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Farming ladders become a stage for community bonding
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Cool Cities
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Solar-Powered Urban Cooling: KlimaKover’s Sustainable Approach to Beating the Heat
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Climate Landscapes
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12 Sep 25
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Bas Smets reshapes the future of cities at LUMA Arles
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Ritual of Rebuilding
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5 Sep 25
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A timber soccer stadium designed for regeneration, community participation, and knowledge transfer
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Architecture with Hope
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5 Sep 25
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The Betty Bazar Community Centre and Preschool for vulnerable communities
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Award winning Wonder Cabinet
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5 Sep 25
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Bethlehem’s inspiring hub for creativity, culture and commerce
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Space Garden
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22 Aug 25
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The Aurelia Institute in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio advance the frontier of space architecture.
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Origin
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22 Aug 25
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Nature’s digital twin
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Do Not Disturb
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22 Aug 25
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A new model for environmentally sensitive construction.
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Zeal
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13 Aug 25
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Zeal lifestyle are reimagining mobility aids with their sleek walker.
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UTOOTO
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13 Aug 25
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Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Architecture features at the Camden Arts Projects
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HOST by LAYER
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8 Aug 25
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A Modular Hive Revitalising Urban Biodiversity
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Proof of Life
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7 Aug 25
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Tools for Humanity unveiled the Orb and World – to verify personhood.
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Lifeline
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7 Aug 25
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Sora System is a kit that contains essential life saving tools such as naloxone.
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FENIX Museum of Migration
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30 Jul 25
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A monument to human movement
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JAPA Valley
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30 Jul 25
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Not A Hotel, Pharrell Williams and NIGO to open a creative hub in Tokyo.
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Hatai
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25 Jul 25
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Heatherwick’s first Thai project pays homage to culture and and tradition
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Aeropod
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25 Jul 25
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Biodegradable capsules breathe life back into the soil
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Napkin AI
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25 Jul 25
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Creatively charged AI tool redefines how the world communicates visually
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Fire for Life
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18 Jul 25
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Fire for Life cookstove
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Sun Tower
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18 Jul 25
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Open Architecture’s award winning Sun Tower
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Bridging Mobility
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18 Jul 25
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Ney and Parnters in collaboration with MS-A transform a railway viaduct into a charming promenade.
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Pollinator Pavilions
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11 Jul 25
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An installation by Kristina Pulejkova celebrates 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
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Nature and Nurture
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11 Jul 25
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An new facility in Albania, designed by Davide Macullo Architects is ushering in a new era of animal care
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Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier
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Hold my beer
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13 Jun 22
Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer
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A continental visionary
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13 Jun 22
Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges
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Fast track to a modern Senegal
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Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation
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