Tranquil Dawn named Colour of the Year for 2020
Paint brand Dulux has selected a cool-tone shade of green as it's Colour of the Year for 2020, which is meant to offer an antidote to an "increasingly disconnected" modern society. More
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Oskar Kohnen Studio adds pastel cabinetry to Lunettes Selection store
Customers can peek inside cabinet drawers to see the glasses on offer inside this mint-green eyewear store in Berlin, which has been designed by Oskar Kohnen Studio. More
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The Green Miracle is a Berlin flat featuring colour-block cabinetry and an indoor swing
Sage-green storage closets and a swing seat are among the quirky details in this renovated 19th-century apartment in Berlin, designed by local studio Club Marginal Architekten. More
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From Works creates kitchen that references Peak District landscape
Sheffield-based studio From Works has created a bespoke kitchen using materials and colours based on a moss-covered rock found in northern England's Peak District. More
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Atelier Sagitta incorporates emerald green kitchen into Parisian apartment
French practice Atelier Sagitta has added a dose of colour to this previously characterless apartment in the Paris suburbs by creating an almost entirely green kitchen. More
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Antonino Cardillo bases textured all-green gallery interior on Wagner opera
When refurbishing the interior of this gallery in Rome, Antonino Cardillo looked to the colours and textures used in the opening scene of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold opera. More
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Pantone creates Greenery-themed home that can be booked on Airbnb
Colour company Pantone has collaborated with Airbnb to fill a London home with planting and projects that match its verdant 2017 colour of the year. More
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Edouard François creates plant-covered housing block to disperse seeds across Paris
Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More
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Triptyque overhauls 1970s office tower in Rio to make it more environmentally friendly
French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity (+ movie). More
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Vo Trong Nghia Architects plans leaning, plant-covered towers for Bac Ninh city hall
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has designed a city hall for the Vietnamese city of Bac Ninh comprising a pair of planted towers, which lean together at the centre to frame a series of elevated viewing decks (+ slideshow). More
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Retractable sunscreen sheaths glazed cantilever at Ventus House
A sliding screen can reveal or conceal a glass office that cantilevers from the concave face of this concept house by American studio Fixd Architecture/Design (+ slideshow). More
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Straw bales insulate monochrome house in Ontario by Nicolas Koff
This house near Hamilton, Ontario, relies on a combination of fireplaces and straw walls to keep it warm, with a rooftop meadow adding to its green credentials (+ slideshow). More
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Stefano Boeri unveils plans for "vertical forest" tower in Switzerland
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has revealed designs for a plant-covered 36-storey tower in Lausanne, Switzerland, continuing the "vertical forest" concept he trialled with a pair of towers in Milan (+ slideshow). More
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Roxbury E+ townhouses in Boston designed to produce more energy than they use
Solar panels cover the rooftops of these four townhouses in Boston by local firm ISA, allowing them to sustainably produce more energy and hot water than their occupants are likely to use (+ slideshow). More
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Prefabricated house in Melbourne's City Square can produce more energy than it uses
Modular buildings specialist ArchiBlox has unveiled its prototype for a compact carbon-positive house, featuring "edible garden walls", a sunroom and an insulating grass roof (+ slideshow). More
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Vo Trong Nghia's chequerboard university building gets going in Vietnam
News: construction is now underway on a building designed by Vietnamese firm Vo Trong Nghia Architects for a technical university near Hanoi, featuring a chequerboard facade of concrete slabs and tree-filled balconies (+ slideshow). More
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Stefano Boeri's "vertical forest" nears completion in Milan
News: a pair of skyscrapers by Milan office Boeri Studio are nearing completion in the Italian city, featuring as many trees as could be planted in a hectare of forest. More
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Moss used as "biological solar panels" to power a radio
Swiss designer Fabienne Felder has worked with University of Cambridge scientists Paolo Bombelli and Ross Dennis to develop a way of using plants as "biological solar panels". More
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Robot tractors to farm crops on sloping roof of Milan expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: robotic tractors will create patterns across a field of crops on the roof of this pavilion that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed for the World Expo 2015 in Milan. More
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Timber-framed "bioclimatic" house with larch cladding by Tectoniques
This "bioclimatic" house on the edge of Lyon in France features a timber frame, cladding of larch and composite timber, and a planted roof (+ slideshow). More
