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How to Improve Air Quality in Your Home

Kitchen and Residential Design

The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that indoor air is 2 to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air on average, and this applies even for urban areas. PM in outdoor air may also form when other pollutants react chemically under sunlight. PM is normally released from combustion, just like carbon monoxide.

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The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

This competition combines so many things I love: design, kids, doing something for a good cause… I am an architect from Germany, who also worked in Singapore, Australia and Malaysia. When I first read about it in 2013 I thought: what a great idea! This year I may even be able to see the results in person.