MIT is turning its entire campus into a five-day experiment in what comes next
There’s no shortage of design and innovation events on the calendar, but MIT Future Fest is doing something genuinely different: […]
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Biophilic
Biophilic design refers to the increasingly frequent hybridization between architecture and nature, where elements such as natural light, water, green walls, or living walls, are integrated both in the internal spaces of the buildings and in the external ones. Biophilic design is not just a design trend, but a profound human need. A design philosophy that revolves around the notion that by embracing nature, we can create environments that nurture physical and mental health, foster wellbeing, and promote overall vitality. Join us as we embark on a journey towards creating habitats that not only satisfy our physical needs but also nurture our inherent connection to nature, elevating our quality of life to new heights.
GOURDO: what growing a lamp from mushrooms and waste looks like
Design enthusiasts often have a knack for understanding how an object was made: looking at its parting lines, joints, or […]
LTR1 brings housing, public space and nature into a vertical neighborhood
What if a residential tower behaved less like a building and more like a neighborhood, a vertical neighborhood? This is […]
Phyta Biodesign brings living systems into the built environment
As cities continue to expand, architecture is increasingly being asked to respond to environmental challenges that go beyond reducing carbon […]
Jia CURATED 2026: a festival rooted in the Indonesian landscape
From the 13th to the 17th of August 2026, Jia CURATED returns to Bali for its fifth edition, bringing together […]
Inviting biology into architecture through minimal surface geometry
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda is a London-based architect and designer whose work sits at the intersection of computation, digital fabrication, and biology. […]
How do you design a school when there is no land left?
As cities continue to densify and urban growth places increasing pressure on available land, designing a school means confronting a […]
Cork, code, and a question about what forests will look like in 50 years
What happens when you train an artificial intelligence on the plants of a greenhouse — and then ask it to […]
Prestige University: the roof becomes an urban amphitheater
Located in Indore, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India, the new campus of Prestige University by Sanjay Puri Architects challenges […]
Architecture and landscape in a contemporary hot spring retreat
Hoshinoya Guguan embodies the design-driven philosophy that has shaped Hoshino Resorts since its foundation in 1914 as a Japanese inn […]
Designing ecological repair: the Aranyani Pavilion
In a time when ecology is often reduced to data, targets and distant catastrophes, a new landmark, the Aranyani Pavilion, […]
This is not a treehouse: a 30-meter bridge turns into a home
A challenge and a risk at once, Bridge House overturns traditional building paradigms, inviting the architecture world to question not […]
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