7 Best Eco-Friendly Designs That Celebrate Earth Day Better Than Any Campaign Ever Could
Earth Day has always had a visibility problem. It falls on 22nd April, and every April the campaigns are loud, the graphics are reliably green,…
Sustainable Design
5 Vertical Farm Designs That Grow Food Inside Your Home and City
Vertical farming is redefining how food is grown, distributed, and consumed in an increasingly urban world. As populations rise and arable land becomes scarce, growing…
Biodegradable Noise-Cancelling Mycelium Earplugs Are Solving A Decades-Long Plastics Problem
For half a century, the humble foam earplug has been a masterpiece of single-purpose design. It is a small cylinder of polyurethane, expertly engineered to…
These 4 Solar Pavilions Prove That Public Cooling Can Be Free
Heat is one of the most underestimated side effects of climate change, particularly in cities where built-up surfaces trap warmth long after the sun has…
Meet the World’s First Door Grown From Fungi, Not Cut From Wood
What if the door you walk through every day was grown from fungi? Danish mycelium company Rebound and architecture studio Det Levende Hus have partnered…
Mud, Microbes, and the 46 m² Lab the Amazon Needed
Most of us picture a laboratory as a sleek, sterile box of steel and glass perched on a university campus or inside some tech park….
Researchers turned Sawdust Waste and Watermelon Seeds into Recyclable Fire-resistant Panels
Every sawmill in the world produces it. Every furniture factory, every timber yard, every construction site that cuts wood leaves behind a pile of the…
The Award-Winning Playground Built to Never Be Replaced
Most playground equipment exists to check boxes. There’s a slide, a climbing frame, maybe a wobbly bridge if the budget stretched far enough. You’ve seen…
5 Rammed Earth Homes in 2026 That Make Concrete Walls Look Outdated
The architectural world is shifting toward materials that feel grounded, honest, and deeply connected to the earth. Instead of relying on high-energy industrial products, designers…
QPearl Just Replaced Your Shampoo Bottle With One Pearl
When a product wins a design award, the first instinct is to assume it looks incredible. That’s usually the point: sleek lines, a bold color…
A Net-Zero Research Building That Actually Respects Its Landscape
Most university research facilities share a certain visual language. You know the one: utilitarian, slightly apologetic in appearance, the kind of building that exists to…
Michael Jantzen’s Garden Retreat Has 30 Panels to Rearrange by Hand
Most garden structures ask one thing of you: sit still and enjoy the shade. A pergola is a pergola, a gazebo is a gazebo, and…