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London architects infuse dated Victorian townhouse with tons of modern personality

Architecture firm LLI Design enhanced and restored this Victorian townhouse in North London while taking care to...

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Starbucks to start charging for disposable cups

2.5 billion disposable coffee cups are tossed away every single year in the United Kingdom, according to Member...

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London store recycles 60,000 plastic bottles for 3D-printed interior

You can tell that Bottletop, a "sustainable luxury" brand that transforms castoff materials into chic carryalls,...

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2017 was the UK's 'greenest year' for energy

The United Kingdom recently marked its greatest year ever for the use of clean energy, breaking 13 national renewable...

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Glowing Maggie’s Center by Steven Holl Architects opens in London

Just in time for the holidays, Steven Holl Architects completed the latest Maggie’s Center, a building the U.S....

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Elegant cork-clad artists’ studio slots into a bijou London garden

This lovely little garden hut serves as a shared workspace for a musician and seamstress couple in north London....

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Ultra-narrow Wood Lane house looks like a ship wedged between London’s brick buildings

This narrow house, home of architect Mike Russum, looks like a ship wedged in-between traditional brick townhouses...

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Floating lantern-like church and community hub may set sail on London’s canals

A floating church proposed for the canals of London is banking on easy mobility and eye-catching design to win...

London buses swap out diesel for a coffee-based biofuel

London buses swap out diesel for a coffee-based biofuel

Brits may prefer tea, but their busses will be getting a buzz from coffee. U.K. startup bio-bean, Shell, and Argent...

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This restaurant in London has a gorgeous living wall that purifies air and absorbs noise

This restaurant in London has a daylit greenhouse at its heart with a beautiful living wall made of terracotta...

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UNStudio’s sculptural Canaletto Tower is a neighborhood in the sky

UNStudio just completed construction on London's Canaletto Tower, which functions as a cluster of vertical communities....

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Foster + Partners’ London playground is built of natural and sustainable materials

A new urban oasis for school children in London combines sustainable design with holistic learning. Foster + Partners...

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Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg HQ opens in London as “world’s most sustainable office building”

Bloomberg’s new European headquarters—billed as the “world’s most sustainable office building”—opened...

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Bloomberg’s new London HQ rated world’s most sustainable office

Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London scored a 98.5% against the latest BREEAM sustainability rating...

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London considers banning wood-burning stoves to tackle air pollution

Wood-burning stoves could be producing up to one third of London's fine particle pollution, according to figures...

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