias called on Democrats to redouble their partys commitment to economic growth, honor the electorates moral values, reject identity politics, abandon language policing, and moderate on a wide assortment of issues.Many moderates have since rallied behind Yglesiass vision for remaking the Democratic Party. Progressives, meanwhile, have made a priority of trying to discredit his critiques of Democratic governance and electioneering. To both factions, the debate over where the Democratic Party goes from here is, in no small part, a debate over whether Yglesias is right. Earlier this week, I spoke with Yglesias, who co-founded Vox, about his indictment of Democratic policymaking, whether moderation actually works, the tensions between increasing economic growth and pandering to voters, and why hes pessimistic about moderates prospects for winning the battle for the soul of blue America, among other things. Our conversation has been edited for concision and clarity.In your view, what are the biggest political mistakes that the Democratic Party has made since the Obama era?The big picture thing is: Starting in the 2016 campaign and continuing afterwards, Democrats talked a lot about the idea of Donald Trump as an outlier threat to the country but in practice, they treated his flaws as an opportunity to be more boldly and aggressively progressive across a whole bunch of fronts. And they got some mileage out of that. They almost won in 2016 at a time when the thermostatic public opinion had been against them. They did win in 2020. They lost, but it was narrow in 2024. But what weve seen with Trump getting steadily more popular over this time is that youve run out of string on that play, and I think need to come back to the reality that Obama-era Democratic party politics was where a robust national political party can be.Where specifically do you think that Democrats got too left-wing during the Biden years?I think that the Green New Deal concept made a lot of sense as an effort to square reducing climate change with addressing peoples material economic needs. But it was designed for a specific moment in time. The premise of a Green New Deal is that you have a depression and so youre going to address peoples depression-induced material problems with a new deal. And then youre going to make that new deal green. So it all makes perfect sense except there wasnt a depression. And that then requires new thinking. But instead, we wound up pursuing energy-efficiency rules for dishwashers and blocking offshore drilling in different places and blocking pipelines, which was all out of line with the official idea that we wanted to address climate in a way that was good for jobs.A lot of thinking around criminal justice and immigration enforcement issues has proven to be pretty much a total dead end. The desire to bring more humanity to these systems is understandable and correct. And for a while, progress was being made: We had less crime and incarceration rates were falling in the United States. But starting in 2014 and accelerating in 2020, you just had a move to say, Well, we should care less about crime outcomes. And people notice that and dont like it. Crime came back on the table as an issue. Its good that the homicide rate has fallen again from its 2021 peak, but theres all these other concerns that people have about shoplifting and public disorder and people breaking immigration laws, etc.And its just going to be tough, I think, for Democrats to rebuild trust on those kinds of issues once its lost. You should be lenient to criminals isnt really part of the core suite of ideas that gets people invested in progressive politics. And the criminal justice system is probably the single biggest thing because it impacts both actual state governance and political perceptions very, very heavily.I think some on the left (and perhaps, the right) would argue that leniency toward criminal offenders and undocumented immigrants does follow logically from the core ideas of progressive politics. Many progressives see themselves as fighting for the most marginalized and disadvantaged in society. And arguably, few populations in the US are more vulnerable and dehumanized than the incarcerated or undocumented. Look, theres a reason why these kinds of concerns attach themselves to a broader progressive project. On crime, I think there is a clear dichotomy: Fighting racial discrimination in the criminal justice system is a core Democratic value. It relates to the civil rights movement, etc. Thats always something that is worth looking into and being vigilant about. But there really was a turn to the idea that being tough on crime is per se unprogressive. And I think a big part of the message of the movement of nonwhite voters toward Trump in the last election is the actual communities that we are talking about dont see it that way. These are the people who are most exposed to public disorder and to crime problems. Left-wing people expressed a lot of concern in recent years that Democrats were going to abandon the working class substantively, as a result of attracting this more upscale voting base.And I think on economic policy, that really hasnt happened. Democrats continue to be the party that cares about progressive taxation, Social Security, and Medicaid. To the