Shonan Christ Church

Shonan Christ Church Japanese architecture studio Takeshi Hosaka architects has designed a new protestant church near the coastal region of Shonan, Japan. The single-story concrete structure’s long rectilinear volume is topped with a series of six gentle swells in the roof, all at different heights, allowing indirect natural light to illuminate the chapel within. On the …

Church of the Light

Church of the Light Architects: Tadao Ando   In the small town of Ibaraki, 25km outside of Osaka, Japan, stands one of Tadao Ando’s signature architectural works, the Church of the Light. The Church of the Light embraces Ando’s philosophical framework between nature and architecture through the way in which light can define and create …

Velez-Rubio Health Centre

Velez-Rubio Health Center Architects: LosdelDesierto On speaking about Velez-rubio, it is inevitable to refer to the weight the landscape has on the population. Walking around the building becomes a permanent surprise, despite the constant repetition of the pixel effect on the skin of the facade. We could say that the exterior of the building has …

Proof of biofields? Dogs’ hearts found to beat in sync with their owners

Proof of biofields? Dogs’ hearts found to beat in sync with their owners The concept of biofields – fields of energy that extend beyond the body – forms the major basis of many types of traditional, holistic and alternative medicine. Now, scientific support for this idea may have come in the form of an experiment performed …