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Mizzi Studio creates mushroom&like pavilion for Kew's Carbon Garden thumbnail
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Mizzi Studio creates mushroom&like pavilion for Kew's Carbon Garden

A translucent roof made using flax crowns the ornate wooden structure of the Carbon Garden Pavilion at London’s Kew Gardens, created by architectural...

Joāo Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos converts Portuguese windmill into coastal guesthouse thumbnail
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Joāo Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos converts Portuguese windmill into coastal guesthouse

A palette of glossy green tiles and terracotta-toned render defines AIP House Azóia, a guesthouse that Portuguese studio Joāo Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos has...

London's Oxford Street to be pedestrianised "as quickly as possible" says Sadiq Khan thumbnail
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London's Oxford Street to be pedestrianised "as quickly as possible" says Sadiq Khan

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street will move forward, following support from the public and businesses. Results from...

Urban foxes inhabit roof of BIG and Heatherwick's Google landscraper thumbnail
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Urban foxes inhabit roof of BIG and Heatherwick's Google landscraper

Foxes are reported to be digging burrows in the rooftop gardens of Google‘s upcoming office in King’s Cross, London, designed by BIG and...

Low&carbon blocks made from sugarcane waste used to form classroom in India thumbnail
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Low&carbon blocks made from sugarcane waste used to form classroom in India

University of East London staff and students have created a school building in India from Sugarcrete, a biomaterial construction block made from sugarcane waste....

Will Gamble Architects renovates holiday home perched on Cornish rock stack thumbnail
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Will Gamble Architects renovates holiday home perched on Cornish rock stack

UK studio Will Gamble Architects has refurbished The Island, an old holiday home in Cornwall that sits on a rock stack and is...

Letsweave tables by LyZadie Design Studio thumbnail
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Letsweave tables by LyZadie Design Studio

Dezeen Showroom: New Zealand-based LyZadie Design Studio has created a series of tables made from reclaimed kauri and rimu wood that reinterpret traditional Māori...

Smoking Diaries exhibition reimagines the ashtray 17 different ways thumbnail
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Smoking Diaries exhibition reimagines the ashtray 17 different ways

A group of emerging designers created their own iterations of the humble ashtray for a one-day exhibition as part of 3 Days of...

Slippers made from dust showcase "meaningful" use for household waste thumbnail
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Slippers made from dust showcase "meaningful" use for household waste

Ravensbourne University graduate Rahat Rai has created a pair of slippers made using dust collected from a vacuum cleaner that was compressed to...

Gaza rubble clearance could result in 90,000 tonnes of carbon emissions thumbnail
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Gaza rubble clearance could result in 90,000 tonnes of carbon emissions

A study has calculated that it could take four decades to clear the rubble from destroyed and damaged buildings caused by Israel’s bombardment...