extent that the party has abandoned the working class as its grown more affluent, its done so on climate by not caring that much about peoples energy costs and its really been on public order: Its not affluent suburbanites who bear the consequences, if shoplifting explodes out of control in urban neighborhoods.Immigration is a tough one. I feel the pull of totally cosmopolitan values that say the life of a person seeking asylum in the United States is every bit as much a human life as that of anybody else, and we need to care about all of the people of the world. I feel the pull of that.Its also just true that in democratic politics, you have to govern in the interests of the citizens who you are dealing with, and you need to be willing to say that thats what youre going to do. Not that I think we should be hardcore anti-immigration because I think immigration is mostly beneficial to the country. But a totally uncontrolled system or people pretty clearly exploiting loopholes in the law its a burden on people. I think Democrats broadly agree with you that their partys political trajectory since 2016 is concerning. Theyve lost a lot of ground with working-class voters in general and nonwhite ones in particular. But some question whether substantially shifting the partys policy positions is necessary or even, especially helpful for winning back these defectors. One argument against the utility of moderation goes like this: The fine details of Democratic and Republican policy positions are not salient with most swing voters, who are largely ignorant of them. Indeed, according to the Democratic consultant David Shor, Democrats did well with voters who read the news in 2024, but suffered massive losses among those who pay little attention to politics.So, what matters then isnt policy details but broad partisan stereotypes Democrats are the party thats more supportive of immigration, Republicans are the party more supportive of business, etc. And with the rise of cable news and then the internet, voters have grown more conscious of the fact that the Democrats are the socially liberal, cosmopolitan party. This has led culturally conservative voters to defect to the GOP. But Democrats cant actually reverse that exodus merely by moving a little to the right. So long as they are liberal on immigration relative to the GOP, they are going to be stereotyped as soft on the border. So, when the public is in a nativist mood, they are going to lose votes on that issue no matter what they do. Given this, the thinking goes, theres little point in moving right substantively. Instead, the party should just strive to increase the salience of topics that work well for it and exploit cycle-specific issues, such as the pandemic in 2020 or financial crisis in 2008.I think that theres definitely some truth to that worldview.But the Bill Clinton experience is instructive here. He did certain things in the 1992 campaign that I think progressive intellectuals found distasteful at the time and continue to find distasteful today, but he was trying to drive salient shifts in how the Democratic Party was perceived and it worked. I think that when people try, they can shift things.Donald Trump in the very recent past meaningfully altered how the Republican Party is perceived in both positive and negative ways. These perceptions are changeable, and I think that theyre grounded in real things that happen. Somebody like Jon Tester really frustrated me in 2010 by voting against the DREAM Act. But it was really important to that iteration of Jon Tester that he not be seen as part of a cosmopolitan soft on immigration enforcement kind of coalition.He changed on that after winning a couple of reelection bids, and I sympathize substantively with that evolution. But I think it would be better for Democrats to be electorally competitive in Montana even if that meant Montana Democrats having terrible immigration ideas because they could be with you on taxes and many other things that also matter in the world. For a political party to have a coherent vision and identity, it needs to have some non-negotiable ideological principles and policy positions though, right? Are there any ideological litmus tests that you do support?I thought that Kamala Harris had a good line, when she was asked about flip-flopping: She said that her values hadnt changed. And the values of the Democratic Party are that Democrats care about poor people, about inclusiveness on identity topics, about pollution. And we worry about unbridled corporate power. That was true of Bill Clinton in 1996, just as it was true of Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. The leftward movement isnt really that. I think the anchor values of the coalition have been with us for a long time and are compatible with being much more moderate across the board, depending on: Whats the terrain that youre running in? Whats the actual issue landscape? Whats the empirical truth about these kinds of things?And the trajectory has been to say, Well, if you really care about X, you have to sign your name on the dots of 80 bajillion different things. And thats just not a great way to think about politics. Theres such a wide range between total indifference to climate change issues and we need a crash program of decarbonization by 