2016 Archive

The Aerîal sensing network uses your home Wi-Fi signals to safeguard your space, focusing on security, elderly care and baby monitoring. >

Billed as the world's most popular and prestigious prize for up-and-coming architects, this year’s winner designed a concrete playground for kids and adults. >

Social enterprise, LishaBora uses hydroponic technology to offer farmers a low-cost way of improving milk production. >

London-based urban designer and architect Ekaterina Lichtenstein breaks down the elements involved in designing advanced cities. >

Kientru O Architects converted this building from an old townhouse into a vibrant ochre-and-yellow themed nursery school. >

Zimbabwean-born photographer Ben Moyo broke the mould by pursuing a career in the arts despite a lack of opportunities. >

Sofia Borges and Susan Nwankpa’s HOME(less) confronts the epidemic of a growing homeless population in Los Angeles. >

Scientists at a United States hospital are using a freeze-dried pill made of faecal matter to treat obesity. >

Black women’s hair is knotty terrain. Émilie Regnier photographs Ivorian women in their wigged glory and affirms that hair is ultimately a personal choice. >

A graduate in architecture from TU Delft, Shen Chen has designed a temporary, multifunctional stadium built from bamboo. >