Dutch pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 will use plant tower to create its own microclimate
A "closed-loop climate system" centred around a tower of plants will feature in the Netherlands' pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020. More
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Planter Box House by Formzero is a concrete home covered in edible plants
Large concrete boxes filled with edible plants form the facade of this house in Kuala Lumpur by locally based studio Formzero. More
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Trees envelop Stepping Park House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia's architecture studio has filled the interiors of a house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with plants and trees to maximise its connection with a neighbouring park. More
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WOHA creates green community for senior citizens with Kampung Admiralty in Singapore
Housing, health facilities and social spaces are all contained within this plant-covered Singapore building by WOHA, which was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival. More
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MIT "cyborg botany" researcher builds plant-robot hybrid called Elowan
Natural and digital systems could be blended together to create new kinds of electronic devices, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher Harpreet Sareen, who has built a robot controlled by a plant. More
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Keita Augstkalne's intravenous drip brings neglected houseplants back to life
Riga Design and Art School graduate Keita Augstkalne has developed an indoor watering system to revive plants that have been neglected by their busy owners. More
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Another Country launches Ori furniture that promotes health and wellbeing
British furniture studio Another Country has teamed up with design agency Ekkist to create a series of health-focused furniture pieces, including a table with a tray for a surface and a multi-use daybed. More
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Flower Cage House is a Bangkok home with a facade of olive trees
A steel grid containing 102 olive trees fronts this extension to a house in Bangkok, designed by locally based architecture office Anonym. More
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Crème grows gourds in moulds to create biodegradable HyO-Cup
Brooklyn-based design studio Crème uses home-grown vegetables to produce a sustainable alternative to disposable coffee cups. More
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Over 10,000 plants used to create grassland inside Australian Pavilion
The indigenous grassland of southeast Victoria is recreated inside Australia's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion. More
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LOT creates tropical garden within Brooklyn coffee house Devoción
Verdant foliage, handmade tiles and wooden decor give rise to a Colombian-infused atmosphere in this urban cafe, created by LOT Office for Architecture for boutique coffee roaster Devoción. More
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Carsten Höller installs slide experiment in Florentine palazzo
Twin slides loop through a Renaissance palace created as part of an installation by Carsten Höller and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, which explores emotional effects of people on plants. More
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Stacking Planter with tiered volumes conceals built-in water saucer
New York designers Chen Chen and Kai Williams have created a pair of plant pots made entirely from stoneware, with hidden saucers at their bases. More
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Le House fills An'garden Cafe with plants to create an oasis in bustling Hanoi
Plants, trees and a pond introduce greenery into this cafe in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, designed by local studio Le House as a relaxing place to escape from the city's busy streets. More
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Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town
Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. More
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Carsten Höller's next slide installation will reveal emotional links between people and plants
Carsten Höller will explore how plants react to human emotions through his next slide installation, set to be built inside the courtyard of a palazzo in Florence, Italy. More
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Piccolo seed packaging rebranded to look like miniature book collections
London-based studio Here Design has created a new brand identity for Italian seed company Piccolo, including updated packaging designed to look like a miniature book series. More
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David Guerra wraps Brazilian house around courtyard filled with tropical plants
A cluster of cement- and stone-covered volumes conceal a garden of bushy grass, palm trees and colourful plants that architect David Guerra has created at the centre of this house in southeast Brazil. More
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MIT engineers transform plants into lights
MIT has taken the first steps towards turning plants into functional lighting by embedding the firefly enzyme in the leaves of a watercress plant. More
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SelgasCano transforms Richard Rogers' former studio into another Second Home workspace
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a third plant-filled workspace for Second Home, in the west London building that housed Richard Rogers' first architecture studio as well as providing the setting for cult 1960s film Blowup. More