2035. And thats true across issues. People can operate within that, picking their exact position on the basis of what they think is most important, what they think their constituents want, etc.As youve already suggested, you dont merely believe that Democratic policymaking over the past decade has been politically damaging you also think much of it has been bad on the merits. Whats the short version of your indictment of Democratic governance?If you look at the most progressive states the states where the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is most entrenched and empowered the population of those places is generally declining. A lot of that is housing policy. But its also not the case that the K-12 schooling outcomes are systematically better in the states that are spending more money. The commutes arent necessarily shorter, things like that. I think it calls into question what the purpose of the post-2012 project of building up progressive institutions and clout inside the Democratic Party is, right? What is the paradise that we are pointing to that if we cast off the constraints of a Mary Landrieu or a Joe Manchin were going to be able to deliver?Why cant you show me in New Jersey or Washington state that were doing this, and its working great? Wouldnt that be a more reasonable way to build long-term political power: to show youre doing something and its working really well and people like it, and then it spreads to more places and it entices people in the purple states? You have maybe a few things like that. But on the biggest-picture policy issues of our time, we just dont really see those kinds of successes in the places where its easier for Democrats to win elections.Are there tensions between your vision for how Democrats can better deliver prosperity and how they can best win elections? Two of your signature policy causes liberalizing zoning laws to abet housing construction and massively increasing legal immigration dont seem like surefire political winners. Theres a lot of backlash at the local level to new housing construction. And at the national level, voters evince little enthusiasm for increasing immigration.I think thats true on immigration. You have to tread carefully. But its interesting that we had Elon Musk and Donald Trump seemingly endorsing higher levels of employment visas for skilled workers recently. So maybe you just do that on a bipartisan basis if you can. It doesnt need to be the central piece of partisan campaigns.In housing, I mean, people will talk about this all day and all night, but if you look at the states where housing growth is very rapid, I do not see there being massive political backlash against the Republican governors of those states. I also dont see the Democratic governors of very housing-constraining states being hailed as heroes by anybody. Theyre not progressive heroes, theyre not moderate heroes. They just mostly look like failures who are presiding over high taxes, strained public services, and lots of disputes about legacy pension obligations because running a low-growth state is a bummer.It would be much easier to do the things that progressives want to do if you had more construction and more growth in those states. Fundamentally, what are we doing here as a movement or as a political party if the idea is, nobodys going to come to the states that we govern and everybody will leave, and the cost of living will be super high. But dont worry, people arent leaving because of our high taxes, theyre leaving because of our zoning policies. A thing thats in the discourse constantly is Democrats should do populism on economics and help working class people with their material interests.And I think thats great. I agree with that 5,000 percent. But the people who use those words often tend to espouse public policy ideas that are very bad for economic growth. And I just want to remind people that the state of the economy is really important over and above the social safety net and transfer payments. A lot of people earn a living by working. A lot of working-class people benefit from rapid economic growth. And rapid economic growth makes the welfare state more sustainable.So, when youre making energy policy or if youre thinking about Davis-Bacon rules or about antitrust or whatever it is then, Well, is this going to be good for growth or not? is an important question for populists to ask. The people want a robust, growing economy that provides them with a lot of opportunities.That makes sense. But I still feel like there may be some tensions between the projects of improving Democratic performance in red areas and implementing your vision for a pro-growth agenda. Youve argued that there are deep complementaries between these two endeavors. And youve cited Democratic Congressman Jared Golden who won a Trump district in Maine as one model for a brand of liberalism that can do both. Yet Golden recently introduced legislation that would establish a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods (including commodities that cannot be produced in America at scale, such as coffee beans) and then increase that tariff by 5 percent a year, every year, until the United States eliminates its trade deficit. Thats a policy that would increase costs for consumers and reduce economic