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Water park

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A dreamlike floating forest replaced a dumping ground on the Yangtze River floodplain. >

20 Jan 23
On the dot

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Ramos Castellano Arquitectos repurposed thousands of barrel lids to create a colourful – and musical – building facade. >

16 Jan 23
Designer 2023

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Here are some of the most-anticipated design events and exhibitions of 2023. >

16 Jan 23
The Life Aquatic

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Italian scuba diver and gardener Sergio Gamberini designed Nemo’s Garden, the world’s first underwater garden. >

12 Dec 22
Community living

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >

16 Aug 22
Design World Mourns

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism” >

7 Jul 22
The presence of absence

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The Bamiyan Cultural Centre in the Bamiyan Valley meditates on the complex history and uncertain future of Afghanistan >

29 Jun 22
For the birds

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere >

6 Jun 22
Rebuilding Kharkiv

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up >

16 May 22
Ghana’s national pavilion

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale >

8 May 22
Skyfall

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower >

1 May 22
Pavilions on a pedestal

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great? >

17 Apr 22
Outer peace

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Design Indaba Alumnus Shigeru Ban designs a wellness retreat on Japan’s Awaji Island >

10 Apr 22
Art for art’s sake

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike >

10 Apr 22
Hip-hop architecture

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architect Sekou Cooke draws inspiration from hip-hop culture for his designs >

28 Mar 22
Changing the paradigm

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first African architect to win the coveted Pritzker >

22 Mar 22
Virtual village

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent >

20 Mar 22
Rays of sunshine

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

Atelier Nomadic’s luxury bamboo treehouses are inspired by Mobula Rays >

20 Feb 22
An Architect’s Agenda

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

David Adjaye’s first design for Ghana’s visionary healthcare initiative to be built in 2022 >

14 Feb 22
Upward mobility

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

Stefano Boeri Architectti brings urban forestry to social housing in Eindhoven >

31 Jan 22
Celebrating the Arch

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Few South Africans have left as profound a legacy as Archbishop Desmond Tutu. >

10 Jan 22
Exploring interspecies art

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has developed an algorithm that caters for pollinator preferences >

30 Dec 21
Bicycle parking garage scoops major design award

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

An 8 000m² “space-age airport for cyclists” boosts The Hague’s transport hub >

6 Dec 21
Former Design Indaba Speaker, Es Devlin presented her Conference of the Trees at COP26

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The iconic stage designer planted a space for climate change conversations >

22 Nov 21

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