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A vertical village in Singapore is the World Building of the Year

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Interlace, an expansive interlocking network of living and communal spaces, takes the top prize at the World Architecture Festival. >

10 Nov 15
Google SA takes top prize for green innovations

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Google Head Office in SA has won top honours at the International Green Interior Awards. >

9 Nov 15
Modular housing is Dublin's solution to homelessness

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Modular housing units have been put forth as the ideal solution to homelessness in Dublin. >

9 Nov 15
Self-sustaining vertical forest to tower above the rest

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Stefano Boeri Architetti is constructing the second vertical forest in Switzerland. >

6 Nov 15
Sanjay Puri Architects take home World Architecture Festival 2015 prize for office building of the future

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Award-winning Indian architecture firm wins award for their modern workplace that draws from an ancient architectural structure. >

6 Nov 15
Francis Kéré Architecture's installation introduces the value of an African gathering in Chicago

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Place for Gathering doubles up as a meeting place and a space that encourages cultural exchange. >

6 Nov 15
Trailer: Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Trailers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >

3 Nov 15
A prefab home made from bio-based materials

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate. >

30 Oct 15
This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh. >

29 Oct 15
Amanda Williams: Colour(ed) theory and the urban palette

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

Architect-cum-artist Amanda Williams uses her experience in colour theory to design an urban colour palette for historically black neighbourhoods in Chicago. >

29 Oct 15
Dror Benshetrit: Crossing the boundaries between design disciplines

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Designer Dror Benshetrit tells us what drives his New York-based studio’s holistic approach to design. >

26 Oct 15
Six questions for Frida Escobedo - the architect who doesn't ascribe to architectural trends

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

We talk to the Mexican architect about the blurry definition of architecture, building for social impact, and not subscribing to labels. >

22 Oct 15
Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality. >

22 Oct 15
This trashcan-inspired home is the future of urban living

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

From its smart home features to its mobile glass-cube structure, the Kasita is a new kind of home. >

21 Oct 15
A community centre helps Bangaldesh's "landless people" change their economic situations

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Pani Community Centre in Rajarhat, Bangladesh acts as a technical school, community centre, bicycle workshop and playground for children. >

19 Oct 15
Dutch designer uses discarded wax-prints for a purpose other than fashion

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Simone Post is giving new life to the discarded wax prints from Vlisco by designing a series of interior products. >

19 Oct 15
Selldorf Architects has been chosen to design a non-profit's second school in Zambia

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The New York-based architecture firm envisions a primary school that will inspire learning and sustainable living in the Zambian village of Mwabwindo. >

15 Oct 15
Projects of Imagination creates a theatre of gastronomy for Melbourne’s foodie scene

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

Nick Cox and Dion Hall unpack the details of designing spaces for the restaurant industry. >

15 Oct 15
Robots build a stone tower with one piece of thread

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A jammed rock structure built by machines is a prelude to the future of sustainable architecture. >

14 Oct 15
Sou Fujimoto challenges perceptions of what could be considered architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto uses potato chips and staples to comment on the notion of “found architecture”. >

13 Oct 15
Trailer: Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Trailers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda talks architectural activism and self-construction. >

13 Oct 15
Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda talks architectural activism and self-construction. >

13 Oct 15
A focus on low-cost housing at the Chicago Architecture Biennial

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Three architecture firms are setting the tone for affordable and sustainable alternatives to informal housing. >

12 Oct 15
This designer is using dollars and pounds to make textiles

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Angela Mathis is shredding up cash to make textiles for a new collection of stools in a project called Value. >

9 Oct 15

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