growth. So, should that give us a pause about how complementary your political and substantive goals are?I will defer to Representative Golden on what he thinks his constituents want to hear. His idea doesnt make any sense on the merits. If you actually did it, I think that consequences would be quite dire, and people would not be happy with them. And I think that that is always an important tension in politics. Theres a difference between what people want to hear and what outcomes people will actually enjoy. I think a big problem that Democrats have is that theyve decided that theres certain moral and cultural issues on which it is unacceptable to pander to public opinion. So they want to do their pandering on economic policy instead. Which is fine if youre Jared Golden, and youre introducing bills that have no chance of passing because, what difference does it make? But its challenging in terms of governance. I mean, Trump is facing this problem, right?He and his advisers seem to be going back and forth every day between, Should we do the thing we campaigned on in terms of across the board tariffs or Should we worry that that will immediately crash the stock market? And I think Trump rightly feels that if he crashes the stock market, people arent going to say, Oh, I forgive you Mr. President. After all, I answered yes to that in the polls. People want good outcomes. But this is obviously just a tension that elected officials need to navigate all the time. I just think the most reasonable way to approach these things is to try to pander to people on largely symbolic cultural-type issues and then make empirically grounded policy decisions on complicated economic issues.What makes you most optimistic about your factions prospects for bending the Democratic Party in your direction between now and 2028? And what makes you most pessimistic?I think the Iraq War was just a millstone around the necks of moderate Democrats for a long, long time. That was a very serious substantive error that angered lots and lots of people. And I think it is good that the clock has turned and were now looking at generations of people unlike Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton who were not personally associated with that thing. What makes me pessimistic is that I hear positive things from a lot of people I have a lot of good conversations but I do not yet see any meaningful institutionalization of a more pragmatic approach to politics. And so its easy for elected officials to in the abstract say, Okay, we need to stop listening to these groups. We need to get real. We need to be in touch with the voters. But when push comes to shove, these fights get nasty and politics happens. And if nobody has your back, the tendency is always going to be to find reasons to slide further left.Youve read 1 article in the last monthHere at Vox, we're unwavering in our commitment to covering the issues that matter most to you threats to democracy, immigration, reproductive rights, the environment, and the rising polarization across this country.Our mission is to provide clear, accessible journalism that empowers you to stay informed and engaged in shaping our world. 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Ubisoft reportedly held an emergency conference call yesterday following Assassin's Creed: Shadows being delayed here's all we know about reports that the company is looking to sellTech10:46, 10 Jan 2025Assassins Creed Shadows will feature two protagonists(Image: Ubisoft)Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft announced yesterday that Assassin's Creed: Shadows (which was delayed to February 2025) will now launch in March 2025.This was followed by an 'emergency' conference call with investors who reportedly asked CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frederick Duguet for answers regarding reports that the company is looking to sell to Tencent.Bloomberg previously reported that the company could go private after a series of misfires. Reports have suggested that Ubisoft lost more than half of its market value in 2024, with Star Wars Outlaws reportedly underperforming.On the call, Duguet said "we will inform the market if and when a transaction materialises" when asked about a potential deal with Chinese investor Tencent, which owns around 40% of Fortnite developer Epic Games.Star Wars Outlaws underperformed(Image: Ubisoft)"With the appointment of leading advisors, we are actively exploring various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders," Guillemot said."We are convinced that there are several potential paths to generate value for Ubisoft assets and franchises. This process will be overseen by the independent members of the board of directors."Star Wars: Outlaws' launch was described as "softer than expected" in September's earnings call, and in recent months Ubisoft has announced plans to shut down its first-person shooter, XDefiant, while also closing down multiple studios.Skull and Bones, which had been in development for years, launched this year to middling reviews despite being described as Guillemot as a 'AAAA' video game.As for Tencent, the US Department of Defense has recently deemed the company as potentially working with China's military, meaning any potential sale may face additional hurdles or scrutiny.A report from Insider Gaming has suggested the fate of Ubisoft's deal with Tencent could come down to the response to Assassin's Creed Shadows a game we dubbed one of the most anticipated of 2025.Article continues belowIf it performs well, Ubisoft may have additional leverage for negotiations. If it doesn't, Tencent is likely to be able to count on the company's share value dropping.Ubisoft have been contacted for comment.RECOMMENDED

