Architecture & Interiors | Design Indaba

What will the cities of the future look like?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Hint: They’re green. >

29 Nov 16
The Growroom: Architecture that feeds the city

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The Growroom urban farm explores how cities can feed themselves through architecture that produces food locally. >

23 Nov 16
Fun over function with product designer Jaime Hayón

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Whimsical Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explores materials and storytelling through products he creates with a childlike sense of fun. >

18 Nov 16
The Homeless Studio explores how architecture can help address homelessness

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

This student-led project creates innovative homes for Los Angeles’ most vulnerable. >

18 Nov 16
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Growing glowing architecture. >

17 Nov 16
Informal is the new normal with activist architect Alfredo Brillembourg

Talks > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Venezuelan architect Alfredo Brillembourg shares his thoughts on a new urban toolbox that can help us change the way growing cities are being organised. >

11 Nov 16
Jonas Staal’s alternative parliament in Rojava

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Ushering in the new democracy with politics and art. >

11 Nov 16
Vibrant art installation uplifts San Antonio airport

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Gabriel Dawe completes his latest public art project. >

10 Nov 16
MVRDV's magical Crystal House is built with glass bricks

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architects MVRDV win a Dutch Design Award for Crystal House, a building made entirely out of glass. >

3 Nov 16
Mexican design firm imagines Trump’s proposed wall

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Estudio 3.14 brings to life the US presidential candidate’s tyranny. >

27 Oct 16
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others. >

24 Oct 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live. >

21 Oct 16
Burkina Faso’s new parliamentary building celebrates the revolution

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Design Indaba alumnus Francis Kéré unveils the design for Burkina Faso’s new National Assembly. >

19 Oct 16
Three cities that tackle modern civic problems successfully

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at how city planners have found ways to manage 21st-century urban obstacles in these three cities. >

13 Oct 16
Yanweizhou Park: Harnessing nature to benefit itself

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

This wetlands-architecture project absorbs floodwater instead of blocking it. >

29 Sep 16
Meet Albang: The versatile vacation pods of South Korea

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Think pod hotel meets giant egg sculpture – only more durable and eco-friendly. >

28 Sep 16
Border City: An integrated plan to trash the US, Mexico border debate

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Border City is an ambitious plan to rid the United States and Mexico of its divides. >

28 Sep 16
Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Film & Animation

What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource? >

28 Sep 16
Devoted to urban planning

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Born in Kigali, Rwanda, this MIT student works to improve and provide affordable housing designs in Africa. >

27 Sep 16
Solving the problem of student housing with floating dormitories

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

See the unconventional, low-cost student residences recently unveiled in Copenhagen. >

26 Sep 16
Award-winning initiative turns theory into solution

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

CHHAT won the 2016 Fuller Challenge because of its ability to address real-life problems surrounding human shelter. >

23 Sep 16
This book celebrates creativity across the continent

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Co-edited by Gestalten and Design Indaba, this book celebrates creativity and design in Africa and the rise of new talent. >

21 Sep 16
A design solution to moving back in with your parents

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Spanish collective designs custom spaces and furniture for young adults returning home. >

21 Sep 16
Cairo’s future Science City: Weston Williamson & Partners win design bid

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

This London-based architecture firm has won the opportunity to design Egypt’s science hub. >

8 Sep 16

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