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tower-like structure with all white perforated facade

Self-sustaining Shade House helps combat urban pollution

Bangkok-based architectural firm, Ayutt and Associates design, has unveiled a stunning self-sustaining...

fountains and shallow pools in a city square

An old mall becomes an urban lagoon and public square in central Tainan

In downtown Tainan, Taiwan, MVRDV has transformed a former shopping mall into the Tainan Spring, an urban lagoon...

rendering of people running and riding bikes on green space separated from major highway

Shma’s Bangkok Green Link wants to add over 30 miles of greenways to Bangkok

At the 2019 Thai Urban Designers Association exhibition, landscape architecture studio Shma unveiled the Bangkok...

group of people smiling beside garden with patterned seed paper

Artist creates a living quilt to commemorate Santa Rosa fires

Memorials and national landmarks are common across the country as a way to respectfully remember events of historical...

rendering of lush gardens in front of glass building

Selgascano designs plant-filled creative office campus for Second Home Hollywood

London-based creative business Second Home is opening its first U.S. location that’ll deliver bold designs and...

A Chinese highway becomes a vibrant, community-centered 'livable street'

London-based design studio WallaceLiu has given the residents of the southwestern Chinese city Chongqing a new...

Afghanistan’s Chihilsitoon Garden is restored with rammed earth architecture

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has breathed new life and purpose into the Chihilsitoon Garden, a historic...

modern home surrounded by trees and garden

This Australian property was redesigned with a sustainable, lush garden

The Shoreham House in Victoria, Australia was designed in the early 2000’s, but was in need of an update to the...

Street view of a plaza with a timber skyscraper

C.F. Møller unveils nature-filled urban space at Oslo Central Station

In collaboration with Kristin Jarmund Architects and Rodeo Architects, C.F. Møller Architects has unveiled designs...

Piuarch kicks off Milan Design Week with a beautiful urban light installation

Milan-based architecture firm Piuarch has created an amazing light installation for this year's Milan Design Week....

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This French art collective is building the world's largest hanging garden

French art collective Les Machines de L’ile is embarking on plans to build the world's largest hanging garden...

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Translucent 'hugging' towers could help clean Hong Kong's air pollution

Architect Suraksha Acharya from Midori Architects has proposed a pair of ultra-green translucent towers for the...

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Super blue blood moon eclipse to occur next week for the first time in 150 years

Next week, on January 31, turn your eyes to the sky, because the moon is going to do something that it hasn't...

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Archaeologists discover 'a miniature model of the universe' near Mexico City

A recent archaeological find could offer insight into how ancient people viewed the world. At Nahualac, a site...

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Resilient infrastructure proposal aims to protect San Francisco Bay from rising sea levels

Looks like San Francisco's beautiful Bay Area could be in for a major ecological makeover. SCAPE Landscape Architecture...

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World's largest botanical garden to bloom in the desert of Oman

Perhaps the dry desert landscape of Oman may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of lush forests,...

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Failed Palm Springs golf course is being repurposed into a sustainable community filled with olive groves

A failed Palm Springs golf course is being reborn as an "eco-modern agrihood" located on 300 beautiful acres of...

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New 35-acre public park brings 'wild urbanism' to Moscow

If you're looking for urban wilderness, it might be time to visit Moscow. Diller Scofidio + Renfro won a competition...

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Sheep farm deep in Iceland's fjords transformed into luxury off-grid retreat

A sheep farm tucked into the mountainous landscape of Iceland's Troll Peninsula has been transformed into the stunning...

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A rooftop urban oasis springs to life in a polluted NYC neighborhood

Parks and public plazas are typically urban escapes you'd expect to find at street level, but when your neighborhood...

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Historic Amsterdam park gets new life with a funky climbing "blob"

Design and engineering firm Carve breathed new life into one of Amsterdam's oldest parks with a playful new blob-like playground...

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Renzo Piano embeds modern art gallery with 'winged' roof into French vineyard

Architecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop unveiled their latest masterpiece: the sunken Château La Coste...

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Madrid's new 'Desert City' is a spectacular home for over 400 species of cacti

Madrid's dry heat may not bode well for lush flower gardens, but the hundreds of cacti in the city's new cactus...

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This interactive woven canopy at MoMA PS1 changes colors as the sun sets

New Yorkers looking for a place to cool off during the summer will do well to duck into Long Island City’s MoMA...

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Shigeru Ban Architects unveil plans for the world’s tallest hybrid timber building

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban just unveiled plans for the world's tallest timber hybrid high-rise,...

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Glowing see-through garden house lets plants soak up the sun

Sometimes less really is more. This beautiful glowing home by H.a Architects was inspired by just one thing - lush...

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German community bands together to convert old WWII bunker into a 'green mountain'

Hamburg residents are taking their community's urban design into their own hands - and the results are amazing....

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Barcelona set to double tree population in major urban greening push

You may think there isn't much space for a centuries-old, built-out city like Barcelona to radically greenify itself...

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Send your loved one's ashes to space - on one of Elon Musk's rockets

Sending a deceased family member or loved one's ashes into space may seem like an impossibly grand gesture, but...

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The Obamas just revealed a first look at the new Presidential Center in Chicago

Former president and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama just revealed plans for the Obama Presidential Center...

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