The Switch 2 announcement might be very soon (Nintendo)The avalanche of Switch 2 leaks has prompted a response from Nintendo, as a reveal for the console looks imminent.While some details around new consoles usually leak ahead of their official reveal, theres been an unprecedented amount in the build-up to Nintendos Switch successor.Weve seen clips of the seemingly magnetic Joy-Cons, a bunch of images showing replicas of the console and dock, along with the alleged pictures of the logo. All these leaks bubbled up at CES 2025 this week, where an accessory company showed a very convincing mock-up and even appeared to reveal an April launch window.Following the leaks at CES, Nintendo has responded and while its difficult to say how upset they are, they havent denied any of it is real.Speaking to Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, Nintendo stated on January 9 that the images and videos are not official. This is through a machine translation, so there might be some nuance lost in the process, but its very unlike Nintendo to offer any response to leaked materials.The lack of any firm denial around the images suggests they are at least somewhat close to the final product, which was already assumed to be the case as there have been so many overlapping details.View post on imgur.comWhile all the images of the console so far have been mock-ups based on details sent to accessory manufacturers, an image has popped up online which appears to show an actual Switch 2 console for the first time.Posted by Famiboards user lanamoon, who has previously shared leaks around the Switch 2, the image appears to show the top-right corner of the console with the screen turned on. A top flap is also opened, which is believed to be the cartridge slot, like on the original Switch.The main indicator that this isnt a picture of the original Switch is the curve on the Joy-Con, which doesnt have as sharp an angle and appears to be larger. This would match up with the replica designs of the Switch 2 Joy-Cons which have circulated over recent months.Nintendo hasnt confirmed anything about its next console, aside from it being backwards compatible. Its set to be revealed at some point before April, but with the amount of leaks which have emerged recently, many are expecting an unveil this month.More TrendingThe big question is when it will launch, with insiders claiming it could be anywhere between April and sometime in June. Mario & Luigi: Brothership may have been the last original Switch game (Nintendo)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralExclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

Ifdoor cameras fail to dissuade porch pirates, perhaps a giant, pin-code-locked package safe will. TheHyve delivery pod asks drivers to drop packages in a bin secured to your doorframe. Even if pirates manage to take the pod, the safe will scream at them until they put it down. Hyve isnt just another attempt to shake up the home delivery market. Its a good way to reveal the many problems with todays online retail environment. The startup Hyve showed off its first solar-powered patio-based lockbox for deliveries during CES 2025. It can connect to other Matter-enabled smart security systems, though the delivery pod is relatively low-tech compared to Ring-type door cams. Theres a pin code and app-activated lock on the outside, but the pod itself is tied to a quarter-inch carbon fiber cable you screw to the inside of your front doorframe. You may be able to get through it with industrial-sized bolt cutters, but theres added security with an in-built accelerometer. If you start to move it, the pod issues a high-pitched screech. It then sends an alert to the owner or any connected neighbors through an app. You can give any number of users Bluetooth or WiFi access to the pod so they can retrieve packages. Hyve pods would also need to rely on drivers to do their part. You could leave your PIN and delivery instructions with your online order, but drivers are not guaranteed to follow those instructions. At least the pod includes a window allowing drivers to snap a photo of delivered packages.Hyve co-founder Melissa Kieling told Gizmodo that the startup is currently finalizing a deal with one delivery company to allow drivers access to the pods without needing homeowners pin codes. The other end of these partnerships is the possibility that Amazon or other online retailers wont need individual boxes for each order. However, that would also require companies to modify their distribution processes.But if the Hyve does get popular, it may eventually work with returns. The device could ping nearby drivers to inform them of a returned package rather than companies requiring customers to drop it off. Hyve will ship in June this year. Its starting price is $300, and the app requires a yearly subscription fee.

