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Family Ties: The sailboat weather vane from Phoebe’s grandfather’s Martha’s Vineyard home now graces the mantel. Embrace the Quirky Architecture Dane Tashima
Exposed support beams and joists double as shelving, creating a no-fuss way to display books, mementos, and knickknacks. Carve Out Cozy Sitting Spots DANE TASHIMA
The small living room is a crowd pleaser thanks to plenty of places to perch, including this tucked away table and captain s chair.
Family Ties: A painting by Phoebe’s sister, Alexandra Thompson, depicts their mother swimming in the chilly Vineyard water. DANE TASHIMA
Nestled in a corner by a window, the well-loved wicker table is a perfect perch for playing cards.
Ten ways in which architecture is addressing climate change
To honour Earth Day, we ve rounded up 10 ways architects are reshaping the built environment to benefit both people and the planet.
Architecture has a large environmental impact, with the built environment accounting for 40 per cent of the UK s carbon emissions in 2019, according to the UK Green Building Council.
With a 2018 United Nations report warning that humanity now has less than 10 years to slow down global warming, the architecture industry is one of many to have been forced to reassess the ways in which it works.
From reducing waste and maximising urban greenery to collaboration and lobbying for change, solutions to reduce pressure on the planet are now taking centre stage.
Down Hall care worker Sylvia, 83, still fighting fit gazette-news.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette-news.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A PLUCKY care home worker has vowed to keep working for as long as she is fit and healthy – even though she is now older than some of the residents she helps to look after. Domestic assistant Sylvia Woods has worked at Down Hall residential care home in Bradwell for the past 26 years. And at the age of 83, she says she still has no plans to retire. Sylvia joined the team at Down Hall in 1995, after her husband died, and describes her first role as ‘tea lady’. Quickly progressing to care assistant, Sylvia worked as a full-time care worker for 20 years, until she reduced her hours to part-time and swapped care-giving for domestic duties at the age of 77.