Yubico security advisory confirms 2FA bypass vulnerability.LightRocket via Getty ImagesUpdate, Jan. 18, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 17, now includes further information about CVE-2025-23013 and clarification from Yubico regarding the severity rating.Two-factor authentication has increasingly become a security essential over recent years, so when news of anything that can bypass those 2FA protections breaks, its not something you can ignore. Be that the perpetual hack attack facing Google users, malicious Chrome extensions, or they Rockstar bypass kit impacting Microsoft users. Now, Yubico has thrown its hat into the 2FA bypass ring with a security advisory that has confirmed a bypass vulnerability in a software module used to support logging in on Linux or macOS using a YubiKey or other FIDO authenticators. Heres what you need to know.Yubico 2FA Security Advisory YSA-2025-01Yubico is most likely the first name that comes to mind when you think about two-factor authentication hardware keys and other secure authentication solutions. And for good reason: it has been leading the market in the area of hardware key resources for about as long as I can remember, and Ive been in the cybersecurity business for multiple decades. So, when Yubico issues a security advisory, I tend to take notice and if you are a Yubico customer, so should you.Yubico security advisory reference YSA-2025-01 relates to a partial authentication bypass in the pam-u2f pluggable authentication module software package that can be deployed to support YubiKey on macOS or Linux platforms.According to the advisory, pam-u2f packages prior to version 1.3.1 are susceptible to a vulnerability that can enable an authentication bypass in some configurations. An attacker would require the ability to access the system as an unprivileged user, Yubico explained, and, depending upon the configuration, the attacker may also need to know the users password.MORE FOR YOUYubico Details Example Attack ScenariosA key differentiator between scenarios is the location of the authfile, (the argument itself is called authfile) Yubico said, explaining that the path for the authfile is configured via an argument to pam-u2f in the PAM stack stored under /etc/pam or /etc/pam.d. Yubico has detailed some example scenarios involving the management of the authfile at the center of the issue, including:Where a user-managed authfile, stored in the user home directory, is combined with pam-u2f used as a single-factor authentication method and the nouserok option enabled, an attacker could either remove or corrupt the authfile and force the pam-u2f module to return PAM_SUCCESS. This would lead to local privilege escalation if the user is authorized to sudo, Yubico said.With a centrally managed authfile, where a file cannot be modified without elevated privileges, and assuming pam-u2f is used as a second-factor authentication method in combination with a user password, Yubico said, an attacker could attempt to memory-starve the system by allocating large amounts of memory, and triggering a memory allocation error within pam-u2f. If successful, the second factor would not be verified anymore during an authentication event.Yubico Said No YubiKey Hardware Impacted By 2FA Bypass IssueYubico confirmed that no hardware is impacted by this vulnerability, meaning that the issue does not affect any previous or current generation YubiKey Series, YubiKey FIPS Series, Security Key Series, YubiHSM or YubiHSM FIPS devices.Yubico CVE-2025-23013 Vulnerability ExplainedThe vulnerability in question, CVE-2025-23013, is classified as high-severity and means that in certain scenarios when memory cannot be allocated or the module cannot change privileges it does not contribute to the final authentication decision performed by PAM. What this means is that a second or primary authentication factor, depending on the specific use case, would no longer be verified. A key differentiator between scenarios is the location of the authfile, Yubico said,.Yubico recommends that affected customers upgrade to the latest version of pam-u2f either by directly downloading from GitHub or getting the latest update via Yubico PPA.I reached out to Yubico for a statement. We can confirm that Yubico was informed by researchers that an issue was discovered in its open-source pam-u2f software package, a Yubico spokesperson said, this software issue does not impact YubiKeys or YubiHSMs.

