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
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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