Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: September 2024; our monthly instalment of sustainable life and style news where we curate a selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas and places to visit. This month we’re feeling inspired by the coming of…
It was the university tutor of Johan Hybschmann and Margaret Bursa – co-founders of architecture and interior design studio Archmongers – who “actually suggested that we work together,” The architects tell enki. After graduating from The Bartlett UCL in 2009…
Nestled within the lush Lancashire landscape, Moor Hall unveils its new Garden Rooms designed by KOTO. Sharing a plot with chef Mark Birchall’s two Michelin-starred restaurant, a stay in one of the new Garden Rooms offers “design finesse, unparalleled culinary…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: August 2024, which brings you sustainable lifestyle news every month. Our round-up includes our curated selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month we explore an opportunity to learn more…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: July 2024, which brings you sustainable lifestyle news every month. Our round-up includes our curated selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month we explore the new additions to Recork’s…
Tasked with transforming a derelict Victorian house into a family home fit for modern living, Rees Architects have carefully considered this building’s connection to its gardens within the Wanstead Village Conservation area. Born and bred in Wanstead, the owner had…
Duravit unveils a bathroom collection that boasts precise proportions and contours crafted for all kinds of modern bathrooms in residential and commercial buildings. Designed by architect Antonio Citterio, the Aurena series celebrates the simplicity of good design by following the…
Tikari Works is an award-winning, multidisciplinary architecture and construction studio established in 2015 by Nicola and Ty Tikari. When taking on new projects, Tikari Works is driven by the desire to seek out design solutions that are pragmatic, sustainable, and…
Emerging non-profit enterprise Common Knowledge is using a design blueprint to teach people how to build mobile tiny homes using sustainable materials. The Irish social enterprise has developed this new micro-home called Tigín, named after the Gaelic word for small…
Atelier L’Abri has completed the design and build of a new agrotourism complex set against the Mont-Tremblant National Park in Canada, comprising a Nordic farm, a café-bar, four-season micro-cabins, and an outdoor base camp. Set on a plot of almost…
Edward Williams Architects has unveiled a residential housing development, comprising of four, sustainable timber buildings constructed to be low carbon and all-electric. The all-Scandinavian-pine-clad scheme, known as the Chobham Road development, has been built on an underused carpark for developer…
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…
Kerstin Thompson Architects has scooped the prestigious Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture for its Bundanon Art Museum in New South Wales, Australia. A world-class centre for creative arts and education, Bundanon was recognised amongst this year’s most eminent…
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…
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…
