GREEN ARCHITECTURE
People are drawn to the city these days. There living space is becoming increasingly scarce and densely built-up areas hardly offer any space for greenery. The construction industry could, however, become greener again: with houses that blend in with nature.
Big design in a small space: Tiny Apartment in Rotterdam sets new standards
Small but mighty! The Dutch architect couple Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer have created a multifunctional hideaway with their tiny apartment on just 6,89 square metres
Leksi Kostur: Pioneer of biodesign
On the way to a greener future, she is leading the way with creative ideas: Biodesigner Leksi Kostur shows how to keep people and the environment in mind when designing
Interspecies Design: New habitats for a sustainable future
Diverse ecosystems instead of dreary concrete deserts: Interspecies Design creates environments in which not only humans but also other living beings find a home
Green Product Award 2024: Sustainable innovations on the path to change
Sustainable design with distinction! The Green Product Award offers a stage for innovative products. We introduce you to the winners in 2024 who are driving the green transformation
Design with responsibility: This is how sustainable the Stockholm Furniture Fair is
Scandinavia's leading platform for design and architecture presents current trends in the furniture industry at its trade fair - sustainability also finds its place here
The German Design Award 2024 as a catalyst for design innovations
This year, innovative approaches to transformations in architecture, product and communication design will be honored with the German Design Award
Cozy living: Timeless hygge design for sustainable home furnishings
Hygge furnishings have been a trend for years. But what exactly is it and how can you furnish in this style?
Last call for registration for the German Design Award 2024
The world's most creative talents and hubs are invited to submit their groundbreaking projects for the German Design Award 2024 by September 1st
Energy-efficient construction: tips for sustainable house construction
Energy efficiency plays an increasingly important role in house construction. The right measures and construction methods reduce the energy consumption of your home.
Sustainable landscape architecture under the California sun
The Environmental Design Studio shows landscape architecture in a harmonious union of design and environment
News: German Design Award 2023 honors Eco and Social Design
The German Design Award 2023 revolves around impact - pioneering design means socially and ecologically responsible design
Gensler Design Forecast: Trends in a New Era of Human Experience
Design becomes the engine for sustainability, inclusion and community - everything about the metatrends of the Gensler Design Forecast
Norman Foster launches UN declaration for sustainable & integrative architecture
In the run-up to COP 27, architect Norman Foster presented the San Marino Sustainability Statement
Green Future Club celebrates its anniversary: 10 years Green Product & Concept Award
The application phase for the Green Product Award and the Green Concept Award 2023 is underway - this is what the organizer Green Future Club is planning
Iconic Awards 2022: Innovative Architecture - Awareness of Sustainable Building
The Iconic Awards 2022: Innovative Architecture honor forward-looking projects and new approaches to sustainable construction
Future Living – The 15 Minute City
Everything can be reached in a quarter of an hour - can the 15-minute city work?
Colour expert Annika Murjahn on innovative eco-colour culture
How Caparol Icons sets new standards for luxurious color concepts and sustainability on the European market for interior paints In an interview with Annika Murjahn, founder of CAPAROL ICONS
Event: Green Product & Concept Award 2022 honors innovative product designs
The competition for a greener future with sustainable and innovative product ideas - new this year is the MCBW exhibition and the Green Future Club
Art meets design: Herzog & de Meuron goes into series production with Corker
Cork design from a co-production between the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and the Swiss architecture firm
Bast Fiber Boom: Is Biomaterial the Next Normal in the Design Process?
Eco & slow design are en vogue. But what does sustainable design actually consist of? Everything to do with functional and aesthetic biomaterial
Planthroposcene Trend - Living in an Urban Jungle
What is Planthroposcene? A plea for nature to move into contemporary interiors for a better quality of life
Best of Tiny Houses - Secret Getaways for treehuggers and everybody else
These top 5 Tiny Houses prove how comfortable little spaces can be and are definitely worth a visit
News: Winners of the German Design Award 2022 prove innovative eco design
For the anniversary, the winners of the German Design Award 2022 show innovation, sustainability & aesthetics with pioneering projects
Material innovation in architecture and design
Here are 5 trends and innovative materials that are permanently changing architecture and design
The future of country life - Deurbanisation modernises the province
Deurbanization: Hardly audible, but shaping the future in the countryside is bringing noticeable changes - also in the city.
Bosco Verticale: Are forest towers the future of sustainable design?
More and more people are drawn to the city and more and more green space has to make room - wooded high-rise buildings should represent a solution to the problem
Micro homes - great freedom and the smallest ecological footprint
A new kind of quality of life - micro-house as an inspiring and environmentally friendly living concept
Book Club: Dig It! Building bound to the ground - building culture on the surface of the earth
Our book tip of the month digs deep into building culture - on the trail of architecture and its roots in the surface of the earth.
How sustainable cities can promote urban resilience
Environmental pollution, scarcity of resources and social inequality - many challenges of the present as well as climate change are concentrated in cities - sustainable urban development counteracts this
Book Club: Kuma – Japanese Architecture “Tradition meets the modern”
Our book tip of the month lets you discover the innovative architecture of the Japanese visionary Kengo Kuma with the beginning of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Berlin TXL will soon be a smart city and hotspot for urban technologies
5 questions to Philipp Bouteiller about the innovative and sustainable redesign of the former Berlin Tegel Airport In an interview with Prof. Dr. Philipp Bouteiller, CEO Tegel Projekt GmbH
Aging as an opportunity for intergenerational design
Nikolaus Hafermaas calls for sustainable cultural change and shows why intergenerational design is more than a mere design concept. Column by Prof. Nikolaus Hafermaas, Graft Brandlab
Green future powered by design - Green Trend Book 2021
The first round of recruiting for the Green Product and Green Concept Award 2022 is currently taking place - The Green Trend Book offers a sneak peek of what to expect.
Big City-Life: Sky Pool opens in London's Embassy Gardens
London architecture project: The 25-meter-long “Sky Pool” in the urban district of Embassy Gardens connects two ten-story buildings
The future of urban cities: Empathic buildings and intelligent mobility
Prof. Nikolaus Hafermaas, Managing Partner Creation of the Berlin agency Graft Brandlab, on the sustainable development of architecture, urban planning and mobility By Prof. Nikolaus Hafermaas, Graft Brandlab
Rethinking living spaces: Modular architecture and housing concepts
With modular architecture and flexible living concepts into the future of living - we show sustainable and creative projects that rethink living
Event: Green Product Award 2021 honors innovative product designs
The competition for a greener future with sustainable and innovative product ideas
3D printing ideas: These innovative formats set new milestones
Hardly any other industry has experienced such a boom in recent years as three-dimensional printing technology - here are five particularly innovative 3D printing ideas
What we can expect from the future new work culture
A shift in values towards collaboration, creative solutions and agility will result in the humanisation of future work
Book Club: Ai Weiwei - 40th Anniversary Edition
Our book tip of the month follows Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei through his life stages and shows his works inspired by the different phases
News: “All Eyes On” – Digital format of the German Design Award 2021
This year, the winning projects of the German Design Award will be presented by the German Design Council in a new online framework.
Wallmakers House: Award-winning architecture with a sense of sustainability
Vinu Daniel is considered an architectural pioneer. His Wallmakers house Shikhara shows how he is revolutionizing modern house construction in the long term
Architectural design and new standards for sustainability
Setting signals where they are created - this is what the British architecture firm does with its sustainability manifesto
Sustainable building & architecture in terms of the environment
With “Green Living” a trend has entered the living room that has a lasting impact on life in your own four walls