Sustainable architecture
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Rainwater-harvesting architecture leads this Mexican home
The Rain Harvest Home by Javier Sanchez of JSa architects and Robert Hutchison of Robert Hutchison Architecture in Mexico combines style and sustainability
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Explore a sustainable skincare village in Parma, Italy
Davines Village in Parma, Italy is an experiment in truly sustainable beauty production
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Piuarch's innovative urban gardening kit
Milan studio Piuarch moves from green roofs to a multipurpose module for city dwellers, offering planting, workstation and wellness space in one
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: a year late but somehow right on time
Hashim Sarkis' main show ‘How Will We Live Together?' at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale opens a year later than originally expected, but ponders on questions that are more timely than ever
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Inside the world's first 3D printed house in raw earth
Tecla, a revolutionary 3D printed house designed by Mario Cucinella Architects in collaboration with specialists WASP and unveiled this month in Italy, is made entirely from raw earth
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Radical architecture: is this the built environment's future?
A new book by Phaidon and curator, convenor and author Beatrice Galilee hails the radical architecture of the future through community-focused designs, site-specific and virtual installations, photography essays and traditional architectural projects
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Climate camp: Oualalou+Choi design the COP22 Village in Marrakech
By Mary Pelletier Last updated
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The C40 World Mayors Summit flags Copenhagen as one of the greenest cities in Europe
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Ab Rogers returns to Wonderfruit festival in Thailand
Designer Ab Rogers and Wonderfruit festival founder Pete Phornprapha continue to build their experiential semi-permanent village in Thailand, tending to existing structures like the floating bathhouse, and adding new ones such as a children’s playground with a bamboo see-saw and a stage made of recycled materials collected from Bangkok residents
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Sustainable Egyptian desert campus offers model for green building
Architect Sarah El Battouty of ECOnsult leads the sustainable design of Bahareya Village, an eco-friendly compound for farm workers in the Western Desert of Egypt
By Ijeoma Ndukwe Last updated
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Better Shelter creates sustainable housing for refugees displaced by climate crisis
Social enterprise Better Shelter creates sustainable housing for emergencies, delivering modular homes in flat packages that can be rapidly assembled without the need for tools or electricity
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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McCloy + Muchemwa on ‘Emergingism’ in architecture
The world is changing and architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London emerges. They are armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set ups and innovative designs and approaches. In our Next Generation series, join us in hailing this nexus of exciting studios from the UK capital through an ongoing series of weekly profiles. Steve McCloy and Bongani Muchemwa of McCloy + Muchemwa talk to us about architecture, material experimentation, being a young architect and diversifying.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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‘Reinventing Cities’ sustainability competition announces winners
A wave of architectural projects – set to transform urban centres around the world – get the go-ahead in Oslo
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Tonkin Liu and ThusThat reimagine red mud
Red mud, a problematic waste product of aluminium turns planet-friendlier resource in the hands of designers ThusThat and architects Tonkin Liu
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Rheaply redefines circular economy in architecture
On Earth Day 2022, we speak to Rheaply founder Garry Cooper Jr about his innovative business that tackles reuse and upcycling in architecture and construction
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Medellin returns to its tropical modernist roots
Foliage is fashionable again in Medellin as eco-conscious architecture spreads its roots and the city returns to tropical modernism
By Rainbow Nelson Last updated
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Stella McCartney gets green-fingered with sustainable Old Bond Street flagship
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Can good housing be accessible to all?
According to Mexican architect Fernanda Canales, low-income social housing should follow the same design principles as private residences, with only budget setting the two apart. She embraces the challenge and reaps the reward of creating homes with light, air and space for everyone
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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London Design District’s D2 building dazzles in iridescent ‘dichroic fins’
Design District's D2 building by Mole Architects is now open for business
By Nick Compton Last updated
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This vertical forest in China brings nature to the urban environment
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex incorporates greenery from 404 trees, 4,620 shrubs and 2,408 sq m of grass, flowers and climbing plants
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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A sustainable extension transforms BakerBrown’s converted forge
BakerBrown Architects crafts a sustainable extension for a converted forge project in southern England
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Solar light and modular cabin win Life-Enhancer of the Year: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
Marjan van Aubel's ‘Sunne’ solar light and the Space of Mind cabin, by Studio Puisto, Made by Choice and Protos Demos, are the joint winners of this year's Life-Enhancer category
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Green infrastructure gets creative: where power meets sustainability
Can a solar array look sensational or a tidal lagoon educate as well as generate green power? We explore key examples of green infrastructure across the globe
By Jonathan Lee Last updated
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Kent house is inspired by the Brownie camera
London architecture studio TP Bennett principal director Doug Smith reveals Haus on the Ridge, a Passivhaus home in the Kent countryside
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Bamboo badminton court’s sustainable architecture is guided by function
Studio Jencquel and Ibuku showcase sustainable architecture at its best in this Kura Kura based badminton court in Bali
By Martha Elliott Last updated
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Sustainable hotel design championed at Inhabit Queen’s Gardens
Inhabit Queen’s Gardens, the newly opened hospitality destination in west London, is a sustainable hotel design by architects Holland Harvey
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A sustainably-minded holiday house draws from its Dharamshala context
New Delhi-based architect Martand Khosla designs a weekend retreat rooted in traditional materials and techniques for a Delhi-based family of four
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated