Spatial-storytellers Flea Folly Architects have designed and built the False Banana Pavilion, using Enset plant to form a traditional Ethiopian dwelling. The tukul hut-inspired pavilion is one of five temporary installations erected at Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden, as part…
A pioneering project titled To Grow a Building was presented at Jerusalem Design Week 2022, demonstrating how organic materials can be used to 3D-print buildings. The 11th edition of Israel’s foremost design event invited creatives to address the theme ‘For…
A sustainable development of 25 custom-built, climate-positive homes in Oxfordshire has been completed by Greencore Construction. Situated in the rural outskirts of Southmoor, the new residential area known as Springfield Meadows is spread across a generous eight-acre plot. Each home…
The Newt in Somerset hotel has recently revealed its new yoga studio, a rammed earth design by Invisible Studio. Set within the historic country estate’s vegetable gardens, the studio is part of a family of buildings including the Newt’s lakeside…
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A smart, car-free residential and technology district developed by Tegel Projekt is to be built on the site of the former Tegel airport. The State of Berlin has commissioned Tegel Projekt to develop the green neighbourhood, adaptively reusing and giving…
An exceptional shortlist of projects for the World Architecture Festival 2022 has been announced, featuring 20 future concepts that address climate change and community resilience. The World Architecture Festival awards programme celebrates newly built works as well as innovative future…
A striking black eco clad home in Scotland, a low-energy infill dwelling in London, and a remodelled house situated on the ruins of a 17 century parchment factory, are among the 20 homes in the running to become the RIBA…
A demountable timber structure sets apart a sustainable retrofit office by Foster + Partners, and breathes life back into a disused gas plant in Madrid. Ombú, as the project has been named, focuses on adaptive reuse of the building, originally…
The Door Co have come up with solutions to entirely seal and protect a home on Camber Sands beach, overcoming challenges posed by the environmental considerations of the site. Perched on the beach, directly backing on to the natural sand…
Shaping the present and future of the London Festival of Architecture, we talk to Director Rosa Rogina about how topics around climate change and future urban development will drive discussions. Architect, researcher and curator, Rosa Rogina has been programme director…
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…
DREAM Architects have designed a spiral-shaped wooden pavilion that invites visitors on a sensory and playful adventure. The French architecture practice were invited by the Villa Medici in Rome to present their design for the first edition of the Festival…
Theaster Gates, the first non-architect to be chosen to design the Serpentine Pavilion, opens the timber-built Black Chapel to the public. Black Chapel is the 21st pavilion in a series built in the Serpentine gallery’s garden in Kensington Gardens, Hyde…
Vestre and BIG architects have completed The Plus, an impressive mass-timber Passivhaus furniture factory nestled in a Norwegian forest. Constructed in just 18 months and built to the highest sustainability standards, The Plus is an exemplary framework which is now…
