During the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt, Stefano Boeri Architetti presented the Vertical Forest prototype, which represents a model for metropolitan reforestation. Comprising of two tapering towers at 190 and 150 metres high, the Vertical Forest concept integrates…
At this year’s Sustainable Design Summit a host of sustainability experts, interior buyers, and suppliers, will be diving into the importance of conscious design and solutions for the future. The design forum, which is dedicated to making sustainable choices easier…
The newly released, heart-rending documentary From Devil’s Breath portrays the devastating 2017 wildfires in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal, through the eyes of two remarkable narratives. Focusing on the toll the rampaging fires have had on the local community and portraying their…
Carmody Groarke has developed a low carbon brick made from recycled municipal waste, which will be used in the construction of the Design Museum Gent’s new wing. Designed in collaboration with Local Works Studio, BC Materials, and TRANS Architecture, the…
Japanese designer Yuma Kano has creatively worked with forest debris to create ForestBank, a new type of wood that looks to minimise waste. This pioneering material design makes use of debris from the forest floor that would normally be considered…
A series of large-scale immersive installations are set to spark conversations at this year’s Dubai Design Week, focusing on innovative design for a sustainable future. Taking place from 8th-13th November 2022, Dubai Design Week is one of the Middle East’s…
As COP27 fast approaches, a new report from UN Climate Change reveals that world efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees by 2030. The report claims that “the combined climate pledges of 193 Parties under the…
Introducing a world-first new concept, Hotel Hyundai is a unique off-grid cabin retreat in Essex, fully powered by a fleet of Hyundai’s all-electric Ioniq 5 vehicles. The luxury pop-up hotel, curated by broadcaster and critic Grace Dent, launches as research…
Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has developed Land on Water, an adaptable and climate-resilient system for constructing floating buildings. Land on Water poses a more flexible and sustainable solution to traditional methods of floating architecture. It acknowledges the increasing risk…
An upcoming exhibition at V&A Dundee titled ‘Plastic: Remaking our World’, will put the spotlight on one of the most contested materials in our now more sustainable-focused world. Plastic has shaped our daily lives like no other material and has…
Planning permission has been granted for Mecanoo’s Brink Tower which is set to become an energy positive residential building in Amsterdam. Construction is set to start promptly, in mid-October, on the 90-metre-high, carbon negative building, which will be fitted with…
“We find it tremendously difficult to justify the act of making something in an era of climate emergency because, ultimately, we have to take something that is directly or indirectly derived from nature and yet the process and the result…
Global nonprofit platform The World Around has launched the Young Climate Prize, an initiative that connects under 25-year-old designers with experienced mentors including architects Elizabeth Diller, Frida Escobedo, and Tatiana Bilbao. This open call is encouraging young, up-and-coming designers from…
Danish energy firm Ørsted has announced that world’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, is now fully operational. Situated 55 miles off the coast of Yorkshire, the offshore wind farm comprises 165 wind turbines generating 1.3 gigawatts of renewable energy.…
As part of its Almost Instinct exhibition, SCP has presented the One Tree project featuring crafted objects made by 10 designers using the wood from a felled ash tree. The group of British designers, including Sebastian Cox, Matthew Hilton, and…
