Design for the Administrative Building of the Lausanne Water Service
Timber frame. Photovoltaic facade panels to generate energy. Green external blinds for shade.
By Scuares Architecture
Here's a map of the the median individual income after taxes and transfers for some European countries, adjusted for cost of living, in euros.
Remember this is everyone, including the elderly. Not just full-time workers. Also, the UK is starting to fall noticeably behind France
For the first time in 20 years, Europe has a chance and can see a bull case. Why? Because the US is retreating from the world stage through tariffs, defence cuts and international org pullback. This means Europe has to confront the below with spending which makes the existing European status quo with all of its comfortable economic denial and Luddism, impossible. Only external enemies can galvanize a region in existential crisis that it has so far been complacent of. The choice for Europe should be one of pragmatic neutrality between the US and China. Europe should possibly partially cut off US platforms (or at least be neutral with Chinese alternatives) and go after their profits in Ireland, forcing Dublin to back down on beggar thy neighbour tax policies and regulation.