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  • Lightyear launches "world's first production-ready" solar-powered car

    Dutch startup Lightyear has unveiled its Lightyear 0 electric car that has solar panels covering its roof, bonnet and boot so that it can be charged while driving. More

    Alice Finney | 30 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • MVRDV designs cluster of six interconnected skyscrapers in Ecuador

    Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released plans for six skyscrapers called the Hills, which will be built in Ecuador as the studio's first South American project. More

    Ben Dreith | 17 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Gensler uses solar-panel canopy to shade mass-timber Texas office

    American architecture studio Gensler has completed the Fifth + Tillery office in Austin, Texas, which uses a canopy of photovoltaic panels to create shade for the plaza and roof terrace. More

    Ben Dreith | 13 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Zaha Hadid Architects designs sinuous solar-powered catamaran

    UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its concept for the Oneiric solar-panel-covered yacht, developed with Italian shipyard Rossinavi. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 2 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Populous designs solar-powered arena as "landmark for Munich"

    A decorative exoskeleton that references the Bavarian flag will surround the Multifunctional Concert and Congress Center stadium, which architecture studio Populous is designing in Munich, Germany. More

    Lizzie Crook | 28 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Perkins & Will uses wind direction to shape LA low-income housing complex

    Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. More

    Ben Dreith | 14 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • TEF Design creates living wall for net-zero Larkin Street Substation in San Francisco

    A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption. More

    Jenna McKnight | 10 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "The solar revolution is underway, but one rooftop at a time"

    At a time of soaring energy bills and impending climate catastrophe, installing solar panels makes more sense than ever. But the market is rigged in favour of fossil fuels, writes Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More

    Marcus Fairs | 7 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks

    Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs. More

    Jane Englefield | 26 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Marjan van Aubel turns solar cells into art with glow-in-the-dark tapestry

    Strips of colourful photovoltaic cells are arranged into a geometric pattern to form this artwork, conceived by Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel to bring solar panels from our roofs into our homes. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 26 January 2022 | Leave a comment
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    MVRDV designs photovoltaic-covered office for Taipower in Taiwan

    Architecture studio MVRDV has released visuals of Sun Rock, a self-sufficient office and operations facility it has designed in Taiwan for the government-owned power company Taipower. More

    Lizzie Crook | 19 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Aalto University researchers create jacket with hidden solar panels

    Design and physics researchers at Finland's Aalto University have worked together to create clothing with concealed solar panels, making the technology invisible to the naked eye. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 18 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Marjan van Aubel creates colourful solar panel skylight for Dubai Expo

    In an effort to make solar panels beautiful, Marjan van Aubel has created translucent, stained-glass-like photovoltaics, which have been unveiled as part of the Netherlands' pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 1 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Inaugural Solar Biennale aims to mobilise designers around the "solar revolution"

    Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut is set to host the first-ever Solar Biennale in 2022, which will see creatives and scientists collaborate across disciplines to envision a future where everything is solar-powered. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 28 September 2021 | Leave a comment
  • MVRDV unveils terraced LAD headquarters in Shanghai designed as "agricultural oasis"

    Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released designs for a terraced office block clad in solar panels for Chinese agriculture development company Lankuaikei Agriculture Development. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 13 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • The Butterfly Effect is a bridge to help insects cross the road

    VenhoevenCS, DS Landschapsarchitecten and Studio Solarix have designed the Butterfly Effect, a proposal to stretch a treetop-level web over a Dutch motorway to provide insects with cleaner air above roads. More

    Jane Englefield | 8 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Henry Glogau wins Lexus Design Award with Portable Solar Distiller for informal settlements

    Architecture graduate Henry Glogau has developed a distiller that purifies water using solar energy and can be assembled from cheap, readily available materials. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 27 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Architects are "at the very centre of what we need to do to get to net-zero" says Bulb CEO

    Millions of homes could generate small amounts of solar energy to help eliminate carbon emissions from the UK power grid, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More

    Marcus Fairs | 15 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Salmela designs Electric Bungalow in Minnesota for architecture professor

    American firm Salmela Architect has designed a solar-powered urban-infill house that is meant to demonstrate a new way forward for single-family housing. More

    Jenna McKnight | 2 May 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Mighty Buildings plans neighbourhood of 3D-printed homes for California

    Construction technology company Mighty Buildings has announced plans to build 15 homes using prefabricated 3D-printed panels in Rancho Mirage, California. More

    Jane Englefield | 31 March 2021 | Leave a comment
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