BUILD SUSTAINABLY

A research team from the USA has developed an innovative material based on biodegradable substances that could replace steel…

A new report from Arcadis has determined which cities will be considered sustainable in 2024. We present the 5 big players in sustainability and explain what they are doing better

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

Diverse ecosystems instead of dreary concrete deserts: Interspecies Design creates environments in which not only humans but also other living beings find a home

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

Living in an environmentally friendly way is not as complicated as you think! Here we show you 20 clever climate protection tips for your home that will help you sustainably reduce your ecological footprint

The corn plant is one of the most widely grown crops worldwide. But can it also revolutionize the construction industry?

Transforming a space without creating waste can be challenging. We show the best tips for a zero-waste renovation

Heat pumps - an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional heating systems

Energy efficiency plays an increasingly important role in house construction. The right measures and construction methods reduce the energy consumption of your home.

The Environmental Design Studio shows landscape architecture in a harmonious union of design and environment

Design becomes the engine for sustainability, inclusion and community - everything about the metatrends of the Gensler Design Forecast

In the run-up to COP 27, architect Norman Foster presented the San Marino Sustainability Statement

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

The Iconic Awards 2022: Innovative Architecture honor forward-looking projects and new approaches to sustainable construction

When architecture meets uncompromising social & ecological sustainability - UNStudio launches design for Frankfurt's NION office tower

Maison & Objet Paris Design Week gives an insight into the visions of the future

Everything can be reached in a quarter of an hour - can the 15-minute city work?

The competition for a greener future with sustainable and innovative product ideas - new this year is the MCBW exhibition and the Green Future Club

After NJAL has already given 50.000 designers a voice in fashion, the first own & sustainable Collection N°1 follows

Zaha Hadid Architects' BEEAH Headquarters: a symbol of architecture at the intersection of sustainability, technology and philanthropy 

Eco & slow design are en vogue. But what does sustainable design actually consist of? Everything to do with functional and aesthetic biomaterial

With increasing urbanization, the challenges for urban planning also increase - circular cities offer a possible solution

  These top 5 Tiny Houses prove how comfortable little spaces can be and are definitely worth a visit

Here are 5 trends and innovative materials that are permanently changing architecture and design

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 was not concerned with saving resources, but rather with the appearance 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 - we are driven by the idea that we can initiate real change in the design industry” In an interview with Stefan Dodds and Nick Shute, founder 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

“For me, aesthetics is esthete and 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