Wood. Can we still call it that?
The new generation of high-performance wood materials offers unexpected hi-tech possibilities to the worlds of design and architecture.
Yona Friedman. Architect, artist, visionary? “I’m a simple human animal”
Yona Friedman is a visionary and innovative architect and theorist. We met him during the inauguration of the installation he made in occasion of the Milan Design Week.
Seoullo 7017, over 250 tree species planted on a renovated overpass in Seoul
Seoullo 7017 is a new pedestrian walkway built on what was an old and dangerous overpass in Seoul. A symbol of the city’s green transformation.
This coworking space in Lisbon is Europe’s greenest. It has more than 1,000 plants
With 1,000 plants and areas dedicated to culture and leisure, the coworking space Second Home, in Lisbon, blurs the line between private and working life.
Felt, the history and sustainability of a versatile designer fabric
Felt is an ancient, low-impact and completely biodegradable material. It’s the best natural insulator and has different applications, from design to eco-friendly architecture.
WELL Building Standard, the first architectural benchmark focused on well-being
The WELL Building Standard is the world’s first architectural benchmark focused exclusively on human health and wellness to improve sustainability.
Vertical Nest, Milan’s new super-sustainable skyscraper
After Bosco Verticale, the Porta Nuova area in Milan is going to host the Nido Verticale (Vertical Nest): the new super-sustainable UnipolSai tower.
High-tech eco-design for an alpine bivouac, to become nature’s guest
At 2,835 metres, the Giusto Gervasutti alpine hut is a state of the art eco-design bivouac, offering innovation and comfort beyond any other.
How to build an eco house
Building eco homes improves our lives and reduces our impact on the environment.
As seas rise, nature can protect our cities
Antarctic ice sheets are melting more quickly than predicted. Can this motivate the urgent changes that we need to thrive in a warming world, protecting cities from sea level rise?