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5 Festive Things for December

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

Welcome to our December edition of 5 Useful Things.

For our last 5 Useful Things email of the year, we thought we would do something a little different. We’re thinking, cold, snowy, festive…

1. Something Snowy

Snow Art

Artist Sonja Hinrichsen and some 60 volunteers wearing snowshoes trekked out onto the frozen Catamount Lake in Colorado to trample miles of swirling and twisting patterns into the deep snow.

2. Something Cold

8 Buildings that Welcome a Snowy Winter

Winter is here. Check out this selection of buildings that are ready for winter.

3. Something Else Snowy

Snowflakes in close up

Ultra high resolution images of snowflakes, comprised of billions of tiny crystals with individual grooves and feathered offshoots. A trio of photographs taken by Nathan Myhrvold.

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4. Something Crafty

Origami Christmas Trees

Time to get creative with paper and make your own origami Christmas trees

5. Something Dreamy

Home in Outer Hebrides

At the time of year when I tend to ponder an escape to a remote island - this would be a great place to land.

And, check out the details ;)

One more thing...

We have just released our 2024 Year in Review blog post. Have a little read :)

This month's selection came from Aida and Emma W.

Have a wonderful Christmas and we will be back with our usual 5 Useful Things in January.

All our best,

Emma and the First In Architecture Team

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