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coal comeback Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the countrys largest coal plants? A growth in electricity demand is leading to talk of delayed closures. Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News Jan 18, 2025 7:04 am | 1 A house is seen near the Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images A house is seen near the Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.There is renewed talk of a coal power comeback in the United States, inspired by Donald Trumps return to the presidency and forecasts of soaring electricity demand.The evidence so far only shows that some plants are getting small extensions on their retirement dates. This means a slowdown in coals rate of decline, which is bad for the environment, but it does little to change the long-term trajectory for the domestic coal industry.In October, I wrote about how five of the countrys 10 largest coal-fired power plants had retirement dates. Today, Im revisiting the list, providing some updates and then taking a few steps back to look at US coal plants as a whole. Consider this the before picture that can be judged against the after in four years.Some coal plant owners have already pushed back retirement timetables. The largest example, this one from just before the election, is the Gibson plant in Indiana, the second-largest coal plant in the country. Its set to close in 2038 instead of 2035, following an announcement in October from the owner, Duke Energy.But the changes do not constitute a coal comeback in this country. For that to happen, power companies would need to be building new plants to replace the many that are closing, and there is almost no development of new coal plants.That said, there have been some changes since October.As recently as a few months ago, Southern Co. was saying it intended to close Plant Bowen in Georgia by 2035 at the latest. Bowen is the largest coal plant in the country, with a summer capacity of 3,200 megawatts.Southern has since said it may extend the plants life in response to forecasts of rising electricity demand. Chris Womack, Southerns CEO, confirmed this possibility when speaking at a utility industry conference in November, saying that the plant may need to operate for longer than previously planned because of demand from data centers.Southern has not yet made regulatory filings that spell out its plans, but this will likely occur in the next few weeks, according to a company spokesman.In October, I reported that the Gavin plant in Ohio was likely to get a 2031 date to retire or switch to a different fuel once the plants pending sale was completed. The person who shared that information with me was involved with the plans and spoke on condition of anonymity because the sale was not final.Since then, the prospective buyer of the plant has said in federal regulatory filings that it has no timetable for closing the plant or switching to a different fuel. The plant is changing hands as part of a larger deal between investment firms, with Lightstone Holdco selling to Energy Capital Partners, or ECP. Another company, coal exporter Javelin Global Commodities, is buying a minority share of the Gavin plant.I went back to the person who told me about the 2031 retirement date. They said forecasts of rising electricity demand, as well as the election of Trump, have created enough uncertainty about power prices and regulations that it makes sense to not specify a date.The 2031 timeline, and its abandonment, makes some sense once you understand that the Biden administration finalized power plant regulations last spring that gave coal plant operators an incentive to announce a retirement date: Plants closing before 2032 faced no new requirements. That incentive is likely to go away as Trump plans to roll back power plant pollution regulations.Gavins sale is still pending. Several parties have filed objections to the transaction with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, arguing that the sellers have not been clear enough about their plans.An ECP spokesman said the company has no comment beyond its filings.Other than the changes to plans for Bowen and Gavin, the outlook has not shifted for the rest of the plants among the 10 largest. The Gibson and Rockport plants in Indiana still have retirement dates, as do Cumberland in Tennessee and Monroe in Michigan, according to the plants owners.The Amos plant in West Virginia, Miller in Alabama, Scherer in Georgia, and Parish in Texas didnt have retirement dates a few months ago, and they still dont.But the largest coal plants are only part of the story. Several dozen smaller plants are getting extensions of retirement plans, as Emma Foehringer Merchant reported last week for Floodlight News.One example is the 1,157-megawatt Baldwin plant in Illinois, which was scheduled to close this year. Now the owner, Vistra Corp., has pushed back the retirement to 2027.A few extra years of a coal plant is more of a stopgap than a long-term solution. When it comes to building new power plants to meet demand, developers are talking about natural gas, solar, nuclear, and other resources, but I have yet to see a substantial discussion of building a new coal plant.In Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said the state may build two coal plants to provide power in remote mining areas, as reported by Taylor Kuykendall of S&P Global Commodity Insights. Flatlands Energy, a Canadian company, has also talked about building a 400-megawatt coal plant in Alaska, as Nathaniel Herz reported for Alaska Beacon. These appear to be early-stage plans.The lack of development activity underscores how coal power is fading in this country, and has been for a while.Coal