La Shed Architecture creates translucent barn to give cows "a better quality of life"
Architecture studio La Shed Architecture has built a large agricultural barn with polycarbonate sheeting walls for a farm in Montérégie, Québec. More
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PUP Architects extends Surrey Docks Farm with a sawtooth orangery and black tower
PUP Architects has refurbished Surrey Docks Farm in London, reinstating a three-storey tower clad in black timber and topped by a golden pig weathervane. More
Steve Nygren integrates European housing typologies in new Atlanta neighbourhood
Residences that take cues from the canal houses in Belgium and the Netherlands, and minimal wood-clad homes in Scandinavia feature in this new development on the outskirts of Atlanta. More
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Goat House's shutters are made from wood recycled from its construction
Yalin Architectural Design made shutters from the wooden planks used for the board-formed concrete frame of Goat House, a holiday house in a small farming village in Turkey.
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Bosske Architecture encloses robotic dairy in red "super shed" in Australia
Bosske Architecture has completed a dairy farm in Northcliffe, Australia, with a curving red structure that contains a robotic milking shed and a visitor centre. More
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Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows
A floating dairy farm has opened in Rotterdam, showing how food production can become less vulnerable to climate change. More
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CAW Architects creates cluster of agrarian buildings for Stanford Educational Farm
California firm CAW Architects used prefabricated elements and economical materials to create a series of light-filled buildings on an agricultural campus operated by Stanford University. More
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Vincent Callebaut proposes a roof that generates energy and food for Notre-Dame Cathedral
Paris-based architect Vincent Callebaut wants to give Notre-Dame Cathedral a new roof that generates energy and contains an aquaponic farm. More
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Undulating rooftop farm terraces will top food market designed by MVRDV for Taiwan
MVRDV has broken ground on the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan, which will be topped by a terraced green roof for farming. More
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"We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
Architects have an urgent mission, says Chris Precht, to bring food production back into the centre of our cities. More
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SO? builds modular House of Chickens on a farm in Turkey
House of Chickens, designed by architecture studio SO?, is a modular coop for 800 chickens on an artist's farm in Turkey. More
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Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms
Architecture studio Precht has developed a concept for modular housing where residents produce their own food in vertical farms. More
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Sean Cassidy proposes first seed vault in Sub-Saharan Africa for site on Mount Kilimanjaro
A subterranean seed bank could be built into the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, says Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts graduate Sean Cassidy, to ensure food crops can be regrown after an apocalypse. More
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Alter & Company creates playful extension to historic farm cottage
A slide and bright yellow ladder are among the playful interventions employed by Alter & Company in its modernisation of a farm in Surrey, England. More
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Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More
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North Carolina farmhouse by Buildsense combines rustic and modern features
Reclaimed materials form simple geometries in this farmhouse in North Carolina by design-build firm Buildsense, which sought to balance the modern appeal of a contemporary home with the cosiness of a rustic farm. More
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Asher deGroot builds Swallowfield Barn with help of local community
It took a village to build this barn for livestock in British Columbia, which Canadian architect Asher deGroot of Motiv Architects designed for his parents' farm. More
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INDEX reveals this year's five best life-improving designs
Drones that deliver blood with parachutes and a sustainable ocean farming system are among the winners of the INDEX: Award 2017. More
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Freight Farms allows crops to be grown inside shipping containers
Freight Farms, a startup that has found a way to grow crops inside shipping containers, features in the latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series. More
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PIDO's Bike Share Farm is a community garden that can be pedalled from place to place
Beijing architecture firm People's Industrial Design Office has designed a mobile farm that lets the community share responsibility for crops' wellbeing. More
