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Foldout shelter aims to provide homes to those in crisis regions

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Barberio Colella ARC’s foldout shelter can be assembled in a minute using locally sourced materials. >

17 Nov 15
These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Israeli architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit designed an innovative classroom to assist children with ADHD to focus and learn better. >

16 Nov 15
Liquid Light Design

Liquid Light Design crafts beautiful, ultra-modern furniture from a range of perspex and glass. >

12 Nov 15
James Mitchell explores the potential of architectural skills to affect social change in African communities

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

James Mitchell discusses his humanitarian organisation and how it is building up communities with entrepreneurial and construction skills. >

12 Nov 15
Outdoor classroom grows as students learn

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Architecture studio AP+E has designed an evolving outdoor classroom for alternative learning. >

12 Nov 15
Low-income district on the banks of the Nile set for revival by Foster + Partners

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Egyptian government selects Foster + Partners to design the rundown Maspero Triangle District on the banks of the river Nile in downtown Cairo. >

12 Nov 15
SOS Children’s Village provides shelter for vulnerable children and their families in Djibouti

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Urko Sanchez Architects’ award-winning residential complex for children provides a safe-haven from extreme temperatures. >

12 Nov 15
Low-cost house in Mozambique features corrugated iron and wood

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Casas Melhoradas, a double storey, low-cost house by Architects Without Borders, reinterprets Mozambique’s traditional corrugated iron and wood homes. >

11 Nov 15
3 young African architects focussing on human-centred design

Next Generation > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

With our attention on shelter solutions, we highlight three young African architects committed to changing their landscapes. >

11 Nov 15
Muji launches three tiny, prefab houses

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

In what sounds like a prefab fairytale, Muji launches three little houses – one made of cork, one of aluminium and one built out of wood. >

10 Nov 15
A vertical village in Singapore is the World Building of the Year

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Interlace, an expansive interlocking network of living and communal spaces, takes the top prize at the World Architecture Festival. >

10 Nov 15
Google SA takes top prize for green innovations

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Google Head Office in SA has won top honours at the International Green Interior Awards. >

9 Nov 15
Modular housing is Dublin's solution to homelessness

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Modular housing units have been put forth as the ideal solution to homelessness in Dublin. >

9 Nov 15
Self-sustaining vertical forest to tower above the rest

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Stefano Boeri Architetti is constructing the second vertical forest in Switzerland. >

6 Nov 15
Sanjay Puri Architects take home World Architecture Festival 2015 prize for office building of the future

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Award-winning Indian architecture firm wins award for their modern workplace that draws from an ancient architectural structure. >

6 Nov 15
Francis Kéré Architecture's installation introduces the value of an African gathering in Chicago

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Place for Gathering doubles up as a meeting place and a space that encourages cultural exchange. >

6 Nov 15
Trailer: Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Trailers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >

3 Nov 15
A prefab home made from bio-based materials

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate. >

30 Oct 15
This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh. >

29 Oct 15
Amanda Williams: Colour(ed) theory and the urban palette

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

Architect-cum-artist Amanda Williams uses her experience in colour theory to design an urban colour palette for historically black neighbourhoods in Chicago. >

29 Oct 15
Dror Benshetrit: Crossing the boundaries between design disciplines

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Designer Dror Benshetrit tells us what drives his New York-based studio’s holistic approach to design. >

26 Oct 15
Six questions for Frida Escobedo - the architect who doesn't ascribe to architectural trends

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

We talk to the Mexican architect about the blurry definition of architecture, building for social impact, and not subscribing to labels. >

22 Oct 15
Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality. >

22 Oct 15
This trashcan-inspired home is the future of urban living

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

From its smart home features to its mobile glass-cube structure, the Kasita is a new kind of home. >

21 Oct 15

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