was used to generate 16 percent of US electricity in 2023, down by more than half from 2014. In that time, coal went from the countrys leading fuel for electricity to trailing natural gas, renewables, and nuclear. (These and all the figures that follow are from the US Energy Information Administration.)The United States had about 176,000 megawatts of coal plant capacity as of October, down from about 300,000 megawatts in 2014.The coal plants that do remain are being used less. In 2023, the average capacity factor for a coal plant was 42 percent. Capacity factor is a measure of how much electricity a plant has generated relative to the maximum possible if it was running all the time. In 2014, the average capacity factor was 61 percent.Power companies are burning less coal because of the availability of less expensive alternatives, such as natural gas, wind, and solar, among others. The think tank Energy Innovation issued a report in 2023 finding that 99 percent of US coal-fired power plants cost more to operate than the cost of replacement with a combination of wind, solar, and batteries.The Trump administration will arrive in Washington with promises to help fossil fuels. It could extend the lives of some coal plants by weakening environmental regulations, which may reduce the plants operational costs. It also could repeal or revise subsidies that help to reduce the costs of renewables and batteries, making those resources more expensive.I dont want to minimize the damage that could be caused by those policies. But even in extreme scenarios, its difficult to imagine investors wanting to spend billions of dollars to develop a new coal plant, much less a fleet of them.Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News 1 Comments

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My now-husband was planning to propose to me at an ice rink, but I was too tired to go.He ended up proposing to me at home while we were watching TV, and it was perfect.Our laid-back engagement represents who we are as a couple."Can we please just go?" my boyfriend of four years pleaded with me. I had arrived home exhausted, asking if it was OK to cancel our plans that December evening.It should have registered that it was odd behavior for him to be urging me to go ice skating. But I was clueless and depleted from a long workday one of my last before the Christmas break. Even though I'd written this date down excitedly on the calendar a week prior, and despite the fact that the rink was inside our private building complex and just steps away, I can still recall the resounding desire I felt to stay home that night as I was walking home almost a decade ago."Let's just go tomorrow or another time," I said. My reply was met with a huff, which caused us to momentarily bicker. "You shouldn't cancel things last minute, it's not nice," he muttered under his breath. "What is wrong with this man?" I thought to myself.It turned out, there was a reason he wanted to go ice skatingThirty minutes later, I was in sweatpants, watching a random episode of "Seinfeld" on TBS. I basked in the simple joy that comes with crashing on your couch after a long day. It felt good to be home. Then, my partner suddenly made a stealthy movement from the couch to the floor.Before I could comprehend what was happening, he sat before me with a diamond ring in his hand."Will you be my wife?" he nervously asked to my genuine surprise. Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza continued talking in the background as we embraced and got engaged. It was the episode when the guys pitched their show about nothing to NBC.Private proposals are on the riseA survey from 2021 found that women were increasingly disinterested in grand or public gestures when it came to being asked that big question. Instead, 66% of the 300 respondents preferred a private proposal. Yet, The Knot's recent report on engagement trends from 2024 showed that only 14% of couples had a low-key, at-home proposal. Though many couples do want a private place, home isn't usually the popular choice.I was delighted when I heard about Tom Holland's laid-back proposal to longtime girlfriend Zendaya at home over Christmas. The news comforted me and brought some validation that a casual proposal could be special and romantic even for celebrities.Our engagement represented us as a coupleI loved my own engagement, even though I accidentally sabotaged a more elaborate idea. Though not planned, having it happen in our living room was more symbolic of our relationship than any forced, clichd ice rink setting. I had finally found someone who ignited that feeling everyone wants to have about someone he felt like home. Proposing inside our own home was only natural.But it's more than that. I believe there's an intimacy in choosing this kind of engagement. It reflects the foundation two people need to make a lifelong relationship work.As we celebrate our anniversary our eighth year married, our first as new parents I look back on everything we've done together. The adventures, but more importantly, the moments in between the minutiae of daily life. That's where the purest joy can be found.Of course, we did replace that first couch. The navy fabric one my once boyfriend brought when he moved into my apartment. The one we sat on to make out and watch movies. The one we were on that cozy night in 2015, watching "Seinfeld," when my perfectly imperfect engagement occurred.It was small, past its prime, and overstayed its welcome the way any piece that brings comfort does. When we grew up and got married, we finally outgrew the loveseat. In its place, a more grown-up, brown leather L-shaped couch now sits. One large enough for sleeping dogs, playful babies, and lazy days doing absolutely nothing.