Social Modern Housing in Spain: Addressing the Crisis with Adaptable and Sustainable SolutionsSave this picture!Social Housing 1737 / HARQUITECTES. Image Adria GoulaThe housing crisis, the need for effective land management policies, and the growing demand for housing aid are global challenges, and Spain has taken significant steps to address these issues in recent years. While this effort is closely tied to rehabilitating obsolete buildings, it also tackles the challenges of densification and gentrification. These factors have prompted the exploration of new housing models and ways of living, leading to the development of affordable residential buildings designed to accommodate large numbers of inhabitants while maintaining high-quality living standards.These initiatives aim to address urgent housing needs by integrating energy-efficient designs with a focus on social and community cohesion. The goal is to ensure that daily living is not only sustainable but also fosters a sense of belonging and collective well-being. A defining feature of these housing projects is their use of modern typologies for apartment blocks, which accommodate many people while maintaining high-quality, environmentally sustainable spaces. What sets them apart is their respect for the plots and surrounding neighborhoods, resulting in a valuable contribution to the site.The flexibility of the homes, a key characteristic of modern housing, is essential for adapting units to different living conditions, family structures, and uses. Below, we selected six outstanding examples of social housing projects in Spain that reflect these ideas. These projects not only embrace adaptability and sustainability but also demonstrate how innovative design can create vibrant, inclusive communities while addressing pressing housing needs. Read on to discover 6 social housing projects, along with excerpts from the project descriptions provided by the architects. Related Article Reimagining Models for Living Together: 4 Projects Showcasing Cooperative Architecture 72 Social Housing Units at the Marina del Prat Vermell / MIAS Architects + Coll-Leclerc ArquitectosSave this picture!Save this picture!To accommodate multiple social housing units, each with two rooms and optimal conditions for ventilation, solar exposure, typology, and views, we divided the triangular plot into five volumes, introducing two patios and two passages oriented precisely from north to south. The two corners, east and west, house unique dwellings. Rather than opting for a layout with an interior triangular block courtyardwhich would be too small and create an excess of north-facing unitswe proposed blocks with four corner dwellings, ensuring compliance with regulations that require two hours of solar exposure between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Save this picture! 159 Social Housing Units in Madrid / TAAs arquitectos, Javier + Alia Garca GermnSave this picture!Save this picture!The deep buildings are lit and ventilated by a public network of wind-catching patios, corridors, and social condensers which are connected to the plazas, and where most of the social interaction will take place. The morphology of this network has been designed to take on board Madrid's Northwestern nocturnal cool winds which have the potential to cool down any building. This network of spaces has been designed parametrically to ensure its climatic performance.Save this picture!Social Housing 1737 / HARQUITECTESSave this picture!As the plot provides good views and pleasant surroundings, an additive system generates the building and intensifies relations between the inhabited spaces and their environs. All rooms face outward, toward the landscape. At the same time, however, these rooms enclose a cloister-like central atrium where the services and circulations are concentrated, giving generous natural light and cross ventilation to all the spaces. The project shapes 3 continuous rings terrace, program, and circulation with the compact vertical communication cores placed inside the atrium to serve 4 dwellings per level. This layout yields 136 apartments. The central atrium, a sheltered and slightly tempered space, ventilates the stairwell, nuances the dwellings, and makes the residences more comfortable.Save this picture!Social Housing in Ibiza / RipollTizon Estudio de ArquitecturaSave this picture!Save this picture!The aim is to escape from what the immediate surroundings represent and build a building whose identity is linked to the climate and way of life of the island, just like popular architecture does. We look at the Ibizan "payesa" houses as an example of architecture that responds to the place: white walls and controlled openings with sun protection, porches, and shaded spaces. Constructions that are perceived volumetrically as a sum of concatenated pavilions, due to their growth over time according to the spatial needs of those who inhabited them. This way of building by stacking, adding, and adding modules according to the programmatic needs of a house is taken as a reference and starting point for the development of the proposal.The proposed system, strict in the laws that govern it, gives rise to a versatile typology of homes that allows the different units to adapt to the intended particular situations without giving up the standardization of solutions required by the development of social housing.Save this