Urban & Landscape Design | Design Indaba

Breathing cities: China’s first vertical forest to combat pollution

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Stefano Boeri Architetti is building another vertical forest to curb the pollution problem. >

14 Feb 17
Great Things to People (gt2P)

Chilean architecture, art and design studio Great Things to People (gt2P) experiment with digital crafting to systematise local knowledge and cultural heritage. >

6 Feb 17
Lynette Nkateko

A creative mind that is geared towards city planning and the greater scheme of architecture. >

6 Feb 17
The Why Factory: Future-making machine

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

Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV and The Why Factory, is the kind of architect who constantly asks, “What if..?” Maas will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >

2 Feb 17
Winy Maas

Architect and urban designer Winy Maas is a co-founder of Rotterdam-based architecture studio MVRDV and The Why Factory. >

2 Feb 17
Kevin Kimwelle

Kevin Kimwelle is an architect who works to bring together sustainability and ethical design in his projects. >

31 Jan 17
An alternative city inspired by nature

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Designed for one of the biggest development projects in Malaysia, this Forest City concept is built around a rainforest-like interior. >

30 Jan 17
Kjetil Thorsen

Kjetil Thorsen is a founding partner of the Norwegian architecture and landscape design firm Snøhetta and leads their Oslo-based office. >

18 Jan 17
Sleeping with Snøhetta under the Scandinavian sky

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Snøhetta explores the evolving relationship between handicraft and digital technology. Architect and co-founder Kjetil Thorsen will speak at Design Indaba 2017. >

18 Jan 17
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings. >

6 Dec 16
Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Morocco, Singapore & India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun. >

2 Dec 16
Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city? >

1 Dec 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
Pneumatic dome turns London park into a community haven

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Madrid-based firm DOSIS creates inflatable, reconfigurable public space. >

18 Nov 16
Fighting coastal erosion with the TetraPOT

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

With ocean levels on the rise, how do we protect our seaside towns? >

18 Nov 16
Smart streetlights powered by pedestrian footsteps

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Clean-tech startup EnGoPlanet harnesses kinetic energy to potentially power cities around the world. >

15 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
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
The ‘glow-in-the-dark’, energy-efficient cycle lane

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

This unique solar-powered bicycle path is guiding Poland’s nighttime cyclists. >

20 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
Portuguese street artist turns urban trash into colossal animal sculptures

Design News > Art & Photography / Urban & Landscape Design

These animal murals are communicating a vital environmental message. >

7 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
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

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