President-elect Donald Trumps first term is expected to start with a flurry of executive orders, starting shortly after hes sworn in.Exactly what those orders will contain is hard to know for sure right now. But executive orders policy proclamations issued by the president under their executive authority will likely be a powerful tool through which Trump can quickly and unilaterally enact key parts of his agenda.Thats because executive orders can help him circumvent Congress, where Republicans currently have the narrowest majority in the House in 100 years and they still need at least seven Democrats to pass most legislation in the Senate. There are limits to what he can accomplish via executive order, and some of his agenda requires legislation to implement, especially if it demands new appropriations (which Congress controls). But just as in his first term, Trump can quickly undo major pillars of his predecessors legacy via executive order as he has promised.Executive orders played a key role in the chaotic start to Trumps first term eight years ago, which began with several high-profile executive orders, including a travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and the withdrawal from a major multilateral trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Many of these efforts were challenged in court by Democratic states and left-wing advocates, often successfully. Trump did win several of these battles, however, sometimes expanding the bounds of presidential power.Its not yet clear what Trump will try to do this time or if courts will react the same way. But looking back could help understand whats ahead.The beginning of Trumps first term was marked by an onslaught of executive ordersTrumps first week in office in 2017 featured five splashy executive orders, including several that sparked years-long litigation:The travel ban, which caused chaos at US airports in the days right after implementation, was initially blocked in court as discriminatory and then revised several times. The Supreme Court ultimately upheld a version of the ban that blocked citizens from five Muslim-majority countries, as well as Venezuela and North Korea on national security grounds.A declaration of a national emergency on the border, under which he claimed the authority to redirect $6 billion in military funds to begin construction on the southern border wall, a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign. Several federal courts ruled that he had no such authority to use funds appropriated by Congress for other purposes, but the Supreme Court allowed him to move forward with it. A decision to green light the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines during his first week in office, which also faced legal challenges. Courts found that the projects did not undergo sufficient environmental review, and President Joe Biden later rescinded their approvals.An executive order cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities, which refused to allow local law enforcement to share information with federal immigration agents or hand over immigrants in their custody from receiving federal law enforcement grants. The order was challenged in court, but the Supreme Court never reached a final decision on it.A number of Democratic state attorneys general sued, but after Trump lost the 2020 election, the Supreme Court dismissed the case. Without any settlement on the legality of the order, Trump could again try to withhold funding from sanctuary cities and re-litigate the issue. Only one of Trumps initial executive orders was never challenged in court. His decision to exit TPP, former President Barack Obamas signature trade deal between 12 nations, was clearly within his rights as president and never faced litigation. On Day One of his second term, Trump is expected to issue executive orders rolling out his plans for mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship, implementing tariffs on Mexico and Canada, shutting down the border, and more. He reportedly claims to have more than 100 ready to go with the aim of erasing Bidens legacy overnight.Look, I can undo almost everything Biden did, through executive order, Trump told Time in November. And on Day One, much of that will be undone.His advisers many of whom have spent the last few years contemplating what he could achieve via executive order at conservative think tanks like America First Legal and the Heritage Foundation are more prepared than they were during his first term. Heritages Project 2025 lays out a blueprint for a potential policy agenda, and some of its authors and editors have since joined the administration. At least some of Trumps Day One executive orders are bound to be tied up in the courts, just as they were last time. One potential thorn in his side may be a revival of a liberal resistance. This time around, the Democratic response to Trumps plans has been more muted. But a group of former Biden-Harris officials in collaboration with the legal organization Democracy Forward are gearing up to challenge Trumps initial executive orders in court and turn public opinion against him. In addition to Democracy Forwards efforts, the ACLU and other legal organizations are preparing to inundate the new Trump administration with litigation.Still, some of his executive orders are also bound to pass legal scrutiny, especially after Trump stacked the federal courts with friendly judges. Though legal scholars may argue that some of his proposals (such as ending birthright citizenship unilaterally) are patently illegal, what the courts may be willing to permit is anyones guess. Just as in his first term, Trump is planning to test the limits of his executive authority.