Reset Materials, a thought-provoking exhibition that has recently opened at Copenhagen Contemporary, presents biogenic, renewable, and recycled materials as essential building materials for a sustainable, low-carbon future. The Copenhagen-based art centre hosts the showcase of architectural fragments made from 10…
A bold exploration of materials inspired Unknown Works to design a visually engaging pink extension and a playful terraced landscape for Pigment House. The owners tasked Unknown Works with refocusing their four-storey semi-detached terrace to include an open, fluid living…
The five winners of the UK Passivhaus Awards have been announced, revealing projects that exemplify the best in Passivhaus design and construction, meeting the gold standard of energy efficiency, comfort, and sustainability. Chosen from an impressive shortlist, the winning projects…
Exploring construction and architecture in the age of climate crisis, the new showcase How to Build a Low-Carbon Home at the Design Museum in London explores three ancient materials that are vital for our future. This new display takes a…
Bindloss Dawes has remodelled a Chelsea mews house, breathing life into the once dark and dated space with a full-height lightwell and feature staircase, which maximises the space and creates a sense of volume. The small terraced house, set across…
Mecanoo and Meng Architects, in collaboration with LOLA Landscape Architects, have won an international design competition with their sustainability first proposal for the Shenzhen Guangming Scientist Valley. Featuring a series of intersecting linear wood structures, the proposal titled Scientific Forest…
A series of ground-floor alterations, involving a hallway to establish a sense of arrival, have allowed OWA to work with scale and orientation for the revival of a 1960s modernist house. Set within a small cul-de-sac in London Highgate’s conservation…
Architecture practice Studio Mutt and developer Neighbourhood have won the 2023 Davidson Prize with Helping Hands, a design concept to support young homeless people in Liverpool. In response to the Davidson Prize’s 2023 theme of ‘Somewhere to Call Home’, Helping…
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have designed IWI, a modular living solution that compresses and expands to adapt to users’ lifestyles and needs. The architecture duo used CNC milling (Computer Numerical Controlled technology) to build the wood structure, which…
Henning Larsen has won an international urban competition to create new Berlin destination Ku’lturhof, a mixed-use district which will provide a framework for city dwellers to come together and connect. Set in the German capital, the soon-to-be neighbourhood will act…
ConForm Architects has transformed a terraced house in North London with a monolithic marble-clad extension, giving a nod to Greek architecture. Achilles House in Hampstead now has a renewed connection between its ground floor plan and the south-east facing garden,…
An abandoned, 60-metre deep sand quarry in Milan is set to be repurposed by MAST, creating a nature retreat comprised of floating buildings and islands called Centroparco. Located at the centre of the Segrate district on the outskirts of Milan,…
Taking a sensitive, conservation-based approach, TYPE Studio has renewed a 19th century garden apartment in Hampstead, London, with a rear extension and a series of joinery interventions that respect the existing period features. To bring more light into the ground…
Girona-based practice Camps Felip Arquitecturia has designed a single-family home as a cluster of six sloping volumes centred around a courtyard, with a focus on sustainable living. The design of House 016, led by founders Josep Camps and Olga Felip,…
For those who dream of sleeping under the stars in comfort, the sustainable and low-impact Natural Shelter is a fully assembled hideaway for use in the countryside or in an urban garden. Sustainable bedding and mattress makers Naturalmat and cabin-makers…
