BUILD SUSTAINABLY

Deurbanization: Hardly audible, but shaping the future in the countryside is bringing noticeable changes - also in the city.

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

A new kind of quality of life - micro-house as an inspiring and environmentally friendly living concept

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.

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

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

London architecture project: The 25-meter-long “Sky Pool” in the urban district of Embassy Gardens connects two ten-story buildings

"Even if Ponti wasn't about saving resources, but about the impression of lightness, his approach can be transferred to our time"

Show your colors and set accents - these are the best manufacturers for ecological colors with a design factor

A luxurious and practical furnishing trend that is catching on again after more than half a century: mid-century furniture is back 

With modular architecture and flexible living concepts into the future of living - we show sustainable and creative projects that rethink living

Johan Berhin, founder and designer of Green Furniture Concept, talks about natural design as a symbol of security and the importance of modularity and circularity for interiors in public places Interview with Johan Berhin, Founder & Designer

The competition for a greener future with sustainable and innovative product ideas

"We started using our company as a case study for sustainable change in 2017 - the idea drives us that we can initiate real change in the design industry" In an interview with Stefan Dodds and Nick Shute, founders of Dodds & Shute

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 

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

This year, the winning projects of the German Design Award will be presented by the German Design Council in a new online framework.

No other country produces furniture as sustainably as Sweden. This finding has been shown in the new sustainability report from Dodds & Shute

Inidigenous technologies as a solution to climate change - In conversation with the author Julia Watson, about alternative ideas in symbiosis with nature In an interview with Julia Watson

The most important living trends in 2021: About redefining a good home and why cities need to become more resilient

Designer Huachen Xin inspires social change with his Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade In an interview with designer Huachen Xin

Our book tip of the month shows the most beautiful, most interesting houses worldwide as well as the ingenuity of visionary architects

Photovoltaics is one of the most promising renewable energies of our time. Here is everything you need to know about it

Vinu Daniel is considered an architectural pioneer. His Wallmakers house Shikhara shows how he is revolutionizing modern house construction in the long term

Midsummer is here and with it the desire to spend more time outside. With these garden design ideas, your garden will become an oasis of wellbeing

How can the architecture of our cities, our buildings, but above all the architecture of our lives, be better designed?

Setting signals where they are created - this is what the British architecture firm does with its sustainability manifesto

Michael Pawlyn pioneered regenerative architecture through innovation through imitation of biology

In 2020, Pantone is banking on a classic: "Classic Blue" is the color of the year. The color embodies calm, simple elegance and timelessness

About the existence of sustainable design and the pure illusion of upcycling

"Aesthetics for me is aesthetics & everything that comes from the heart"

Living & building with the most sustainable raw material in the world. Wood appeals to us aesthetically and also ensures a pleasant room climate. Whether solid wood, solid wood or real wood - we explain the differences

Find a vacation in a tiny house and get back to nature and concentrate on the essentials. We show the best tiny houses for a very special nature vacation

The Vessel is the heart of New York's newest luxury neighborhood, Hudson Yards. The building, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened its doors for the first time this year in Manhattan's Midtown West

In addition to the organic colors made purely on a natural basis, there are also increasingly new, environmentally friendly colors from renowned brands. We explain what you have to pay attention to when buying

In the almost 14 years of its existence, the Bauhaus revolutionized creative and artistic thinking. The big anniversary will be celebrated nationwide in 2019

With color nuances for a higher standard of living in your own four walls. Sustainable organic colors ensure a non-toxic well-being

Vertical farming is intended to revolutionize the future of agriculture. To what extent can the concept be implemented at home and in the city

More than just honey - why actor Morgan Freeman is fighting bee deaths with a ranch and what each one can do

With “Green Living” a trend has entered the living room that has a lasting impact on life in your own four walls