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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Nintendo finally revealed the Switch 2 this week, but we've got just as many questions as answers here's all we know about the console, and when we'll hear moreTech10:30, 18 Jan 2025Updated 11:05, 18 Jan 2025This is the Switch 2Nintendo finally revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 this week with a short trailer highlighting the physical side of the console, but we have so many questions still to be answered about its specs, its games, and much more.With Nintendo promising we'll get a Switch 2 Nintendo Direct on April 2, we still have literal months to wait, and the anticipation is likely to continue until we know more.We've rounded up all we know about the Switch 2 so far, including leaks and rumours, to help you stay informed about the follow-up to one of gaming's most successful consoles.Here's all we know so far.Starting with what we do know, the Switch 2 will follow the template from the first console. It's a hybrid system that can be a handheld or docked to become a home console, and the controllers are detachable again only this time, they're magnetic.Joy-Con will be magnetic nowWe're still trying to work out whether they can be used as mice, too, but for now it appears they'll be larger, and there's a mystery button on the right-hand one, too.Elsewhere there's a new USB-C port on the top, while the screen is definitely larger but we're not sure if it'll have an OLED panel yet (but leaks have suggested it might).The Switch 2 could output 4K while it's dockedNaturally, one of the big questions is around how powerful Switch 2 will be. The first Switch was great, but towards the end of its life cycle it's starting to show its age. It also never really had the power to match what developers could do on PS4 and Xbox One, let alone PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.One rumour suggests the Switch 2 will be much more powerful than the original, and more powerful than the Steam Deck. We've also heard it'll output 4K visuals using AI upscaling, meaning games can still fit on its relatively small cartridges.Fans have even suggested it'll match PS4 Pro levels of power, but that might be too much for it to handle, especially since Nintendo will likely want to maintain battery life.This is what the Switch 2 will look likeWe've already heard that one AAA third-party game could be making the jump, while other reports suggest Assassin's Creed: Mirage, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater Delta could come to Switch 2.It'll be backward compatible with your existing Switch library,Article continues belowAside from older games and third-party ports, we know there will be Switch 2 exclusives you won't be able to play anywhere else. Expect the usual heavy-hitters like Zelda, Mario, Pokemon and more.In the initial reveal, Nintendo showcased a new Mario Kart, so there's a good chance we'll see that during the console's full reveal.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.RECOMMENDED

Aleeza Siddique, 15, was in a Spanish class earlier this year in her Northern California high school when a lesson about newscasts got derailed by her schools internet filter. Her teacher told the class to open up their school-issued Chromebooks and explore a list of links he had curated from the Spanish language broadcast news giant Telemundo. The students tried, but every single link turned up the same page: a picture of a padlock. None of it was available to us, Aleeza said. The site was completely blocked.She said her teacher scrambled to pivot and fill the 90-minute class with other activities. From what she recalls, they went over vocabulary lists and independently clicked through online quizzes from Quizlet a decidedly less dynamic use of time.New data released this week by the D.C.-based Center for Democracy & Technology shows just how often some of that blocking happens nationwide. The nonprofit digital rights advocacy organization conducted its fifth annual nationally representative survey of middle and high school teachers and parents as well as high school students about a range of tech issues. About 70% of both teachers and students this year said web filters get in the way of students ability to complete their assignments. Virtually all schools use some type of web filter to comply with the Childrens Internet Protection Act, which requires districts taking advantage of the federal E-rate program for discounted internet and telecommunications equipment to keep kids from seeing graphic and obscene images online. A 2024 investigation by The Markup, which is now a part of CalMatters, discovered far more expansive blocking by school districts than federal law requires, some of it political, mirroring culture war battles over what students have access to in school libraries. That investigation found school