picture!85 Social Dwellings in Cornell / Peris+Toral.arquitectesSave this picture!Save this picture!The building is organized around a courtyard that links a sequence of intermediate spaces. On the ground floor, a portico open to the city anticipates the doorway of the building and filters the relationship between public space and the communal courtyard that acts as a small plaza for the community. Instead of entering each of the building's hallways directly and independently from the outer faade, the four communication shafts are located in the four corners of the courtyard, so that all the inhabitants come together and meet in the courtyard plaza.The size of the rooms, in addition to offering flexibility based on the ambiguity of use and functional indeterminacy, allows an optimal structural space for the wooden structure. As this is social housing, to ensure economic viability the volume of wood required has been optimized to 0.24 m3 per square meter of built area.Save this picture!49 houses / Arquitectura Produccions + Pau Vidal + Vivas ArquitectosSave this picture!Save this picture!On the ground and roof levels, there are common and outdoor spaces (multipurpose room, laundry, orchards, terraces, porches) that expand the way of living beyond the apartments, thus compensating for their reduced size.Save this picture!Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorPaula PintosAuthorCite: Paula Pintos. "Social Modern Housing in Spain: Addressing the Crisis with Adaptable and Sustainable Solutions" 10 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025514/social-modern-housing-in-spain-addressing-the-crisis-with-adaptable-and-sustainable-solutions&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! 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La Grange Burgundy Farm Renovation and Conversion / Le Dvhat Vuarnesson ArchitectesSave this picture! Charles PtillonFranceArchitects: Le Dvhat Vuarnesson ArchitectesAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:260 mPhotographsPhotographs: Masonry: Lambert CyrilHeating: Gelin DuryPainting: Lebeau-LangloisMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Introduction - Erwan Bouroullec asked the LVA architectural studio, founded by Guillaume Le Dvhat and Charlotte Vuarnesson, to carry out his project to rehabilitate an old farm in Burgundy (France). A long and meticulous project under the sign of benevolence, respect and collective intelligence, to respect the existing, enhance the traces of the past, and ancestral gestures and give this place a character that is both versatile and long-lasting. All the while, integrating the site into its natural surroundings as seamlessly as possible. From this emerges a landscaped house on a gentle slope with an almost 360-degree view of the surrounding valleys and forests: a new generation of peasant architecture of pure, radical beauty, as humble in its language as it is efficient in its environmental qualities. A place capable of evolving into multiple scenarios - for gathering, creating, resting, contemplating... - a resilient place also capable of withstanding time. Marion Vignal. A home anchored in the landscape, the story of a construction site told through fifteen verbs of the act of building. Understanding the layers of the building, and its memories, and bringing it to a new life without erasing its history. Composing with what's already there, without distorting it but transforming it.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Revealing and magnifying the quality and beauty of rural architecture. Unveiling materials, uncovering structure, preserving the raw state. Tending towards an obvious simplicity, to reach as far as possible the reality of the material. Advancing step by step. Converting, rehabilitating, and setting a framework within which things will continue to evolve. Maintaining the natural slope of the land, which the buildings follow. Gently shaping the ground to create new pathways. Creating areas of natural balance to allow flora and fauna to develop freely. Ventilating the house naturally. Positioning openings judiciously to circulate air. Revealing the building's open character and letting in natural light. Constructing building and landscape hand in hand. Bringing the landscape into the house, guiding vegetation onto the facades. Experiencing cold, wind, sun and rain. Observing the movement of landscapes and light through the seasons. Preserving the structure of the general organization of buildings around the courtyard. Retaining as many of the existing buildings as possible. Opening up the view from the courtyard to the south by removing the small courtyard, which was collapsing. Replacing part of the asbestos roof of the old stabling to create a large, open, multi-purpose space. Reusing the old silage pit to create a natural swimming pool.