Tadao Ando’s Watch Has a Leaf for an Hour Hand
Tadao Ando is 83 years old, has won the Pritzker Prize, and has designed homes for Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Giorgio Armani, and Kanye West. His…
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Mass Timber, Passive House, & a Curving Roof: This Canadian Community Centre Is the Civic Building Other Cities Should Be Copying
There’s a version of a public building that checks all the sustainability boxes and still feels cold, institutional, and somehow indifferent to the people it’s…
This Czech Winery has a Sloping Green Roof that let’s it merge with the landscape
The Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic is tucked away in the lush rolling landscape of beautiful fields and vineyards located outside the village of…
Contemporary home in Prague incorporates a green roof, adding a speck of green to an urban dwelling
Located in the Hlubocepy district in Prague, Czech Republic is a family home alongside a wildlife corridor. Designed by RO_AR architecture studio, the home features…
Top ten homes that perfectly embody biophilic design
The word ‘biophilic’ has been buzzing around in the architecture world recently, and for good reason. With our cities falling victim to overpopulation, it’s extremely…
MVRDV designs a pair of L-shaped skyscrapers featuring cascading terraces and a green oasis
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV unveils its winning Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China which is – a residential and commercial complex consisting of two L-shaped…
Plastplan uses recycled plastic materials, transforms them into useful everyday objects
The Plastplan is a design studio that focuses on using recycled materials that are mainly plastic. The company has developed machines that can be used…
3D-printed artificial reefs made from cremains are designed to regenerate marine biodiversity
Resting Reefs is a system of artificial reefs that are 3D-printed from the cremated ashes of passed-over loved ones. Spreading the ashes of relatives who’ve…
Bioclimatic dorms provide safe housing for young students in Peru
The Santa Elena student residence is a new bioclimatic dormitory for students living in the rural areas of Peru’s central jungle. For children living in…
The Best of MWC 2022 – Product Design in a Mobile World
The Mobile World Congress this year is unsurprisingly filled with phones and Metaverse references, but producers and consumers are thankfully becoming more aware of the…
Petrofac and Seawind Ocean Technology join forces to deploy two-bladed floating wind turbines
Energy efficiency and power are usually results of joint efforts of different resources. Turbines are just some of the more efficient producers of energy and…
Serbian scientists install an urban photo-bioreactor to capture CO2 and produce O2 just like trees
LIQUID3 is an outdoor, urban photo-bioreactor that uses microalgae to perform photosynthesis and remove the same amount of CO2 as two ten-year-old trees. Sustainable design…