A house redivided: how the pandemic changed our homes
10 mins | Feb 17, 2021
Our living spaces are revealing our fears and desires. Architecture and design have always responded to disease and it’s no different with COVID-19. Virginia Heffernan reflects in The Economist's 1843 magazine on how the pandemic has forced us to cocoon, take a hyper-vigilant stance on cleanliness, and create a 'New Cosy' that may result in a generation of 'Zoomers'.
From 1843