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Redoing the framework, softening the light with the warmth of Douglas fir, bringing together new wood and aged stone. Finding the right geometry. Filtering natural light from the workshop hangar with polycarbonate panels. Creating workshops in intermediate, covered, closed, unheated spaces that keep cool in summer and protect from cold and wind in winter. Working in these spaces, warming up around the wood-burning stove. Creating a virtuous path for rainwater, stored in an underground tank and reused to water the garden and supplement the water in the naturally filtered swimming pool. Punctuating the faade with a rainwater basin made from a galvanized steel pasture trough. Embellishing with fish and vegetation. Bringing comfort to the house, insulating the roof from the outside with wood fiber, installing double-glazed woodwork, underfloor heating and wood-burning stoves. Bringing light and sunshine into the house through huge fixed windows. Storing heat through inertia. Keeping cool in summer with blinds.Save this picture!Reinforcing the existing structure with collaborative floors. Creating large central through rooms, lively or quiet foyers depending on the time of day and activities. Providing rooms for seclusion. Offering several ways in and out of the house. Conserving the house's stone-dividing walls, adding lightweight wood-frame partitions. Reusing the oak from the removed trusses to create the lintels for the new openings, composing three stair treads with stones found on the land around the house, and recovering the terracotta tiles to place them on the window sills. Rebuilding the networks, using gravel from the local quarry visible from the building site. Considering the future renovation of the beautiful little building, a former dovecote, with its simple volume and lauze-edged roof.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeMaterialsWoodStoneMaterials and TagsPublished on January 10, 2025Cite: "La Grange Burgundy Farm Renovation and Conversion / Le Dvhat Vuarnesson Architectes" 10 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025422/la-grange-burgundy-farm-renovation-and-conversion-le-devehat-vuarnesson-architectes&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! 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How to Create Dynamic Visualizations Using D5 Render 2.9's Phasing Animation FeatureSponsored ContentSave this picture!Courtesy of D5 RenderThe Phasing Animation feature in D5 Render 2.9 redefines how professionals present complex projects. It simplifies the creation of dynamic, step-by-step visualizations, perfect for showcasing construction phases, product assemblies, and landscape transformations. With pre-designed templates like Drop/Rise or Ascend/Descend, users can quickly arrange objects in sequence without the need for complex keyframing, making it easier to illustrate how a structure is built, how a product is installed, or how elements grow and evolve within a landscape.The intuitive interface allows for easy multi-selection, grouping, and precise control over movement, timing, and effects. The Animation Controller offers settings like Linear and Ease In, letting users preview animations from different angles and apply effects such as rotation or bounce for added polish. This flexibility ensures that every animation flows smoothly, creating engaging and professional presentations that clearly convey complex processes.By integrating with D5 Sync plugins, users can import models directly from software like SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, and Revit, retaining their group structures. This seamless setup, combined with features like Free Camera Playback and customizable animation properties, saves time and enhances storytelling. Phasing Animation bridges the gap between design and understanding, helping clients and stakeholders visualize projects with clarity and impact.The Phasing Animation feature is just one of many powerful updates in D5 Render 2.9 that elevate project presentation. Alongside this, the latest version introduces 19 new features and over 320 assets designed to streamline design workflows and boost creative flexibility.Effortless Landscape Design with the New Terrain ToolThe new Terrain tool in D5 Render 2.9 simplifies the process of landscape creation by enabling designers to sculpt directly within the software. Users can choose from preset heightmaps or import custom maps to design anything from smooth plains to rugged hills, then refine every detail using various sculpting modes like Upward, Downward, Smooth, and Flatten. By integrating the Terrain tool with D5 Scatter, adding realistic elements such as rocks, shrubs, and grass becomes effortless, allowing for the creation of dynamic, lifelike environments with minimal effort.AI for Post ProcessingD5 Render's upgraded Post-AI tool brings advanced image processing and AI Style Transfer, allowing users to add artistic styles and improve clarity up to 6K resolution. The new Random Placement feature helps create natural-looking scenes by adjusting asset size, rotation, and location, avoiding uniform patterns and adding variety.Discover the Future of Rendering with D5 Render 2.9D5 Render 2.9 is more than just an upgradeit's a leap forward in design innovation. From terrain sculpting to complex animations, this version equips you with the tools to work faster, smarter, and more creatively. Download D5 Render 2.9 and see the difference.Image gallerySee allShow lessCite: "How to Create Dynamic Visualizations Using D5 Render 2.9's Phasing Animation Feature" 10 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024827/how-to-create-dynamic-visualizations-using-d5-render-s-phasing-animation-feature&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00067-6The Nobel prizewinner worked tirelessly with wife Rosalynn Carter to eradicate Guinea-worm disease.

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