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Dezeen's top 10 home interiors of 2020 This dwelling, which architect Timothee Mercier built for his parents, is meant to be aesthetically harmonious with the rural landscape of Vaucluse, France. Inside there's whitewashed walls and just a smattering of rustic furnishings, which Mercier either found in Parisian flea markets or had custom made. "I decided early-on to infuse the house with the monastic qualities of its surroundings," he told Dezeen. "[The house] had to be a spectacle, but a discrete one." Bricks salvaged from the ruins of an 80-year-old property now line the interior of House V...

Dezeen's top 10 carbon-neutral buildings of 2020 The snow-white, shingle-clad Hotel Bauhofstrasse in Ludwigsburg was built to be the first carbon-neutral building in the town. Though its base is made of concrete, the building was constructed from wooden modules, which Von M claims off-set the use of the carbon-intense concrete. "In total, 440 cubic metres of wood were used, thus permanently extracting a total of 880 tons of CO2 through storage and substitution effects," the studio said. Dutch studio Powerhouse Company will moor its off-grid Floating Office, which will be carbon-neutral and se...

Dezeen's top 10 British architecture projects of 2020 Thomas Heatherwick's studio explores the healing power of nature with this cancer care centre in the grounds of St James's University Hospital in Leeds. Like other Maggie's Centres, the building is designed as a supportive environment for those dealing with cancer. It is built from sustainably sourced spruce wood and contains more than 17,000 plants. Kingston University has been completely transformed with this major new teaching building by Grafton Architects. Intended as a new gateway to the university's campus in southwest London, Town...

From the nra. flat house vote came -- the florida house vote came after strong emotions. >> the next death of someone with an assault rifle here in florida is going to be on them. it's going to be on them, and it's going to be their fault that those people are dead and that those people aren't going to go home to their families and that there's going to be an empty space in people's lives. and it's going to be their fault. >> despite the setback, students are vowing to march on with that message. cnn's diane gallagher has been in florida and has a preview of the events today in tallahassee. >>...