Architecture & Interiors | Design Indaba

Sea of Hull brings together 3000 naked bodies for climate change

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

To raise awareness about rising sea levels, over 3000 nude people painted themselves blue and descended on the city of Hull. >

13 Jul 16
Buildings made of bones

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future. >

11 Jul 16
Dune covered carpark doubles as flood defence

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

Named the Best Dutch Building of the Year in 2016, the Katwijk underground parking garage protects against future floods. >

11 Jul 16
How is virtual reality changing the architecture industry?

Inside View > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

We talk to the VR specialist at South African architecture and design practice SAOTA about how virtual reality and technology is changing design. >

5 Jul 16
Four ways Africa can influence design

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Information Design

A core theme of the What Design Can Do conference explores what Africa can do for Europe. These are the experts called upon for answers. >

1 Jul 16
Flood-prone affordable homes empower slum residents

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Alok Shetty addresses the bleak housing conditions of the urban poor in Bangalore >

1 Jul 16
Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s philosophical body of work explores architecture that doesn’t dictate any particular behaviour to its users. >

28 Jun 16
Puzzle-like mural for a new mother and child hospital in Johannesburg

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

Lorenzo Nassimbeni has been working with 26'10 SOUTH Architects to create a geometric tiled mural on the new Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. >

28 Jun 16
Floating greenhouse is both sustainable and educational

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Serbian design firm Salt & Water have conceptualised a floating community hub that teaches green living. >

27 Jun 16
Humanihut addresses refugee shelter crisis with quick-to-assemble design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Australian-based startup develops a prefab living unit with all important amenities included >

24 Jun 16
The Hive pavilion replicates the ways bees communicate

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Built using over 17 000 pieces of aluminium, the Hive is fitted with LED lights and sound to replicate the buzzing, tooting and quacking communication cues used >

23 Jun 16
Affordable, modular housing design comes fully fitted

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Indian architects present a prefab housing system where the storage and furnishings form part of the unit. >

22 Jun 16
Low-cost housing project harnesses existing infrastructure

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Using sustainable materials and local labour, the Casas Melhoradas housing project is trying to eliminate city slums. >

22 Jun 16
Rotating veil shields medical centre from the heat

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This plan for a medical centre in Al Ain, UAE uses a rotating veil to naturally control its temperature. >

20 Jun 16
Dutch architects reveal "What a brick can do in Mali"

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architecture firm LEVS architecten champions non-fired bricks for the design and development of Dogon, Mali. >

20 Jun 16
5 buildings rethinking what wood can do

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Wood is making a come-back as environmental concern and innovation pushes it to the forefront. >

17 Jun 16
Willy-Wonka style elevators proposed for London

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Elevators that transport Londoners out of the subway up to their office blocks using upward, downward and sideways movement. >

14 Jun 16
Sou Fujimoto: The infinite possibilities of open field architecture

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto talks about how architecture should create spaces for people to behave as they would like to. >

13 Jun 16
We Design Conference Durban calls for a national spatial revolution

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

The first We Design Conference in Durban, South Africa calls for radical transformation of South Africa's cities, towns and villages. >

10 Jun 16
A simple software solution for solid infrastructure

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Plate Package, which assesses the structural integrity of architectural drawings, gets nominated for the Innovation Prize for Africa. >

10 Jun 16
Personalised temperature control follows users around the building

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Using the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, design firm Carlo Ratti Associati created a personalised temperature bubble. >

7 Jun 16
The Refugee Challenge: Six innovative ways to house and educate asylum seekers

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Today’s refugee crisis has left millions without a home or education. Here are some solutions. >

6 Jun 16
An algae-powered city for the world’s newest country

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

RAW-NYC wins competition to design an entire city from scratch for the recently founded nation of Liberland. >

6 Jun 16
High school students design snap-together homeless shelter

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

HUT is a micro-shelter designed as a low-cost, easy-to-assemble solution to homelessness. >

3 Jun 16

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