Welcome to Enki’s Eco Edit: March 2023, the third in our monthly sustainable lifestyle news series which will round-up our curated selection of the best eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month, we take a look at…
Seeking a toxin-free home, the owners of a converted Victorian ground-floor flat in London approached Clayworks to help with the design of contemporary style, healthy living spaces. Yazen Hasi, owner of design and build firm Gestalt Developments, and his wife…
Welcome to Enki’s Eco Edit: February 2023, the second in our monthly sustainable lifestyle news series which will round-up our curated selection of the best eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month, we take a look at…
Emerging practice O’DonnellBrown Architects with White Arkitekter and Ekkist has won the Crichton Project competition, an ambitious £15 million Scottish cultural project which will be built of the earth from which it rises. The winning conceptual design has been unveiled…
In a bid to deliver a new future-proof and climate-adaptive neighbourhood, Dutch design office VenhoevenCS has proposed a nature-inclusive apartment complex called ZOË Amsterdam. A brief from the municipality of Amsterdam called for a sustainable, green neighbourhood for the Sluisbuurt…
A sustainable new-build home has been built by Sketch Architects in the Surrey countryside, with a focus on modern materials and thermal efficiency. Set on a steeply sloping site in Farnham, the two-storey house replaces a disused bungalow and is…
The Building Centre presents its latest exhibition ‘Homegrown: Building a Post-carbon Future’, which calls for a new approach to building in order to combat climate change. Created in collaboration with not-for-profit organisation and emerging architecture studio Material Cultures, the exhibition…
Architect Tsukasa Ono has applied a ‘regenerative’ approach to the architecture for a co-operative housing project called Sumu Yakushima in southern Japan. The setting is Yakushima island, a natural paradise which is home to ancient Japanese cedar trees, and the…
Rome is bidding to host the World Expo in 2030, putting forward an impressive proposal by Carlo Ratti Associati to create the world’s largest urban solar farm. Featuring hundreds of square-shaped energy trees, the impressive master plan is orchestrated through…
Welcome to Enki’s Eco Edit: January 2023, the first in our new monthly series which will round-up our curated selection of the best eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month, we take a look at ideas that…
All eyes are on The Black & White Building, the tallest mass timber office to be constructed from the ground up in central London and a new landmark in sustainable architecture. Standing at 17.8 metres above the Shoreditch streetscape, the…
In a forward-thinking move, the Scottish Government has promised to mandate Passive House equivalent legislation for all new-build housing within two years, by late 2024. Following the Scottish Government’s recent backing Labour MSP Alex Rowley’s bill, this new legislation will…
Bringing its urban farm concept to Hong Kong, architecture studio Snøhetta has designed The Pavilia Farm residential development to bring people closer to nature. The low-carbon living environment comprises three clubhouses that promote social engagement and create a community space where…
Architectural designer Caspar Schols’ modular timber cabin, known as ANNA Stay, has scooped the World Hotel Building of the Year 2022 Award at the recent World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Lisbon. During WAF, the largest global annual architecture event, ANNA…
