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Every minute somewhere in Europe, a house is demolished and with it, the memories and sense of community it holds.

Architect Olaf Gravert exposes the human and environmental cost of demolition for profit.

highlighting a bold alternative that could address the growing housing crisis and create sustainable, affordable homes to reshape the future of cities.

That was Olaf Gravert speaking at TEDxBerlin, Germany in 2025.

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You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. How do you end a story? In this archive talk from TED 2020, host of Radiolab, Jad Abumrad, tells us how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher, Dolly Parton.

That place where the things we hold as different resolve themselves into something new. Thank you.

If you're curious about TED's curation, find out more at TED.com slash curation guidelines. And that's it for today. TED Talks Daily is part of the TED Audio Collective. This talk was fact-checked by the TED Research Team and produced and edited by our team, Martha Estefanos, Oliver Friedman, Brian Green, Lucy Little, and Tansika Sangmarnivong. This episode was mixed by Christopher Faisy-Bogan.

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