Outdoor This 139-year-old house was wheeled through San Francisco The Englander House moved six blocks in six hours with thousands watching the extraordinary process.
Art and Design This library is paving the way to lower carbon architecture The design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library is based on a 2,000-year-old building technique.
Art and Design This floating 'continent' is self-sustainable and cleans the ocean The 8th continent is an award-winning piece of architecture designed to be a "living organism".
Ideas Take a look inside the school bus converted into a tiny home A virtual tour of this sustainable home on wheels, kitted out with recycled materials and powered by solar energy.
Ideas This architecture student turned an old school bus into a tiny home Caleb Brackney bought the bus on Facebook and says he "couldn't be happier" with the result.
Art and Design Paris Champs-Élysées to be turned into an 'extraordinary garden' The French capital is transforming its iconic promenade into a green oasis.
Ideas This architect builds schools in Senegal using upcycled materials She also founded a charity which teaches local people to build their own houses from upcycled materials.
Ideas 'Unusual but nice': The Russian house covered in discarded bottle tops Creator Svetlana Kuzevanova started making murals with bottle caps after being inspired by her cross stitch-patterns.
Ideas The architect who wants to build cities with a million trees Two of his best-known works are the Vertical Forest Towers in Italy and the Liuzhou Forest City in China.
Art and Design Inside the innovative eco-school designed to remove air pollution The ‘Forest School’ in India is designed to teach children environmental studies too.
Art and Design What can an Aboriginal health centre teach us about eco-architecture? Rammed earth construction techniques date back to the Neolithic era, but the method is growing in popularity again.
Art and Design Stunning 'hybrid timber' tower will be the tallest in the world This construction technology could be part of a climate change solution.
Art and Design The key to eco architecture is green space and floods of sunlight As sustainability becomes more mainstream, we consider how architects blend nature with the built environment.
Art and Design Europe's hidden green spaces: from flowering roofs to bus stop gardens Cities are planting unused space with foliage to tackle the challenges of urban living.
Ideas What’s life like inside the UK’s first zero carbon, eco village? The 250-strong village produces no carbon on a daily basis, with residents living entirely sustainably.
Art and Design Dezeen Day: 4 eco designers changing the world with their art Highlights from the 2019 international design conference held by Dezeen in London.
Art and Design Spanish university builds eco-campus for students to learn outside The University of Malaga partners with Ecosistema Urbano to design open, outside classrooms for students.
Art and Design Inspirational Escapism: A collection of incredible off grid homes Dominic Bradbury's Off Grid- Houses for Escape collects together beautifully designed houses that don't weigh heavily on the environment.
Art and Design A vision of the future: Kengo Kuma at the London Design Festival We sat down with Clare Farrow, curator of Kengo Kuma's 'Bamboo (竹) Ring: Weaving into Lightness' to talk about the future of sustainable architecture.
Art and Design 5 stunning examples of green architecture around the world The most magnificent, environmentally mindful buildings from all over the globe.
Art and Design How to furnish your home sustainably We chat to leading homes and interiors specialists to find out how to spruce your rooms without denting the environment.
Art and Design Is Downtown Doha the most sustainable city district in the world? This massive project in the centre of the Qatari capital will eventually produce one of the most eco-friendly neighborhood to date.
Art and Design Olympic house named one of the world’s most sustainable buildings The IOC headquarters has been presented with a prestigious energy and environmental award.
Art and Design Nikola-Lenivets: A Russian country park where art and nature entwine A village in the Kaluga Region is one of the last places you'd expect to find Europe's largest landscape park filled with contemporary art.
Ideas #GoodReads | Whale intelligence and one child's view on climate change All the most inspiring content on sustainability issues from around the web last week.
Art and Design A new floating pool on the Thames is about to become a reality Our interview with architect Chris Romer-Lee from Studio Octopi about the opening of the Thames Baths in London.
Art and Design Will Notre Dame be made into an eco-cathedral? The 12th century old cathedral could be potentially modernised into an energy efficient solar project.
Ideas #GoodReads | 'Greenwashing', eco-friendly glitter + closet clear outs All the most scintillating long-reads we've been reading on the web this week
Art and Design Architecture: a smarter and more sustainable way of building Our interview with Kim Herforth Nielsen, founder and creative director of trailblazing Danish architects 3xN.
Art and Design “The greenest buildings are those that people find comfortable” Our interview with architect Peter Fisher of Bennetts Associates on the combination of beauty, sustainability and technology.
