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Ephemeral Pavilion
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Architecture & Interiors
Aulets Arquitectes create a temporary pavilion from locally sourced stone and discarded wooden pallets for Futur Habitable
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6 Nov 26
Toolkit for a walkable city
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Architecture & Interiors
SWA are building toolkits for climate responsive public spaces
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6 Nov 26
A New Standard
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Product Design
ASICS and Karimoku sustainably decommission sneakers by giving them a second life as furniture
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30 Oct 26
The Harvest Season
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African Design
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Ibrahim Mahama reimagines cultural possibilities
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21 Oct 26
Solariski
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Urban & Landscape Design
Solar Thermal Technology as Local Infrastructure
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1 Oct 26
Wool Waste
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Harvard University’s Grinham Research Group has unveiled Upcycling Wool Ecologies, a project that transforms discarded wool into a rigid, bio-based cladding sys
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1 Oct 26
Safety Shelters
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Urban & Landscape Design
Collaborative design-build establishes new relationships between community members, municipal officials and the Urban Safety Reference Group.
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18 Sep 26
Walk in the Shade
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Architect and artist Elsa Ponce transforms a New York street with an inspired climate responsive walkway
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18 Sep 26
Skovsporet
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Europe’s Largest 3D-Printed Housing Project
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10 Sep 26
Visualisation of Reality
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Riksbyggen and creative agency BBDO Nordics makes Sweden’s housing crisis tangible
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4 Sep 26
For the City
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Architecture & Interiors
A youth centre designed to give back public space to the city
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4 Sep 26
The Whale
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Architecture & Interiors
Dorte Mandrup, Danish architect, unveils The Whale, a cultural landmark dedicated to the marine giant.
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27 Aug 26
The Wasteland Sauna
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Design Thinking
A pink lithium crystal sauna Turns a Toxic Wasteland into a place of revival
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21 Aug 26
Off the Grid Ambulance
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Architecture & Interiors
Stella Juva is a solar powered ambulance for off the grid health care
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14 Aug 26
Symbios, the future of Seaweed Farming
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Architecture & Interiors
German student designer, Aaron Mooser, has developed a new approach to seaweed cultivation in Northern Europe.
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7 Aug 26
Biological Repository
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Architecture & Interiors
Snøhetta has unveiled the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora
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7 Aug 26
Alpine Refuge
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Product Design
Pancalpina is a light touch, context responsive emergency shelter
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22 Jul 26
Neri&Hu’s Terracotta Hong Kong icon
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Design Indaba Alumnus Neri&Hu breaks the monotony of Hong Kong’s glass and steel skyline with a woven façade.
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22 Jul 26
Wind to Watts
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Architecture & Interiors
Designer Fabien Brun has created a modular, portable wind turbine
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26 Jun 26
A Serpentine
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Architecture & Interiors
LANZA Atelier's Serpentine Pavilion proves that less can be more
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19 Jun 26
Ratchu Vaan Surajaras
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Designing Flood Resistant Cities
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28 May 26
Freeway Park
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Architecture & Interiors
Designed by HKS and SWA, Halperin Park is a “cap park” built over a 14 lane freeway to repair social fabric.
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28 May 26
As Seen Below
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Architecture & Interiors
James Turrell’s new Skyspace Opens at ARoS in June 2026
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21 May 26
Spiritual District
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Architecture & Interiors
Stefano Boeri Architetti, the project reimagines the monastery as a civic space.
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15 May 26
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