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Ambessa Play’s STEM Light
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26 Feb 26
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Pentagram partner Jon Marshall partners with Ambessa Play to design a DIY flashlight kit to promote STEM learning
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Reflections of a City
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25 Feb 26
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Snøhetta designs a Metro station with a 360-degree view of the city.
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Rethinking Rituals of Remembrance
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24 Feb 26
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Urna, a poetic design intervention commissioned by the Arts Council Malta
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Breathing Walls
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20 Feb 26
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LilyPad creates a new Generation of “Active Walls” with its humidity regulating paint
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Linear Park
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20 Feb 26
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A vibrant elevated oasis designed Natureza Urbana
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Plant-Powered Leather
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20 Feb 26
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London-based cleantech start-up develops proprietary bio-based leather-like material
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Moonshot
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6 Feb 26
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Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) explore space travel with designs for first Moon Base and Hotel
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A Chapel of Sound
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6 Feb 26
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Cappella del Suono, architecture that sings with the wind
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Library of Us
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30 Jan 26
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Es Devlin opens Library of Us at Miami Art Week
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Revoice
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29 Jan 26
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University of Cambridge have developed a wearable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally following a stroke.
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Juna - tropical architecture
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29 Jan 26
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Pablo Luna Studio’s Juna Ubud Restaurant fuses architectural design with tropical climate strategy.
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Bracesys
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29 Jan 26
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Osteoid Health are redesigning orthopaedic care with foldable, customizable support
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Wind of Change
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23 Jan 26
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Dutch Duo DRIFT Transforms Jubail Island with a Wind of Change
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Drophaus
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23 Jan 26
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Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton Reimagining Wearable and Architectural Shelter
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Core Memories
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23 Jan 26
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People’s Architecture Office (PAO) unveils a public art project promoting ecological renewal
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Water from thin air
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4 Dec 25
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University of Sydney’s breakthrough paint that cools and harvests water
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Casa Italia
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4 Dec 25
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Nick Vinson in collaboration with Avanti Architects, has reimagined the Italian Embassy at 4 Grosvenor Square in London.
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Chasing Sunbeams
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26 Nov 25
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UK artist Morag Myerscough unveils a new installation experience
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Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
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26 Nov 25
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Francis Kéré designs UNESCO’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
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The Bridge House
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20 Nov 25
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An inhabitable bridge by Wallmakers
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Hypershell
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19 Nov 25
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The wearable aiming to redefine human mobility
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Architecture for Trees
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18 Nov 25
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Earthen, 3D printed architecture for young trees
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The Less Awkward Project
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14 Nov 25
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An innovative approach to designing confident childhoods
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A HomeMore Project
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14 Nov 25
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San Francisco based The HomeMore Project develops a shelter aid for homeless individuals
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Design for Human Rights
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In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa.
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To the world
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13 Mar 23
Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future.
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Something fishy
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13 Mar 23
This floating pavilion, which resembles a fish eye, is dedicated to sustainable fishing.
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Full of beans
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13 Mar 23
Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building.
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