Constructing & Renovating

If you are building, buying or renovating a house in or for old age, it is best to think without thresholds. We give tips on how to recognize whether a house is suitable for old age - and how to...

Heat doesn't have to be a risk - if you know how to protect yourself. We provide tips on cooling in summer, what technical tools are available and how to react in an emergency.

Adapting the living environment for the elderly means designing living spaces in such a way that people can live in them safely for as long as possible.

The requirements for residential construction change over time. Because we are facing a radical change: the care of the future will increasingly take place at home.

In view of global warming, heat protection for senior citizens is a major issue. We use Masdar City/Abu Dhabi as an example of the construction tricks we can learn from heat regions.

Our society is ageing and there are not enough care places. Care will increasingly (have to) take place at home. What we should be aware of in order to be able to live within our own four walls despite mobility...