districts blocking access to sex education and LGBTQ+ resources, including suicide prevention. It also found routine blocking of websites students seek out for academic research. And because school districts tend to set different restrictions for students and staff, teachers can be as frustrated by the filters as anyone because of how they complicate lesson planning. Web filtering is subjective and unchecked Elizabeth Laird, director of equity in civic technology for the center and lead author of the report, said The Markups reporting helped inspire additional survey questions to better understand how schools are using filters as a subjective and unchecked method of restricting students access to information.The scope of what is blocked is more pervasive and value-laden than I think we initially even knew to ask last year, Laird said. While past surveys have revealed how often students and teachers report disproportionate filtering of content related to reproductive health, LGBTQ+ issues and content about people of color, the center asked respondents this year if they thought content associated with or about immigrants was more likely to be blocked. About one-third of students said yes.Aleeza would have said yes, after her experience with Telemundo. The California teen said how often she runs into blocks depends on how much research shes trying to do and how much of it she has to do on her school computer. When she was taking a debate class, she ran into the blocks regularly while researching controversial topics. An article in Slate magazine about LGBTQ+ rights gave her a block screen, for example, because the entire news website is blocked. She said she avoids her school Chromebook as much as possible, doing homework on her personal laptop away from school Wi-Fi whenever she can. Fully three-quarters of teachers who responded to the recent survey said students use workarounds to access an unfiltered internet. Laird found this number striking. Web filters, then, are not keeping students from accessing the websites they want to access, and theyre getting in the way of completing schoolwork. It raises a fundamental question of whether this technology, in trying to prevent students from accessing harmful content, actually does more harm than good, Laird said.Nearly one-third of teachers surveyed by the Center for Democracy & Technology said their schools block content related to the LGBTQ+ community. About half said information about sexual orientation and reproductive health is blocked. And Black and Latino students were more likely to say content related to people of color is disproportionately blocked on their school devices. For students like Aleeza, the blocking is frustrating in practice as well as principle. The amount that theyre policing is actively interfering with our ability to have an education, she said. Often, she has no idea why a website triggers the block page. Aleeza said it feels arbitrary and thinks her school should be more transparent about what its blocking and why.We should have a right to know what were being protected from, she said. Audrey Baime, Olivia Brandeis, and Samantha Yee, all members of the CalMatters Youth Journalism Initiative, contributed reporting for this story. This article was originally published on The Markup and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.

House of the Rising Meadow / I/O architectsSave this picture! Assen EmilovHousesSofia, BulgariaArchitects: I/O architectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:685 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Assen EmilovMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The single family house is located in a historic neighbourhood from the 1920s, planned as a low density, small scale transition to the adjacent city park. The simple volume of the house is surrounded from three sides by small courtyards.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The long and narrow grassy side part is essential in connecting the front entrance courtyard and the hidden, intimate back courtyard. In order to access the underground parking space the whole meadow could be raised in the air by a hydraulic system. The car parking and the inner courtyard are centered around a circle skylight. The size of the facade openings increases from the street towards the inner courtyard.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The materiality follows iconic historic examples nearby while the scale is additionally decreased by lowering the line of the roof material and introducing mirrored glass volumes on the fourth floor. The master-bedroom and study room areas on the third and the fourth levels are interconnected through the void spaces in those glass volumes. On the first level the living room fills the entire footprint of the house open in every direction. The internal spaces are dominated by concrete floors and ceilings balanced by walnut and fine metal elements.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeI/O architectsOfficePublished on January 18, 2025Cite: "House of the Rising Meadow / I/O architects" 18 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025874/house-of-the-rising-meadow-i-o-architects&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

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