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Powered by dance: Glasgow arts centre generates energy from clubbers

The Bodyheat project shows how renewable energy systems can be fun, too Words by Crystal Bennes ‘Solving climate change doesn’t only have to be about

Design

‘15-minute city’ idea wins Obel Award

The annual architectural prize has been awarded to Carlos Moreno’s concept of urbanism, whereby all citizen needs are met within 15 minutes of home Words

Architecture

The best net-zero and energy-positive developments – from Japan to Sweden

In a new book, Jared Green showcases the innovative architecture and design harnessing sustainable and renewable energy around the world Power of 10, Örebro. Photograph:

Architecture

A new exhibition celebrates ‘farmer designers’

Can we design a better system of agriculture? The madd-bordeaux exhibition, Farmer designers: an art of living, believes so Loess Plateau, Gao Xing Zhuang village,

Design

Environmentally sustainable projects need to be socially sustainable too

The pandemic has provided a powerful case for the neighbourhood as a self-sustaining microcity. Architecture and urban planning should learn from this Aquatics Centre Paris

Opinion

No more new: why architecture’s future lies in the past

Amid a climate crisis, we have an urgent collective duty to retrofit and repurpose our buildings – as celebrated by the recent Pritzker Prize win

Opinion

R for Repair: Singapore exhibition champions creatively fixing objects to reduce waste

Ten designers show how to work with what exists, rather than create anew R for Repair – a new exhibition opening in Singapore on 13

Design
Oslo

Oslo, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Budapest commit to clean construction

The cities have pledged to halve emissions from construction activities by 2030 The mayors of Oslo, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Budapest have pledged to

Architecture

Snøhetta completes energy-positive Powerhouse Telemark

The building in southern Norway was designed by Snøhetta as part of an initiative dedicated to reducing construction’s carbon emissions Words by Francesca Perry ‘Architecture

Architecture
A Planet to Win reveals some inconvenient truths about environmental politics

A Planet to Win reveals some inconvenient truths about environmental politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the Bernie’s Back rally in Long Island City, New York, October 2019. Image: Gordon Donovon / Alamy. A book that seeks

Opinion

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Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design




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MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

Open House Festival opens hundreds of London buildings this September

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York


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Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles



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Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design