AIA denounces Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. More
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"We're selfish – we're trying to solve problems for ourselves" says Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
An optimistic vision of the future in an era of climate breakdown is one that doesn't involve humans, said British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Dezeen Day. More
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Modular boxes used by Extinction Rebellion are "protest architecture"
Modular, plywood boxes have been self-built by climate change protesters Extinction Rebellion to build lock-on sites, towers and stages for London protests. More
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The "only way to save the world" is to ban land ownership, says Vivienne Westwood
British designer Vivienne Westwood has said that "we haven't got time to talk about fashion" in light of the climate crisis, and is instead calling for a ban on private land ownership with her One World Rent campaign. More
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"We fooled ourselves that sustainability was getting us where we needed to go" says Michael Pawlyn of Architects Declare
Architects must urgently go beyond creating sustainable architecture that minimises damage to the planet and design buildings that help repair it, says Michael Pawlyn from Architects Declare. More
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Float Lab designed to serve as "new kind of architecture for climate adaptation"
Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are among the marine creatures that are expected to take up residence in a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay that was created by a multidisciplinary team at the California College of the Arts. More
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Creativity in fashion "doesn't mean creating more stuff", says Extinction Rebellion's Sara Arnold
Extinction Rebellion staged a funeral march to close London Fashion Week. Dezeen spoke to organiser and activist Sara Arnold about the need to redefine creativity in the climate crisis, rather than making "more stuff". More
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New York's architects and designers join Greta Thunberg for Global Climate Strike
New York architecture firms and designers including Snøhetta, Selldorf Architects and Joe Doucet are participating in the city's climate strike today, joining a wave of industry figures taking part in demonstrations around the world. More
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Architects should give up concrete say experts at Architecture of Emergency climate summit
Experts and activists at the Architecture of Emergency climate summit in London have called upon architects to fight climate change by ditching concrete. More
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Architects and designers join Global Climate Strike to demand government action
Architecture studios Stanton Williams, Grimshaw and dRMM and designers Usman Haque, Sebastian Cox and Ben Terrett are among the creatives taking to the streets to protest political inaction over climate change in today's Global Climate Strike. More
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Glug creates digital database of protest posters for today's climate strikes
Creative networking organiser Glug has launched its #ProtestByDesign campaign that aims to create the world's biggest database of protest posters in support of the global climate strike today. More
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AIA makes climate crisis "top priority"
The American Institute of Architects has released a five-point action plan for climate change after announcing it a "critical issue" for the architecture profession. More
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Watch the Architecture of Emergency climate summit
Extinction Rebellion, Waugh Thistleton, Maria Smith, Adrian Lahoud and more delivered presentations on climate change at the Architecture of Emergency summit in London's Barbican Centre. More
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Klaus Littmann plants forest in Austrian football stadium
Swiss art curator Klaus Littmann has planted 300 trees in a football stadium in Austria as a "memorial" to the environment in the anthropocene era. More
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Think tank to research terraforming Earth founded by Moscow’s Strelka Institute
The Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow has launched a postgraduate course to research how the Earth could be terraformed to reverse the impacts of climate change. More
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MIT creates battery-free sensor for deep-sea and extraterrestrial exploration
An underwater internet of things monitoring the effects of climate change or sampling waters on distant planets is the dream of a group of MIT researchers who have created a battery-free underwater sensor. More
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"The rapid deterioration of Earth's biodiversity could be reversed equally quickly if we find new ways to design our cities"
Architects must act quickly and cooperatively to change cities and make their environmental good intentions reality, says Doug Voigt, urban design and planning partner at SOM. More
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Architecture of Emergency summit to address industry's "failure" to tackle climate crisis
Architects will join leading academics and campaigners to consider how the architecture industry should respond to a climate emergency at Architecture Foundation and Barbican's upcoming summit. More
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Goldsmiths bans beef and bottled water in move to end carbon emissions
Goldsmiths, one of the UK's best known art and design schools, has declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. More
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Foster + Partners' Marseille airport plans come under scrutiny for carbon emissions
A glazed terminal building at Marseille Provence Airport designed by Foster + Partners has come under fire from France's environmental authorities over fears it could hinder France's target to be carbon-neutral by 2050. More
