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Ocean Bonds
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9 Oct 25
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Designing finance for the planet, Bonds for Ocean Conservation reimagines debt as a tool for conservation.
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Upcycled Tower
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9 Oct 25
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Quay Quarter Tower, The World’s First Upcycled Skyscraper
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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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4,4,4&2
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29 Aug 25
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A book designed to reshape perceptions of dementia
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Unfold
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29 Aug 25
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StudioDrift in collaboration with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Lacoste, launch a multi-sensory experience
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Sofia
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29 Aug 25
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Mobility with empathy
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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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