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In this May 23, 2018 file photo, Biennale International Architecture exhibition curators Yvonne Farrell, left, and Shelley McNamara appear in Venice, Italy.

Irish architects Farrell and McNamara won 2020 Pritzker Prize

The Irish architects have been awarded the 2020 Pritzker Prize for leading the way for women in a male-dominated profession.

04/03/2020

Russia

How volunteers are saving the wooden churches in northern Russia

Thousands of wooden monuments in Russia's north are being threatened with destruction because of a lack of government attention. Volunteers have stepped in.

12/12/2019

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Liquid windows and the energy-efficient buildings of tomorrow

02/12/2019

Paola Antonelli on stage at Dezeen Day and London's BFI Southbank

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.

05/11/2019

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.

09/10/2019

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How technology is influencing the future of food and housing?

Increasing agricultural production, living in more environmentally friendly buildings and on a more human scale are the goals of various technology projects in Serbia and Slovenia.

07/10/2019

Knut Hjeltnes Sivilarkitekter: Weekend House, Sildegarnholmen, Norway

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.

24/09/2019

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.

21/09/2019

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Rising from the rubble: how to turn construction waste into the building blocks of the future

Researchers in Spain and Italy are developing a range of new materials from construction waste that would once have ended up in landfill.

09/09/2019

Inspire Middle East

Lebanon’s Qasr Moussa: The story of the man who built his own castle

In the Lebanese mountains, the site of Qasr Moussa - or Moussa Castle - tells the story of a common man who pursued the dream of building his own castle.

06/09/2019

Destinations

How do you make a luxury destination zero-carbon?

We speak to the designers of an eco-friendly mega project on the Saudi Arabian coastline.

02/09/2019

Footbridge unites halves of Tintagel Castle

United Kingdom

Watch: A new footbridge will reunite the two halves of Tintagel Castle

09/08/2019

People play on a set of fluorescent pink seesaws across the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico, US

World

Watch: Mexican, American children play across border wall on seesaws

The three seesaws are intended "as a recognition of the actions that happen on one side and have a direct impact on the other," said the architect who built them.

31/07/2019

USA

César Pelli dies aged 92

César Pelli, known as the architect who designed some of the world's best-known buildings, has died aged 92.

20/07/2019

Art and Design

5 stunning examples of green architecture around the world

The most magnificent, environmentally mindful buildings from all over the globe.

10/07/2019

Watch: Buildings of celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright added to World Heritage list

USA

Watch: Designs of architect Lloyd Wright added to World Heritage list

"Wright set himself two goals: to define or even create the 20th century and to redefine what we are as human beings."

08/07/2019

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.

06/07/2019

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.

19/06/2019

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.

14/06/2019

Postcards

Step back in time and experience a Middle Ages village in Belarus

Authentic historical artefacts, including traditional clothes, baskets and entire houses, were brought from different regions that now make up Belarus. The village consists of a church, a school, a barn, a blacksmith shop, a windmill, farmsteads and a tavern.

14/06/2019

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.

06/06/2019

Watch: 13 artists come together in Samarkand to immortalise cultural sites in their drawings

Uzbekistan

Watch: 13 artists in Samarkand immortalise cultural sites in drawings

Thirteen artists from all over central Asia have met in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, one of the continent's most ancient cities, for an ambitious project immortalising centuries of cultural heritage in artworks.

05/06/2019

The Notre Dame Cathedral after the fire.

France

The architect in charge of Notre Dame wants to rebuild it as before

Architect Philippe Villeneuve has been overseeing the cathedral's renovations since 2013. He disagrees with Macron's idea of a "creative reconstruction".

04/06/2019