Will homes need to adapt to better accommodate work? Will pavements widen so we can keep our distance? Will we no longer want to live so densely packed together, working in open-plan offices ?
Every tree will be computer monitored for health and hydration, providing a case study over the next five to 10 years that will set the base parameters for future buildings.
In contrast with the conventional, completely sealed-off, air-conditioned tower, this hotel, designed by local office WOHA, merges architecture and nature, and combines indoor and outdoor spaces in a striking fashion.
A new study Futurology: The new home in 2050 provides insights into some of the trends we are likely to see 30 years or more into the future.
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced the first building certified under their new Zero Carbon standard, an office building in Waterloo, Ontario.
A look at the phenomenon of 3D printing worldwide, including a delicate resin pavilion in China, classical-design-inspired concrete beams in Italy and buildings that “think” in Germany.
The Oman Botanic Garden will be a whopping 1,037 acres of land filled with native flora, with two beautiful biomes housing the country’s most unique plant species.
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) just broke ground on a new energy storage tower for Heidelberg, Germany.
Technology developed at MIT could enable faster, cheaper, more adaptable building construction.
A US-based tech company is bringing tiny homes to the masses by streamlining the construction process with the help of computer algorithms. Prefabricated houses are 80% more efficient than conventional homes.
If architect James Gardiner is even half right, 3D printing is about to launch a digital design revolution. Dr Gardiner believes it will transform our world like the industrial revolution did in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Dutch firm topped out the Tianjin Binhai Library, which features a gigantic eye-like space at its heart.
The campus of the future will undoubtedly incorporate sustainable design, and Erasmus University in Rotterdam wants to pave the way by leading through example.
How do you build a future out of grass? On the Indonesian island of Bali, one organization has set out to do just that. Ibuku, an architecture and furniture design firm based outside of Denpasar, Bali’s capital, is using Dendrocalamus asper bamboo—or petung in Balinese—to construct Green Village.
We have to build our homes and buildings in a way that we can maintain them in the face of changing conditions, economic and climactic.
