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Barn interior with crop samples, jars and biobased blocks displayed on low plinths

Ageing Facade Panels and Hand-Spun Flax at Nieuw Zwanenburg

Bio-based materials+2

Framed wall of grown mycelium relief panels with organic plant and serpent-like forms

Growing Facade Mycelium Panels Move Indoors as Acoustic Tiles

Office clad in poplar bark shingles under a planted roof among pine trees

Poplar Bark Shingles Wrap an Office on the Blaricum Heath

Bio-based materials+2

Glowing lava lamp columns repeated in red mirror walls

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11 Nov 2026

Sabine Marcelis Brings Resin, Glass and Light to Her First Museum Show

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Sense & Sensibility+1

Two terracotta 3D printed seats tilted on paving

Discarded Harbour Ropes Become Swinging Seats in Rotterdam

Lit path between walls of stacked reclaimed clay roof tiles under orchard trees at dusk

Six Million Reclaimed Roof Tiles Build a Museum Near Hanoi

Two Brico Arc benches combining walnut, ash, purpleheart, mahogany and black-stained oak

Martin Kechayas Named Designer of the Year for Furniture From Residual Wood

Two researchers in lab coats beside a shaker with bottles of mycelium culture

Glowing Mycelium Sculptures Head to Berlin Science Week

Bio-based materials+2

Hand holding a petri dish with a tuft of light blue dyed cotton

Engineered Yeast Brews Purple-Blue Dye for Scarves and Cellulose

Bio-based materials+1

Rows of white porous porcelain foam blocks, cups and domes on a white surface

Directly Foamed Porcelain Becomes Water Filter and Acoustic Panel

Curved limestone shopfront of a Rolex boutique at the base of a dark office tower at dusk

Carved Limestone Folds Around a Rolex Boutique in Toronto

Open study floor under a deep coffered timber ceiling with curved pale walls and a brick floor

Hempcrete and Tasmanian Oak Turn Hobart Warehouses Into a Campus

Bio-based materials+3

Group of people standing in front of a wall of brown and grey biobased panels in an office space

Seaweed and Plant-Fibre Boards Form a Prefab Biobased Partition Wall

Bio-based materials+2