German studio Ingenhoven Associates has redesigned Calwer Passage, a former shopping centre and office block in Stuttgart, adding a "natural curtain" of trailing plants to its facade. More about Ingenhoven Associates drapes trailing plants over old Stuttgart shopping centre
Madrid architecture studio Ecosistema Urbano has created a modular tower with inflatable awnings and stacks of native plants to mitigate the effects of climate change in urban areas. More about Ecosistema Urbano creates modular plant tower to "mitigate urban climate change"
Metals "mined" by plants feature in a first-of-its-kind ring, made by materials researcher and designer Karoline Healy under her jewellery brand H2ERǴ. More about H2ERǴ ring made with metals "mined" by plants
Belgian design firm Studio Part has developed a demountable metal mould that encourages young willow trees to grow into a self-supporting bench. More about Reusable formwork by Studio Part moulds trees into living bench
An exhibit curated by local designers Eliza Axelson-Chidsey and Jess Fügler included a children's rocking horse and a "self-heimlich tool" as part of an exploration of everyday objects during NYCxDesign week. More about Paraphernalia exhibit explores "objects that shape us" in New York
California-based studio Moss has developed a self-watering planter and lamp that lets users without any gardening experience grow a variety of plants indoors. More about Moss creates self-watering Grow Lamp to simplify indoor gardening
Three design students from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have created a chair that is primarily used for cultivating plant life. More about Chia-Chair designed for plants first and humans second
Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a pavilion made from wood at Casa Wabi outside of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. More about CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation
Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding, filter seawater and promote biodiversity. More about Reef Rocket is a bio-cement reef grown from plant enzymes
Balconies shaded by trailing plants front this slender concrete home in Vietnam, which has been designed by local architecture practice X11 Design Studio to "promote a connection between nature and people". More about X11 Design Studio "connects nature with daily activities" at De Chill House in Vietnam
A team of Rhode Island School of Design students and researchers have created tesselated, floating planting beds made of a mycelium biomaterial to cleanse waterways of pollutants and restore wetland habitat. More about RISD researchers create floating mycelium pods to cleanse waterways
Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be "as stress-free as possible". More about Japanese garden design informs Tokyo real estate office by Flooat
A large sky garden filled with plants will be the focal point of Terrarium Cheong-Dam, a skyscraper that architecture studio ODA is designing in South Korea. More about ODA designs skyscraper punctured by "greenery-filled terrarium" in Seoul
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More about Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
Sweeping curves and planted terraces feature in this staggered office building which London-based studio Eric Parry Architects has created alongside a Singapore park. More about Eric Parry Architects staggers "cascade of garden terraces" down Singapore office block
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More about Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
Forest sounds and furnishings made from storm-stricken trees bring elements of nature into this menswear boutique in London's King's Cross, designed by local practice Fred Rigby Studio. More about Fred Rigby Studio creates dried flower meadow inside Lestrange's Coal Drops Yard store
Biodiversity should be promoted over aesthetics, says designer Sebastian Cox in this interview following the rewilding of a golf course as part of the Birch Selsdon hotel in South Croydon, UK. More about "Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet" says Sebastian Cox
In 2023 biophilic architecture has bloomed on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our plant-covered buildings board which feature an abundance of nature. More about Ten beautifully biophilic buildings from Dezeen's Pinterest
Local firm Daniel Boddam Studio has transformed a warehouse in Australia into a workplace for landscape design practice Wyer & Co, bringing nature into the space by using greenery and natural materials. More about Daniel Boddam converts Sydney warehouse into calm and plant-filled office