i29 introduces CÂPSULA, luxury tiny houses for sustainable, mindful living
To be happy, how much do we need? How can we reduce our footprint and still live large? CÂPSULA is a new typology of high-end cabins that inspire new ways to live well.
Mendel’s Greenhouse: Chybik + Kristof reinvents the birthplace of modern genetics
The new Mendel’s Greenhouse is in direct conversation with the original 19th-century greenhouse in Brno, Czech Republic, where the scientist conducted his first pioneering experiments.
Lina Ghotmeh’s Serpentine Pavilion 2023 is informed by discussions around a table
The Serpentine Pavilion 2023 by French Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh in central London “is an encouragement to enter into a dialogue, to convene and to think about how we could reinstate and re-establish our relationship to nature and to the Earth.”
Holcim and The Norman Foster Foundation unveil a concrete emergency housing prototype in Venice
The ‘Essential Homes’ emergency housing prototype features a rollable low-carbon concrete sheet wrapping a safe and decent home for displaced people across the globe.
Venice Architecture Biennale 2023: finally, the spotlight is on Africa!
There is a great dose of optimism and commitment to make a change at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. The most influential architecture event explores the transformative power of contemporary architecture to find solutions and build an environmentally friendly future… And starting from Africa, the true ‘Laboratory of the Future,’ says curator Lesley Lokko.
‘Senza Invito’ exhibition: inmates in Milan famed prison craft circular design
Milan Design Week enters the famed San Vittore prison, where inmates who joined a circular design workshop crafted upcycled furniture and tableware and presented it at the ‘Without Invitation’ behind-bars exhibition.
MORE OR LESS: Maarten Baas wraps a jet in denim for G-Star RAW
Green design and mass consumerism? Maarten Baas and G-Star RAW’s thought-provoking MORE OR LESS exhibition features a jet and cabinets dressed in denim.
Seven ‘responsible’ highlights at Rossana Orlandi Collectible 2023
Rossana Orlandi, the good mother of Milan Design Week, has opened the doors of her gallery hosting brilliant furniture designs going beyond sustainability in the name of ‘Responsibility.’ We talked with Rossana and selected Seven highlights at Rossana Orlandi Collectible 2023.
Carlo Ratti wraps the Wood You Believe? pavilion with discarded wooden objects
Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota explore digital printing and circular economy for the world of bespoke design with the ‘Wood You Believe?’ installation for Gruppo Saviola at Salone del Mobile.
La Caserne: from fire station to Paris future home of green fashion
Chaix et Morel has transformed a former fire station in Paris into ‘La Caserne,’ a vibrant hub for sustainable fashion open to the city.
ADAT Studio’s Opera169 residential building blends sustainability with integration
ADAT Studio is completing the Opera169 residential building in Manhattan, NYC. Geometrical lines and brick facades integrate with its surrounding green and inclusive neighbourhood.
Collect 2023: highlights and contemporary craft & design trends
Textiles and ceramics, contemporary art jewelry, the African diaspora’s cross-cultural fertilisation, and K-Culture are among the key trends of Collect 2023.
UNDERBAR at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter created Underbar, a temporary and 100% circular bar where every element and material from furniture to walls, lamps, and ceiling will have a second life after the fair.
3XN stacks shifted volumes to compose the Quay Quarter Tower in Sidney
Conceived as a vertical village, the Quay Quarter Tower won the World Building of the Year Award 2022 at the 15th World Architecture Festival.
Expedition Aequalis: a design exploration towards an eco-centric future
Expedition Aequalis ongoing project and exhibition at Dutch Design Week explored new design thinking paths tuning with Nature’s priorities.
MAD Architects nests Quzhou Stadium under a gentle green slope
Architecture should merge with the natural landscape instead of standing out against it, believe at MAD Architects. Their Quzhou Stadium submerges itself into nature to welcome everyone to gather and share the sports spirit.
SEE MONSTER: from former North Sea gas platform to major public art installation
SEE MONSTER by NEWSUBSTANCE studio in Weston-super-Mare, UK, opens to the public, triggering conversations about reuse, renewables, and the great British weather.
‘R for Repair’ at the V&A in London explores the sentimental values of broken objects
The R for Repair exhibition shines a timely spotlight on consumerism by showing how cherished but broken objects can be given both new meaning and a fresh lease of life with a bit of ingenuity.
Jen Lewin’s Last Ocean interactive installation glows at Burning Man 2022
With ‘The Last Ocean’ luminescent installation, Jen Lewin raises awareness of ocean pollution. She teamed up with Ocean Plastic Technologies to bring forward an innovative, circular, and poetic solution to recycle and reclaim ocean plastic.
The Line: how visionary really is a 200 m-wide 170 km-long metropolis in the desert?
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced the design of THE LINE, a 170 km-long metropolis composed of only two parallel mirrored skyscrapers and connected by cutting-edge sustainable technology.
10 alternative design straws to raise your glass with a sustainable attitude
Summertime, cocktail time. Our indefatigable contributor Antonella Galimberti has selected ten sustainable design straws made from blades of grass, pasta and borosilicate glass. Enjoy!
Design Miami/ Basel 2022 explores the myth of ‘The Golden Age’ for a better and resilient future
Ukrainian ancient crafts, Louis Carrol’s in-wonderland quirky furniture and Gio Ponti’s ode to colour. Design Miami/ Basel 2022 looks back to look forward. The Golden Age, reimagined.
Tortona Rocks 2022 celebrates materials innovation and sustainability
Tortona Rocks 2022: discover an interactive musical lighting design show, anamorphic street art and rising talents from Germany and Slovenia.
Ten blooming exhibitions at Milan Design Week 2022
Californian springs, giant olive shoots with golden leaves, floating forests and choreographies with flowers and drones. Milan Design Week celebrates nature with blooming exhibitions.
DesignMarch 2022: 6 sustainable projects on show at Iceland’s largest design festival
DesignMarch 2022: up-cycled minerał wool, crayons made from Icelandic clay, an icy puffer coat filled with discarded face masks found in the street of Reykjavik and more…
10 projects by 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Diébédo Francis
Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré challenges Africa’s scarcity and extreme climate to empower local communities with sustainable contemporary architecture.
Diébédo Francis Kéré wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
2022 Pritzker Architecture: Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first black professional to receive the Nobel equivalent for architecture. The Burkinabé architect challenges Africa’s scarcity and extreme climate to empower local communities and beyond.
Sidney Modern Project by SANAA Architects features a landscape of interlocked pavilions and public gardens on Sydney Harbour
Sidney Modern Project will almost double the Gallery’s exhibition space, both contrasting and dialoguing with its much-loved late-19th-century neo-classical building, while creating a new public art garden and civic space.
Beijing sub-centre library by Snøhetta is inspired by a ginkgo tree forest
The Beijing sub-centre library by Snøhetta features an amphitheatre-like space promoting interaction and exchange of knowledge. Extended from the sculpted reading landscape are columns that support the roof creating a ginkgo forest-like canopy.
LAVA’s Germany Pavilion at Dubai Expo is designed as an open campus for innovation and connectedness
Germany Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai blends visionary environmental ideas with real-life results. The sustainable architecture features suspended cubes and a forest of steel poles, covered by a floating roof.