This Floating Plaza in the Amazon Is Climate Architecture at Work
Imagine a public square that literally rises and falls with the tide. That’s exactly what AquaPraça does, and it just made its grand debut at…
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Top 5 Ways to Tackle Global Challenges By Navigating Climate Change
Recent UN reports indicate that 55% of the global urban population lives in cities, and this is expected to rise to 68% by 2030. While…
Floating Bamboo House can become alternative housing for the Mekong Delta area
There are several countries in Southeast Asia where one of the tourist attractions is floating markets. You’ll see some in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, and…
Climate change resistant structures that are designed to keep humanity safe in the future
Climate change and global warming, repercussions to our actions are closing up to us fast – just open the news and you will see headlines…
The world’s largest algae growth pond uses nature-based technology to capture CO2 emissions
Brilliant Planet, a renewable energy semiconductor manufacturing company, operates a 30,000-square-meter production facility where they capture CO2 emissions via the largest algae growth pond in…
This bamboo cooling device combats climate change as a sustainable alternative to modern AC units!
French multidisciplinary firm AREP developed an alternative, energy-efficient cooling device out of bamboo as a sustainable, low-tech, and affordable means for cold air. The ongoing…
Earth Black Box is an indestructible recorder built by scientists to record climate change & civilization
This giant steel box sitting on a remote outcrop in Tasmania is an indestructible tool designed to outlive us all while recording every action and…
These wooden urban architecture sculptures in Venice are calling for climate action!
Climate change has inspired a lot of designs and installations over recent years, but there is something poetically ironic about Issori’s ‘A Line of Water’ …
This floating farm turns salty seawater into nutrients for agriculture & improves marine environment!
A Japanese start-up has designed this floating marine farm called Green Ocean using agricultural technology that cultivates seawater as a direct nutrient source! The innovative…
This fleet of autonomous ‘saildrones’ use solar and wind power to collect data during a hurricane!
Saildrone, a maritime research company and “world leader in oceangoing autonomous surface vehicles,” has launched a fleet of saildrones to collect first-of-its-kind hurricane data…
This shipping container has been repurposed into a floating home that adapts to changing sea levels!
When you are apartment hunting in New York City, one of the common phrases used is “it’s the size of a container” to indicate how…
The world’s first floating island city can help coastal communities survive climate change
Coastal communities are one of the first to be impacted by the rising sea levels due to the ongoing climate crisis. A lot of architects…