Shaped by wind: Living in Sicily

A sustainable house, built using traditional architecture, connected to the sea and nature: it’s a villa almost without corners, but with double walls that keep out the intense heat.

Date 11.04.2018
Related Subjects Architecture, Nature, Nature, Brutalist, Mediterranean Sea
Keywords Architecture, Sicily, mediterranean, sustainable, Nature, euromaxx deluxe
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Energy market upheaval puts LNG buyers in front seat 20.04.2020

Although oil prices have hit rock bottom recently, liquefied natural gas is still holding its ground as a cheap and reliable energy source. So LNG could play a larger role in Europe's energy future, reports Bud Albright.

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Sicily's farmers go tropical in the face of climate change 21.12.2018

Climate change has slowly damaged traditional crops. Now farmers on the Italian island of Sicily are looking for innovative alternatives to survive and even thrive.

Can tourists coexist with nature on Lebanon's Rabbit Island? 30.08.2019

Lebanon's beaches have a serious pollution problem. But off Tripoli's Mediterranean coast, a pristine haven attracts migrating wildlife and daytrippers alike. Can the tourists and turtles find a way to coexist?

Date 11.04.2018
Related Subjects Architecture, Nature, Nature, Brutalist, Mediterranean Sea
Keywords Architecture, Sicily, mediterranean, sustainable, Nature, euromaxx deluxe
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Film

Rainer Werner Fassbinder bei Dreharbeiten zu Die Ehe der Maria Braun (picture alliance/dpa)

What defined filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The German director, who was born 75 years ago, was extremely prolific despite his destructive lifestyle. A Fassbinder expert tells DW about how his genius was first recognized abroad.

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Cornelia Funke – A fabulous storyteller

She's one of Germany's most successful children's authors worldwide: Cornelia Funke is beloved for the fantastic worlds she creates.

Music

The Moers Festival: digital this time, but also very analog

Drum set-like disinfectant dispensers, singers behind plexiglass and a mascot from a parallel universe: The Moers Festival is dealing with its first audience-free edition imaginatively.

Arts

Circus und Schausteller | Deutzer Kirmes (picture-alliance/blickwinkel/S. Ziese)

Can circuses survive the COVID-19 crisis?

Circuses are among the cultural enterprises particularly affected by the COVID-19 restrictions. Small, long-established family businesses are struggling to survive — and even global giant Cirque du Soleil is suffering.

Digital Culture

BdTD | Deutschland | Coronavirus · zu Hause bleiben (picture-alliance/dpa/S. Hoppe)

Coronavirus: The best visualizations to understand why social distancing matters

It might be difficult for some people, especially children, to understand why we all of a sudden have to isolate. A look at some of the online content that can help explain why it's key.

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