Gerardo Osio weaves chair into weeping willow tree on the Dommel river
Designer Gerardo Osio has woven the living branches of a weeping willow tree together to form a "living seat" along the Dommel river in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More
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Ten domestic interiors featuring statement plants that help bring nature indoors
If your home doesn't have a garden or a balcony, a well-chosen houseplant can bring the natural world inside. The second of a trio of spring lookbooks this Easter weekend showcases 10 domestic interiors with carefully chosen plants. More
Es Devlin to fill Somerset House courtyard with 400 trees for London Design Biennale
A forest is set to be planted in the heart of central London this summer as part of an installation that set designer Es Devlin has designed for the city's design biennale. More
Charred wood and greenery conceal IDIN Architects' Office in Thailand
Thai firm IDIN Architects has slotted a studio it designed for itself into a narrow site in Bangkok and obscured it from view using tall trees and blackened wood. More
Shma Company designs Bangkok home for family and forest of 120 trees
More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. More
BrewDog goes carbon negative with wind-powered breweries
Beer company BrewDog has gone carbon negative by switching to wind power for its breweries and bars, with plans to plant a forest's worth of trees. More
Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More
APL Design Workshop creates foyer disguised by trees for open-air theatre in Japan
Architecture studio APL Design Workshop has built a foyer on a raised platform ringed by trees for an open-air theatre in Kurobe, Japan. More
"I'm not an enormous advocate of the planting of trees" says Sebastian Cox
Rewilding is a better way of fighting climate change and biodiversity loss than planting trees, according to designer Sebastian Cox. More
Trees burst through walls of Ha Long Villa by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has built a house on Vietnam's scenic Ha Long Bay with trees growing through its concrete walls. More
MVRDV's art depot for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen nears completion
New photographs reveal that the MVRDV-designed Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is nearing completion in Rotterdam. More
Riverside visitor centre in China built around existing trees
A visitor centre for the village of Xiahuangyu, China, is formed of interconnected pavilions built around existing pine trees by DnA_Design and Architecture. More
Aia Jüdes merges tree outgrowths and fibre optics to make flamboyant lamps
Swedish artist Aia Jüdes has given gnarled tree offshoots a new lease on life by turning them into a series of lights decorated with rainbow LEDs, velvet scrunchies and shining puddles of brass. More
Housing commission final report recommends fruit trees and "fast track for beauty"
The UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has recommended urban orchards and incentivising developers by fast-tracking planning for attractive housing. More
IKEA reveals plans for car-free store wrapped in greenery
More than 100 trees will adorn the gridded facade of IKEA's city-centre Vienna Westbahnhof store, which will have no car parking spaces. More
10 of the most original Christmas trees of 2019
We've rounded up some of our favourite Christmas trees of the year, including not one but two inspired by the Bauhaus and a Lego dragon in Christmas tree form. More
Vo Trong Nghia plants fruit trees on the roof of a house in Vietnam
Recycled water from a ground-floor fish pond is used to nourish fruit trees on the roof of a house in Danang City, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. More
Trees poke out through the facade from inside block of Bangkok townhouses
Architecture practice Studionomad has built a block of five apartments in Bangkok with trees growing through the louvres of its facade. More
Snaking canopy covers open-air hotpot restaurant in Chinese forest
A canopy supported by slim white columns covers a hotpot restaurant by MUDA Architects in Chengdu, China which hugs the edge of a lotus pond in a eucalyptus forest. More
SO-IL wraps 130 trees in colourful hammock for an installation in Indiana
The 130 trees covered in pink, yellow and blue nylon webbing that form this installation in Columbus by US architecture firm SO-IL will be replanted at a nearby house designed by Eero Saarinen. More