Street furniture manufacturer Vestre is supporting an ongoing research project in the Bergen Botanical Gardens, trialling its Vestre Habitats in a study of urban biodiversity. The project, called BoBie (meaning Bee Home), is part of a larger study by the…
Ecocity World Summit has announced that ‘Connecting Communities’ will be the theme for its highly anticipated London 2023 edition. Setting the tone for hybrid summit, the theme will examine the critical role of collaboration in creating sustainable cities of the…
A masterplan for London’s newest park, the Camden Highline, sets to repurpose an existing railway viaduct and form an elevated green route using reclaimed materials. Led by the practice behind the New York Highline, James Corner Field Operations, together with…
Camden Town Unlimited (CTU) and Euston Town have launched Camden Green Loop to boost biodiversity and connect the London borough’s key landmarks, cultural experiences, and green spaces. The Camden Green Loop is a major new urban design strategy set to…
By planting 14,000 native trees along historic waterways in England and Wales, the Canal & River Trust seeks to protect and preserve biodiversity and aid CO2 absorption. The project will focus on plugging gaps in the canal hedgerows and establish…
A £7.6 million boost for the Eden Project Dundee will fund the detailed development design and formal planning, bringing it a step closer to construction. Set to be built on the former gasworks on East Dock Street overlooking the River…
CF Møller Architects has built a subterranean villa on protected Norwegian countryside, adding a green roof to Villa Aa embed it into its environment. Villa Aa is the Danish studio’s response to the call from the family, who owns the…
Nestled in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Sussex woodland, Flimwell Park is a new sustainable mixed-use project that shows how architectural and woodland development can work in harmony. The initial idea for this new type of rural…
Henning Larsen has revealed plans for a large, entirely timber-built workspace, to create a vibrant market place and inspire biodiversity on the Nordhavn waterfront in Copenhagen. As part of the redevelopment of the Marmormolen wharf, formerly an industrial area and…
A shortlist of 17 sustainable projects from around the world will be exhibited in the ‘Build Better Now’ Virtual Pavilion taking place during the UN’s Climate Conference COP26 in Glasgow. Focusing on the built environment, the COP26 Virtual Pavilion hopes…
Family-owned Danish design brand Skagerak has announced its Forest Initiative, pledging to plant 90,000 trees on the 42 hectares of land they own in North Jutland in spring 2022. The Skagerak Forest Initiative will involve the planting of trees across…
This October, The Japan Festival at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is honouring the plants, art, and East Asian culture with colourful installations, artistic displays, and events. Kew’s majestic Temperate House is home to the central installation ‘One Thousand Springs’, by…
Future City Garden, a unique-themed installation by Chetwoods Architects, welcomes delegates at the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) this October in Kumming, China. Lead architect Laurie Chetwood set out to stimulate and educate with the 3,000 metre-squared art installation which…
If it’s a beautifully produced, sustainable piece of wooden designer furniture you’re after this winter, prepare to head over to Nest for Nikari has just landed… Founded in 1967 by master cabinet maker and designer, Kari Virtanen – who, might…
