as peaceful protest brings about change in algeria one of the country's leading intellectuals novelist and journalist. reflects on his latest novel and how it mirrors some of the social unrest in his country. and a brand new wooden high rise in norway has become the world's tallest timber tower we'll check it out. well it's hard to believe but the chair that you can see behind me here was created nearly one hundred years ago about how school of architecture and design may have only existed for fourteen years but its influence with far reaching as it sought to unite craftsmanship with art well for the bauhaus centuri one german firm has reinterpreted a line of classic furniture proof that its modernist philosophy has lost none of its punch today. this is vile to be a says director's chair from the one nine hundred twenty two twenty three. and

here's its twenty eighteen reinterpretation. this is brandon's table from one nine hundred twenty four. and here's the twenty eighteen edition. about house now house presents design classics from about house school and a new look. these are the works of german furniture makers christiane today. i devote ninety balls we didn't want to put our house originals on a pedestal and view them as the museum pieces that they often are today while still white the opposite we wanted to take them down from the museum pedestal and bring them back to life. and that's why that's our goal because we make furniture will come to be so we got together with young designers to show this ball house furniture in a night light poles move it in noiseless or. is an expert when it comes to bauhaus furniture for over forty years his company has been reproducing

classics from the one nine hundred twenty. strictly according to the original designs. one of the main principles of the bauhaus school was form follows function so every piece of furniture is suitable for daily use but that's not all. that these are more than regular patiently on a trial movie they're not just ordinary so. i was in chairs i was there for spirit and somehow they transport and exude that. craftspeople and designers work together in the tech to workshops in the town of lower saxony. it's a work process that was also practiced by powerhouse founder business. group uses basic idea of reuniting art with technology art with crafts was at the core of the powerhouse spirit and school of thought that thinks well of this ball is us and it was very important to the results produced by the school. and many of

the classic pieces have now been reinterpreted by young designers for bauhaus now house. berlin based designer cutting dryly tackled in a fifty one vote to go p.s. this director's chair. using new surfaces and upholstery created six different versions of the chair. they still look modern say day and for her that's proof bauhaus designers were far ahead of their time. and it's nice amazing to look at the collections from a century ago. they were full of strange and utopian ideas this never became socially acceptable you know just so what. if i took a look at us and the others me back then in an ordinary home. in them and their minds holes. in this one hundredth anniversary year of its founding about house

designs still have the power to inspire. jennifer buff month from berlin creates bashings which pay homage to the design school. german croatian industrial designer constantine burchett's creates bauhaus inspired pieces. and austrian label noise i wear has dedicated designs for sunglasses to architect about to go p.s. and painter kandinsky. furniture maker custom on the vessel of believes that the current popularity of bauhaus classics is more than just a recurring trend. and commitment not to exist furniture is timeless you know it as were the other things that were created there and the architecture. but what really excites us and spurs a song is the spirit of the school of thought is that they actually. whether bow house or no house whether from nine hundred nineteen or twenty nineteen these pieces of furniture only reveal their true age at second glance.

for almost two months now streets across algeria have been flooded with protesters with over half the population under thirty their young people were demanding an end to the twenty year rule of ailing president. i'll jury and writer come in that would has often been called to comment on what he calls an arrogant regime that would shut to prominence in twenty fourteen with his prize winning first novel the mess so investigation and as his second novel zumbo hits the german market here are some of his reflections. people taking to the streets young old entire families the fact that they're demonstrating here at all is in itself something of a revolution. people were forced into the private sphere the streets and everything else belong to the regime in order to gather you needed thousands of applications and we were in our homes and everything else was a government matter and now algerians around side they demonstrated even clean the

streets after the demonstration and do you know why because for the first time they feel like they are the owners of their own country even if. it is one of algeria's leading intellectuals in his latest novels a bar you can find parallels to the current social situation in the country the main character is a boy named sub or his mother is dead and he's rejected by his father but he has the gift of writing and believes that through writing he can save the dying from death only the power of the word can keep them alive for as a book writing means not only survival but absolute freedom. i wanted to remind people that literature is not a right in itself writing can have a high cost of it in some countries buying a book is completely harmless but somewhere else buying one printing one defending one can be a matter of life and death. downloads books contain open criticism of

organized religion the character of the boer has lost his faith he values the power of his own words more than those handed down by religion the authors writings have made him the target of religious fanatics and in twenty fourteen a father was issued against him as much as download as excited by the enthusiasm of algeria as youth he's also concerned that those demonstrating have no clear political direction for years those in power repressed any and all opposition in the country intellectuals are arrested driven into exile or to faint. this is a pathological relationship that needs to be healed as quickly as possible a revolution without political elites will either become populist or will exhaust itself. come eldo day is working for a revolution with a future. well it's been lauded as a benchmark for sustainable construction the musa tower in norway is the world's

tallest high rise made of timber soaring eighty five point four metres into the air all the wood was of course locally sourced but it's also an incredible feat of engineering for its anti fire features because thanks to the use of glue lamp which is glued laminated wood it's mighty beams or even burn so we went to see it just north of the capital on. the wooden high rise on the shore of lake mead norway's brahman valley has eighteen stories and is eighty five and a half meters high. it's the tallest wooden building ever. the project was the fulfillment of a personal dream for developer art to a book. it's a symbol of what is possible. to make it good complicated

buildings and also the high rise buildings and how to reduce c o two this is sixty percent lower c o two than in steel and concrete you think clearer and clearer so it's healthier both poor people but also for nature. life. has an apartment on the fifteenth floor. he thoroughly enjoys being surrounded by. like this i feel good and you can smell the word all the video you see makes. doing something with you. so i think it's more like really is looming. scene concrete right so you feel that the building is living i actually need you. to

turkey here's a pioneering work to make the wooden tower resistant to wind and weather for the designers including project coordinator to start and is also the lightness of the building material presented them with new architectural territory so they collaborated with a company specialized in timber construction. the load bearing columns had to be sunk deeper into the ground than usual but fire proofing was never a major issue the thick wooden beams can withstand a blaze even longer than steel another fact find the trend in building with temp. this eighty four meter building under construction in vienna is also made of. bordeaux france is building an entire development with the eco friendly material and architects in london are planning a three hundred metre tower made of folk i think it's a symbol of the green shift you have mental to think about and you're seeing timber it's. a friendly method of building. for the future.

tall buildings but every building here can you start. the wooden high rise also our first hotel and conference room. the higher you go in them you're so tower the more you sense the wooden surrounding . residents of the upper floors have to get used to the creaking and swaying to timber of the sea. if we in this area would have storms i think you can feel it a bit more like you think you feel it. but it's moving material so sore i think you really hear something and that's normal and this is good. so far but in high rises remain the exception. but them yes the tower is a good example of what apartment buildings could look like in years to come. a

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