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This Restored Home in Pompeii Shows How The Elite LivedThe House of Vettii (also known as the Domus Vettiorum) was finally unveiled to visitors after two decades of restoration. Initially unearthed during the late 19th century, experts decided to close it in 2002 to have it repaired. The roofing of the home was shored up, and the frescoes, the floors, and the colonnades were restored.This opulent home was determined to belong to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade. Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus were hypothesized to be brothers, but there is no certainty about that. They could be married for all we know (and there is nothing wrong with that)! The house showcases how the rich lived in Pompeii and how Roman society operated. The two homeowners did their best to show just how high they rose in the ranks of society through the lavish artworks and frescoes in their living room to their lavish gardens. “They evidently tried to show their new status also through culture and through Greek mythological paintings, and it’s all about saying, ‘We’ve made it and so we are part of this elite’ of the Roman world.” Pompeii’s director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel shared.Image credit: Casa Dei Vetti#homes #ancienthomes #Rome #society #elite #architecture #artworks

Check Out This Extremely Narrow Home in SloveniaDo you like very confined spaces? How about having to go outside your home in order to turn around? Then I've got a deal for you!A real estate site in Slovenia is offering this apartment for sale in the central part ofLjubljana, the capital city of that nation. Although it has only 210 square feet of living space inside, the design makes use of that limited space ingeniously. For example, that rack on the left side of the photo above flips down to give access to the upstairs bathroom, like so:

The First 3D Printed House Made From Mud Meet the TECLA house, the first ever 3D-printed house made from raw earth! The structure was printed over several months by large machines with specialised nozzles, for a total construction period of over 200 hours. The house is an elegant dome composed of 60 cubic meters of mud dug up from a nearby riverbed.Italian 3D-printing firm WASP collaborated with architect Mario Cucinella to fully realize the dream of pairing a very old construction material, in this case, mud, with a new technology-- which was 3D printing. As Cucinella said to Wired, the project is “a combination between high tech and local material.” In addition to fulfilling this dream, the project also serves as proof that somehow, we could ship a printer to a remote area and start printing using the nearby materials only.Besides the combination of old and new, Cucinella further explained that one of the motivations behind the construction was to slow down climate change. The house was built to adapt to different climate conditions. From allowing natural light into the different areas of the house to enabling more efficient heating and cooling, the aim was to create a sustainable living area. Further experiments are being conducted in order to analyze how the TECLA house reacts to heating. Image credit: Iago Corazza#3DPrinting #Architecture #mud

UAE Nad Al Sheba Villas are the Epitome of Ctrl-C Ctrl-V ArchitectureTalk about cookie cutter homes!This is the Nad Al Sheba Villas III in Dubai, built by UAE-based developer Nakheel. The neighborhood has nearly 1,600 Mediterranean and Moroccan style houses all neatly arranged in rows.#house #architecture #UAEImage: DrFetusRN/UrbanHellHere's the satellite photo of the housing complex: