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
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Stefano Boeri designs first tree-covered social-housing project
Italian architect Stefano Boeri is bringing his vertical forest model to a social-housing project in Eindhoven, to show how green homes can be provided at affordable rents. More
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Glazed extension to Taiwan home by 5X Studio provides views of plants and the sky
This extension to a house in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, contains independent living spaces for two brothers, which are connected by a glazed corridor that traverses a narrow plant-lined courtyard. More
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Urban gardening system Growmore helps city dwellers build mini local farms
Our next Dezeen x MINI Living video explores a modular urban farming system called Growmore, which allows people living in cities to build mini gardens from a series of simple plywood planters. More
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The Botanist restaurant by Ste Marie features rosy hints and copious greenery
Pastel tones and plenty of plants fill this hotel restaurant and bar in Vancouver, which local design studio Ste Marie modelled on a conservatory. More
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Florian Wegenast designs furniture that creates "temporary gardens" in small spaces
Design graduate Florian Wegenast has created a range of furniture that incorporates plant holders, as a way of maximising green space in tight urban environments. More
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Stella Collective "brings the outside in" for seaside cafe interior
Melbourne interior design studio The Stella Collective has paired lush green foliage with stark white walls for this cafe in Brighton, UK, which is designed to feel like a jungle. More
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Living Light is an off-grid lamp powered by photosynthesis
Dutch designer Ermi van Oers has created a lamp that uses a living plant to generate its own electricity – and plans to scale up the technology to power entire smart cities. More
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Vo Trong Nghia incorporates trees into chequerboard facade of Hanoi university building
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed an office building at Hanoi's FPT University, featuring gridded facades that incorporate recessed windows shaded by trees. More
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MVRDV's "Seoul High Line" captured in new photographs
Four months after MVRDV revealed its plant-covered walkway on a former elevated highway in Seoul, photographer Jim Stephenson visited the project to see how it is settling into the city. More
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Hearth Architects completes family house in Shiga with tree-planted atrium
This family house in Japan's Shiga prefecture was designed by local studio Hearth Architects around an indoor garden, which is planted with a tree that extends towards a skylight. More
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Francois Perrin installs cooling Air Houses in Chicago conservatory
Los Angeles-based artist Francois Perrin has created a set of structures designed for keeping cool in our warming climate, and hoisted them above the palms at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory. More
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Growmore is a modular building kit for urban gardeners
Planting boxes can be bolted together to create mini gardens and farms, with this simple construction system devised by Danish architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum. More