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Care-wear
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9 Oct 25
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Coperni pushes the fashion boundary with new line of regenerative wear.
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Radically Human
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3 Oct 25
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Thomas Heatherwick, director of the 2025 Seoul Architecture Biennale sets a provocative mission: make cities radically human.
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Lensare, wearable for harmful light stimuli
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3 Oct 25
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Student designed wearable for harmful light stimuli
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Rahmah Library
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3 Oct 25
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Designed by The MAAK with support from the Rotary Club of Newlands and the Otto Foundation, the library serves 500 learners in District Six, Cape Town.
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Baghdad Sustainable Forests
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25 Sep 25
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A Master Plan for Urban Renewal & Ecology
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ZHA’s Marine Habitats
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25 Sep 25
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Unveiled at the World Design Congress 2025, Nereid by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
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Transparent Happiness
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25 Sep 25
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Yinka Ilori Designs for Public Joy
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Green Island Substation
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19 Sep 25
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Award winning substation design blurs boundaries between Infrastructure & ecology.
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Screen Free Processing
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19 Sep 25
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Helsinki’s Computer Playground teaches to code without a screen.
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Accelerate Wind
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19 Sep 25
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Turning Roofs into Energy Generators
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Climbing Amphitheatre
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12 Sep 25
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Farming ladders become a stage for community bonding
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Cool Cities
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12 Sep 25
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Solar-Powered Urban Cooling: KlimaKover’s Sustainable Approach to Beating the Heat
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Climate Landscapes
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12 Sep 25
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Bas Smets reshapes the future of cities at LUMA Arles
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Ritual of Rebuilding
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5 Sep 25
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A timber soccer stadium designed for regeneration, community participation, and knowledge transfer
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Architecture with Hope
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5 Sep 25
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The Betty Bazar Community Centre and Preschool for vulnerable communities
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Award winning Wonder Cabinet
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5 Sep 25
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Bethlehem’s inspiring hub for creativity, culture and commerce
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Space Garden
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22 Aug 25
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The Aurelia Institute in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio advance the frontier of space architecture.
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Origin
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22 Aug 25
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Nature’s digital twin
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Do Not Disturb
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22 Aug 25
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A new model for environmentally sensitive construction.
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Zeal
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13 Aug 25
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Zeal lifestyle are reimagining mobility aids with their sleek walker.
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UTOOTO
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13 Aug 25
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Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Architecture features at the Camden Arts Projects
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HOST by LAYER
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8 Aug 25
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A Modular Hive Revitalising Urban Biodiversity
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Proof of Life
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7 Aug 25
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Tools for Humanity unveiled the Orb and World – to verify personhood.
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Lifeline
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7 Aug 25
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Sora System is a kit that contains essential life saving tools such as naloxone.
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Fresh face
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13 Feb 23
The National Portrait Gallery unveils a new brand identity ahead of its grand reopening.
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Big impressions
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13 Feb 23
The Bjarke Ingels Group’s IQON tower in Quito, Ecuador, celebrates greenery.
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Going solo
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13 Feb 23
In SOLO, Charity Vilakazi weaves African narratives with mythology to pay homage to her heritage and the matriarchy.
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Crabwalk
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13 Feb 23
The latest driving tech solves the problems of parallel parking.
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