Health & Wellbeing
Smart street signs keeping communities connected during COVID-19 crisis
The Boston area is prioritising official city announcements on its signs and has opened its platform to small businesses and individuals.
Architecture and Design Innovations
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Travel & Tourism
Copenhagen hotel doubles as an artistic showroom
A new hotel in Copenhagen places all of its fixtures and fittings on sale.
Property & Construction
Digital-embodied carbon calculator helps to reduce industry emissions
Companies across several industries have come together to create the first free tool that allows for supply chain specific analysis of embodied carbon data.
Architecture & Design
A homeware collection made from plastic waste
The Plastic Mine collection is made of plastic clumps from a factory floor, which reveal unique patterns when flattened.
Computing & Tech
An interactive, educational and screenless audio device
A new device allows children to listen to music and stories without being exposed to screens.
Architecture & Design
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion to be made of recycled bricks and cork
The design incorporates K-Briq modules, which are made from 90 per cent recycled construction waste.
Architecture & Design
Architects transform rundown rental into a solar-powered home
The project carefully balances conservation and restoration with expansion and improvement.
Architecture & Design
A sustainable lodge in the middle of the Namib Desert
Roof-top PV panels generate all of the hotel’s energy, and a water collection system is in place to reuse rainwater.
Food & Drink
A tableware collection that adds ‘sonic seasoning’
A unique and interactive set of dishes can help diners think about how their food is produced and consumed.
Architecture & Design
Easy-to-assemble schools for ‘squatter’ communities in India
ModSkool is built with sustainable materials that are inexpensive, accessible and easy to take down and reassemble when communities are forced to move.
Architecture & Design
Global climate change leaders work from energy-neutral, floating offices
The self-sufficient office space uses seawater for heating and cooling and is constructed almost entirely of timber.
Architecture & Design
Sustainable housing for the homeless
A project in Los Angeles is extending sustainable building techniques to public housing.