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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
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
HI-SEAS: The NASA-funded Mars simulation project

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

An elaborate Mars habitation research project has just closed one chapter and is preparing to embark on the next one. >

2 Sep 16
The Forest Where the Wind Returns: Hayao Miyazaki’s real-life woodland landscape

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The former spearhead of Studio Ghibli plans to give children an immersive experience of the natural world in Kumé Island, Okinawa. >

1 Sep 16
China opens record-breaking transparent bridge

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

The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world. >

23 Aug 16
In the pipeline: The new underwater motorways of Norway

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

These submerged floating tubes may be the first step into trans-Atlantic road connections. >

16 Aug 16
LA strikes silver with the Liquid Shard

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Los Angeles citizens add shimmer to outdated public park with a massive installation called "Liquid Shard". >

9 Aug 16
Art meets clean energy: Customisable solar panels blend in with any roof

Design News > Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

SolarSkin, a Sistine Solar product offers colour-matched photovoltaic panels in an artful way and retains its revolutionary technologies in renewable energy. >

29 Jul 16
Michael Wolff writes in defense of Heatherwick's Garden Bridge

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

In defence of big ideas and of the controversial Garden Bridge, design titan Michael Wolff writes in objection to the construction of St Paul's Cathedral. >

18 Jul 16
Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums. >

13 Jul 16
The world’s largest air purifier is touring the smoggy cities of China

Design News > Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China. >

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
Public art melts away in political protest

Design News > Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Created by American design duo LigoranoReese, these ice sculptures show the disintegration of the American Dream. >

5 Jul 16
Ribbon-like bridge by Christo and Jean-Claude lets public walk on water

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Christo and Jean-Claude dreamt of a floating bridge over 40 years ago. Now, their dream is a reality. >

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
Fleet of buses set to double up as mobile exercise studios

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

London gym will transform commuter buses into spinning studios so that commuters can squeeze in a morning workout. >

16 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
Soofa: NYC’s solar-powered benches

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Soofa group is spreading technology with their solar-powered benches. >

2 Jun 16
China's futuristic bus allows cars to pass underneath its carriages

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Transit Explore Bus was designed to tackle extreme traffic congestion and pollution in China. >

27 May 16
Studio [D] Tale on design activism and innovation within existing systems

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

Social impact designers Studio [D] Tale talk about innovating within informal economies and interventions in existing, sometimes backward, systems. >

23 May 16
21st Century farming technology to address global food crisis

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Urban Produce is a sustainable vertical farming system that looks toward the future of agriculture. >

18 May 16
Jeanne Gang: The architecture of policing in America

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Founder of Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang talks about how architecture can help address police brutality in America. >

12 May 16
Sundial installation 3D-printed with sheets of plastic

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Contemporary sundial uses solar data to change shape according to the natural trajectory of the sun. >

10 May 16

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