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Eat, Drink and be Merry: Christmas 2018.

Christmas markets began in the High Middle Ages to fulfil the food provisioning for the coming harsh winter. Nowadays, winter is a wonderful time to visit the most inspiring Christmas markets, such as: Cologne The Cologne Christmas market is among the most beautiful in Germany. No less than seven markets can be found in the…

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Trends and keywords in 2018

A hotel is a mirror of the world. We live in contradictory times, and hotels have embraced that contradiction. These are the trends that will stay and gain strength in 2018: RESURRECTION: Hotels can give a second life to long-standing buildings, such as old silos, churches, convents or museum buildings. LEGENDS: The older the better, especially when…

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Urban greenhouse based on the new Blue Economy

The idea of using the roofs of buildings as urban cultivation spaces is not new, in fact, nowadays it is considered as one of the necessary transformations on the path to the Smart Cities. The increase in population that will double its number in 2050, is calling into question our ability to generate resources to supply our increasingly overcrowded cities and taking advantage of covers seems to be one of the more immediate solutions to promote self-sufficiency and cooperation between citizens reaching a sustainable city model.

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The new sustainable architecture or the “green washing” of the buildings

We have recently discovered a new term which is trying to name a common trend in today’s worldwide architecture. It is the “greenwashing” of new constructed buildings and as the name suggests it consists on emphasizing those “green” elements or systems in the building to offer a sustainable appearance by hiding the real design which is often conventionally made. In many cases energy efficiency systems do not work or they have just been introduced in the design to comply with green construction regulations. But any mean is allowed if it helps to elaborate -a posteriori- colorful climatic operational schemes which will illustrate the pages of the last “green buildings” publication -of course printed on non recycled paper from non sustainably certified forests.

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