A tropical forest will soon grow in Helsinki and provide all the city’s heat
A design proposal for a series of tropical islands has just won the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The goal of this...
Experimental ILOW to follow the sun’s trajectory for less energy use
International design office Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Bouygues Immobilier have revealed designs for ILOW...
CRA’s Playscraper stacks 8 tennis courts into a 300-foot-tall skyscraper
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Italo Rota have unveiled designs for the Playscraper, a Jenga-like skyscraper that...
CRA unveils designs for Biotic, a high-tech district in Brazil
After two years of development, international design firm Carlo Ratti Associati and consultancy firm Ernst &...
Open-source CURA to turn shipping containers into emergency COVID-19 units
Hospitals overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic could find a much-needed capacity lifeline in retrofitted shipping...
CRA proposes “reconfigurable” roads and a floating garden to revitalize Lugano’s waterfront
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect...
Innovative orange juicer 3D prints bioplastic cups out of leftover orange peels
International design firm Carlo Ratti Associati has developed an experimental circular juice bar that uses orange...
A massive urban vineyard will envelop a new research center in Milan
International design and innovation firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has won first place in the C40 Cities Climate...
CRA grows a sustainable pavilion out of mushrooms in just 6 weeks
Could the houses of the future be grown from mushrooms? Italian architectural firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA)...
A giant tree grows inside CRA’s renovated farmhouse proposal
Italian design office Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled designs for the Greenary, a renovated farmhouse that will...
BIG and CRA break ground on greenery-infused Singapore skyscraper
Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati have broken ground on a new nature-infused skyscraper that’s bringing...
Thousands of tomato-sauce jars to turn into “tomato architecture” at Mutti
An endless red waterfall of tomatoes will wow visitors at the new headquarters for Mutti - one of the world’s...
Solar-powered biodome sustains all four seasons at the same time, under one roof
Italian architect Carlo Ratti just unveiled plans for a stunning biodome that recreates all four seasons under...
MIT's "supermarket of the future" reveals every product's history
Future grocery stores will be full of smart technology, according to predictions by the designers at Carlo Ratti...
Floating Paris gym uses human energy to cruise down the Seine River
Italian architects Carlo Ratti Associati have unveiled a new design for a floating gym powered by human energy....
