Sustainable architecture
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Olson Kundig’s sustainable teak holiday house in Costa Rica
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Top marks for RSHP’s statement building for London School of Economics
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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The art of reinvention: how cities and architects unite to combat climate change
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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This Santa Monica retreat is the ultimate exercise in sustainable Californian living
For our 100th issue in 2007 (W*100), Wallpaper* shunned the traditional nostalgic view; instead of looking back we projected forwards into the future, to see the best the world could offer. John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) struck a chord with this sustainably-minded property in Santa Monica.
By Amara Holstein Last updated
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Lemvig Klimatorium by 3XN combats climate change in Denmark
The Lemvig Klimatorium, a new wave-shaped climate change centre in western Denmark, designed by 3XN, is pushing the boat out to tackle environmental issues
By TF Chan Last updated
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Sustainable school in rural India celebrates local sandstone
New York studio Diana Kellogg Architects completes sustainable school using local sandstone in rural India's Thar Desert
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Francis Kéré’s education campus in Kenya is inspired by termites
Francis Kéré’s perfectly ventilated, termite-inspired Kenyan education campus, SLAK, is a breath of fresh air by Lake Turkana
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sustainability is not about designing less, but designing better
By TF Chan Last updated
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Snøhetta’s Kjetil Thorsen judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Snøhetta's Kjetil Thorsen, founding partner of one of the world's leading architecture practices on sustainabilty, joins the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021 judging panel
By TF Chan Last updated
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Ibuku’s The Arc at Green School in Bali raises the bamboo roof
Phenomenal bamboo roof defines The Arc at Green School, an impressive education building in Bali designed by local studio Ibuku
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sustainability rules at 2021 RSA Student Design Awards
Winners of ‘A New Leaf' competition – part of the 2021 RSA Student Design Awards – include a biodegradable plant pot, a sustainable timber furniture range, and a product made from recycled tamarind shells
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Helsinki’s Pikku-Finlandia temporary event space is a student project come to life
Pikku-Finlandia, a sustainable, temporary wood event space, has opened to the public in Helsinki – and it’s born of the ambitious thesis of two students, Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin, featured in Wallpaper’s 2022 Graduate Directory
By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated
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Paolo Soleri's sustainable urban experiment Arcosanti enters new era
We meet Liz Martin-Malikian, Arcosanti’s new CEO, who takes us through the vision and future for Paolo Soleri's sustainable urban experiment
By Hilary Stunda Last updated
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Architect-led Pacific Garbage Screening project launches first tests
Architect Marcella Hansch's Pacific Garbage Screening project announces first waste collecting boat tests in a river in Slovakia, in preparation for its launch of a specially designed platform system to reduce plastic contamination in waters
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Ho Chi Minh City’s bioclimatic architecture
A trio of projects in Ho Chi Minh City showcase the best of bioclimatic architecture – buildings that harness the local climate for sustainability and human comfort
By Joshua Zukas Last updated
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Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021 on community and urban space
The 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced its list of contributors – and it's a rich, diverse and exciting one, tapping into critical ideas, such as urban and social sustainability, vacant spaces, diversity and community
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The Oslo Architecture Triennale celebrates ideas over new products
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The Dutch Wind Wheel will blaze a trail for sustainability in Rotterdam
By Catarina de Almeida Brito Last updated
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Mwworks designs floating pavilions for family retreat on Whidbey Island
Settled into the sloping landscape of a farm on Whidbey Island, Washington, this new retreat by Seattle-based mwworks is built of huckleberry basalt stone and western red cedar, and designed for a multi-generational family
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Snøhetta completes world’s northernmost energy-positive building in Trondheim
The mantra of the design industry should not be “form follows function” but “form follows environment”, says Snøhetta founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The future of architecture lies in engineered wood at Roca London Gallery
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Hiroshi Sambuichi’s minimal house in Japan practises sustainability and restraint
Treading lightly on the earth with his architecture, architect Hiroshi Sambuichi takes pride in designing with natural and re-used materials. In 2006, Wallpaper* visited his Stone House, a minimal masterpiece in Japan, to discover how he puts his eco-friendly theories into action
By Fiona Wilson Last updated
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BIG and Vestre plan the world’s most sustainable factory
Redefining eco-friendly architecture root and branch, BIG and Vestre aspire to create the world’s most sustainable furniture factory, called The Plus, in the middle of a Norwegian forest
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Multigenerational London home design prioritises social and environmental sustainability
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects creates a Passivhaus home in north London that puts social and environmental sustainability at its heart
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Technique is a London office building anchored in sustainability
Technique, a new office building in London’s Clerkenwell, combines avant-garde design with sustainability
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Jeremy Levine’s ‘Cowboy Modern’ home in the California desert
The Cowboy Modern Desert Eco-Retreat is architect Jeremy Levine's sustainable home, fully in sync with its natural California landscape
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Disused industrial grain store transformed into Norfolk family home
Industrial architecture is transformed into a family home as a disused grain store in rural Norfolk gets a new life by 31/44 Architects
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