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- Solar-powered Zamasport HQ produces over half of its energy needs Sat, 10 Apr 21, 12:30amAfter 3 years of development, Italian architecture firm Frigerio Design Group has completed fabrication engineering company Zamasport’s new headquarters, a fabric-inspired building that is mostly powered with solar energy...
- ON-A wants to renature Barcelona by greening the Camp Nou stadium Thu, 27 Aug 20, 4:30amIn a bid to bring greater green space to Barcelona, local architecture firm ON-A has proposed converting the city’s Camp Nou football stadium into a 26-hectare forested park...
- Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water Fri, 28 Feb 20, 2:30amMicroplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye. That’s why Cambridge-based research and development lab Draper has...
- Check out Glasir, the tree-shaped urban farming solution Fri, 21 Feb 20, 5:30amIn a bid to revolutionize agriculture, New York City and Bergen-based innovation studio Framlab has proposed Glasir, a community-based system for urban farming that combines the flexibility of modularity with aeroponics...
- South Africa's first interior 6 star Green Star awarded to Formfunc Sat, 15 Feb 20, 4:30amThe Green Building Council recently awarded South Africa’s highest possible Interiors Green Star v1 certification to Capetown-based company Formfunc Studio’s office spaces — the first such rating to be awarded...
- Calamus unveils worlds safest e-bike at CES 2020 Fri, 7 Feb 20, 4:30amIndia-based startup Calamus recently unveiled the Calamus One Ultrabike, an electric bicycle that they claim is “the world’s safest and most advanced” of its kind...
- Ecosistema Urbano designs a digitally integrated eco-campus for the University of Malaga Tue, 8 Oct 19, 2:30amThe University of Malaga in Spain will soon be home to a high-tech campus that will redefine the urban fabric with digital connectivity and renewable energy systems...
- Harvard unveils Snhetta-designed HouseZero for sustainable, plus-energy living Wed, 5 Dec 18, 2:30amThe Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design has just completed HouseZero, an energy-positive living lab for sustainable architecture...
- Luminous LEDs transform Pragues historic Mirror Chapel into an interactive art space Wed, 7 Nov 18, 8:00amThe lavish interiors of Prague, Czech Republic’s Mirror Chapel were recently transformed into a psychedelic art space thanks to New York-based design studio SOFTlab...
- Delhi High Courts new expansion taps into green building principles Fri, 2 Nov 18, 5:30amNew Delhi-based architecture practice Design Forum International has completed the New Courts Complex, a modern extension to the Delhi High Court. The new project was completed as part of the Delhi High Court’s ambitious...
- Asif Khan unveils the darkest building on earth for the 2018 Winter Olympics Thu, 8 Feb 18, 10:10pmBritain-based architect Asif Khan unveiled a super-black pavilion at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that he describes as the “darkest building on earth.” Built for Hyundai Motor, the temporary Pyeongchang Olympic Park...
- Asif Khan unveils the darkest building on earth for 2018 Winter Olympics Thu, 8 Feb 18, 10:10pmBritish-based architect Asif Khan unveiled a super-black pavilion at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that he describes as the “darkest building on earth.” Built for Hyundai Motor, the temporary Pyeongchang Olympic Park...
- Italy wants to roll out Smart Highways with first aid drones Tue, 30 Jan 18, 11:52pmSelf-driving cars and drones are transforming the world we live in - and designers are harnessing these new technologies to make transportation safer, faster and more efficient...
- World's greenest and healthiest office crowned in Washington, D.C. Thu, 22 Jun 17, 11:11pmThe American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) headquarters in Washington DC was just named the greenest and healthiest office on the planet! Perkins+Will designed the groundbreaking interior, which has received both LEED...
- Uncorking innovation with Treasury Wine Estates in Napa Sat, 11 Feb 17, 6:30amWhat wine makers are going after with applied technology and science is a more profitable piece of an already sizable market. Consumers spent $38 billion on U.S.-made wines alone in 2015 according to the annual Wine...