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Exterior of one of the newly built schools that won the Architizer award
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National Teachers Colleges Uganda wins Architizer award

Uganda's National Teachers Colleges project by Oubuntu-DASUDA and bkvv architects has just won the Public Award from the Architizer A+ Awards 2022. The popular choice winner in the Architecture for Good category, National Teachers College, or NTC Uganda project, is a large campus renovation at two locations near...
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Electric Vehicles

Lightyear One solar car doesn't need to charge for months

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Interior Design

3 eco-friendly wall coverings for your next project

Each product we bring into our home is worthy of consideration. From gifts to groceries, we’re surrounded by plastics and toxic materials. So when it’s something as long-standing as the wall coverings in our space, it’s worth really putting a microscope on finding sustainable, and appealing, materials to...
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Public Spaces

An animal reserve in Belgium replaces old, unused buildings

Set in the Kempen Nord of Antwerp, Belgium, Prinsenpark is an estate originally intended for royalty. Never previously developed, the grounds are now the focus of a master plan to provide access for visitors and a reserve for animals. Studio Jan Vermeulen in collaboration with Tom Thys Architects designed the...
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Aerial view of the proposed community
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Architecture

Sugar factory to be turned into sweet mixed-use space

CHYBIK + KRISTOF and Skanska have teamed up to create a sustainable new housing development called the "Sugar Factory" at the riverside site of an old sugar factory in Prague, Czech Republic. This is an entire urban community comprised of over 71,000 square feet of public space as well as public rooftops and green...
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Public Spaces

Service center in national park honors history of the area

The Camp-de-Touage Service Center in Pointe-Taillon National Park in Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Canada, was designed to educate the public about the natural environment and the history of the land in which it was placed. Blouin Tardif Architectes along with Eric Painchaud and Associates had a challenge set out for...
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Science

Will food soon grow in labs with artificial photosynthesis?

Sometimes we assume that the natural way is the best way, or it doesn’t even occur to us to look for an alternative. Especially for the most basic things. But some scientists are questioning photosynthesis, the way plants use the sun’s energy for growth. Typical crop plants make use of as little as 1% of the...
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Accessories

Hats off to plastic-free and animal-free mycelium leather

Mycelium is making headlines around the globe as a viable bio-product for making helmets, packaging materials, shoes and even coffins. Biomaterial experts at California-based MycoWorks are working with a proprietary leather alternative called Reishi that was used in a luxury hat collection as the first fashion...

Mycelium is making headlines around the globe as a viable bio-product for making helmets, packaging materials, shoes and even coffins. Biomaterial...
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Electric Vehicles

The most affordable electric vehicles in 2022 and 2023

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News

Mystery ingredients that made ancient bronze unique unveiled

Scientists have finally unraveled the secrete behind the bronze recipes used by ancient blacksmiths. Through an analysis of a 2300-year-old text and coins, researchers found two elusive ingredients that were used to attain the high-quality bronze of the ancient world. The researchers analyzed the Kao Gong...

Scientists have finally unraveled the secrete behind the bronze recipes used by ancient blacksmiths. Through an analysis of a 2300-year-old text...
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Positive News

New York to have the largest composting program in the US

Queens, New York will soon have the country’s largest composting program. Starting October 3, 2.2 million New Yorkers will automatically have weekly pickup service for yard debris, food scraps and food-soiled paper products. "This launch makes New York City home to the largest curbside composting program...

Queens, New York will soon have the country’s largest composting program. Starting October 3, 2.2 million New Yorkers will automatically have...
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Architecture

Town's last remaining pub goes sustainable

Architects De Matos Ryan have transformed the last remaining pub in a UK village to be sustainable with a full renovation of guest rooms and the inn's historic pub. The architects added 12 guest bedrooms and fully renovated The Alice Hawthorn's entire operation. The village of Nun Monkton was a medieval trade...

Architects De Matos Ryan have transformed the last remaining pub in a UK village to be sustainable with a full renovation of guest rooms and...
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Architecture

Lakeview Village will create an entirely green community

Sustainable housing developments that prioritize giving back more than we take from the earth are everyone's dream, right? Lakeview Village is a new development in Canada that is attempting this feat with a mixed-use waterfront community on 177 acres of waterfront land west of Toronto. Lakeview sits...

Sustainable housing developments that prioritize giving back more than we take from the earth are everyone's dream, right? Lakeview Village is...
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Food

The problem and solution of food deserts in the US

For many people living in marginalized neighborhoods in the U.S., it’s a long trek to a store with a decent produce department. Instead of making a salad or steaming veggies, they wind up making do with nearby fast food or junk food. A lot of terminology has popped up around this lack of access to fresh...

For many people living in marginalized neighborhoods in the U.S., it’s a long trek to a store with a decent produce department. Instead of...