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Road ecology meets community science

Mesk-ellil is a garden made up solely of plants of the same name – an Arabic term that could be translated as “night musk”. The Latin name i

Live in a City that Breathes

The Reef Design Lab has created artificial reefs to mitigate coastal erosion and supply ideal habitat conditions for marine species.

The "Erodium Copy" robot, inspired by nature, buries seeds deep underground to aid reforestation and protect endangered species.

Retroreflective materials that reflect sunlight back into the sky and out of the urban canyon could lower temperatures by up to 20°C

Japanese design studio Sozai Center has created Adam Sheet, a washable and scratch-resistant biomaterial made of leftover apple pomace and b

Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design.

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has created the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let

Brease is an energy-saving, thermal insulating, and modular panel system designed to be adapted to the facades of houses. It does not requir

Created by Julia Vollmer at HFK Bremen, The Crochet Protocol explores the interaction between crocheting, code, the wearer and the control t

My sixth column for Landscape Trades examines how a nature prescription app can shape healthier landscape designs.

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system

It's not "The Last of Us," but it sure is weird. Here's how mushrooms and fungi can be used to carry out problems computers typically solve.

Mycelium is a natural material taking over the sustainable design world one industry at a time! A Netherlands-based company is hopping on th

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has debuted a new concrete alternative material as part of its participation in the fifth Chicago Architect

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