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- Tiny Penthouses: Circular Urban Living at the Venice Architecture BiennaleAt the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti, Dutch artist, architect, and entrepreneur Hedwig Heinsman presents Tiny…
- KlimaKover: a modular, low-energy shelter tackling urban heatCities are getting hotter, and public spaces need new ways to stay comfortable. Danish architecture practice Henning Larsen, together with the University of Pennsylvania…
- Multifunctional fabric to make urban heat islands more bearableResearchers at the University of Chicago in the US developed a wearable fabric that can cool down its wearers, but can also be applied…
- A high-rise building made of repurposed urban wasteLocated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 360 Degrees is the tallest building in its district, built from bricks made of recycled urban waste. Designed by…
- A floating cathedral made of urban wasteAlong with creative studio D/DOCK and impact innovation agency Max-G, Dutch social enterprise Plastic Whale announced a floating ‘cathedral’, made of urban waste streams.…
- New wing of museum built from bricks from urban wasteDING, the new wing of Design Museum Ghent in Belgium, will be built from an innovative circular brick, which is made for 63% of…
- Urban Graffiti ReincarnatedInspired by urban graffiti, designers at Rebel Nell transform pieces of rubble graffiti into beautiful new materials and wearable jewellery. Their source materials are…
- Algae-Based Biodesign Products Capture Carbon In Urban SpacesThe PhotoSynthetica Gardening Collection by ecoLogicStudio introduces a new generation of biophilic design products. It combines biotechnology, digital fabrication and circular material innovation. Developed…
- Timber-Led Office Design Anchors Sustainable Urban Growth in RennesOn the edge of Rennes and Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, a new office project by Alta Architectes demonstrates the power of materials to shape future cities. Built…
- 3D printed urban furniture doubles as a protective barrierDesigned by Joe Doucet and manufactured by Urbastyle, Rely is row of 3D printed concrete benches, attached to each other to double as a…
- 3D Print an Urban GardenFlowers, herbs and gardens can be added to the list of lovely 3D printables thanks to computer scientist Yuichiro Takeuchi, who is hoping to…
- Urban steel tree gardenA simple idea for a vertical garden shaped like a tree makes maximum use of everyday, available materials. This turns an otherwise unremarkable façade…
