A knock on the door might bring an offer of free material to raise ground levels for a building project. It might be just what is needed and could save a lot of money. However, questions need to be ...

"Materials Design for Transition (MaDe/Trans) is a research group based at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano. Founded in 2015 under the umbrella of DIY-materials and led by Valentina ...

Lendager Group’s Resource Rows project in Copenhagen demonstrates a radical recycling approach to materials that significantly cuts construction’s carbon footprint, writes Rob Wilson. It is ...

Mallorca-based Sara Regal showcased seats made from building waste at fashion designer Cecilie Bahnsen's showroom for the two-day Residue: Soft Remains installation during 3 Days of Design. Regal's ...

Extracting materials is wreaking havoc on the planet. Could the world's growing mounds of waste hold the key to sustainable construction? We now smash, grab and pull some 100 billion tonnes of raw ...

Nearing completion, this 650m² house on the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire is designed to Passivhaus standards. The former factory was built in a clay-rich area – now the Cranborne ...

The Matena innovate! Center, an affiliated institute of the University of Bremen, is launching four new projects for up to three years with 1.5 million euros in funding. The goal is to apply excellent ...

Bjarke Ingels has combined sustainability with recreation by topping a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen with a 490m artificial ski slope. Is fun the new buzzword of environmentalism? Sustainability ...

Sometimes it’s useful to step back and start at the beginning so we can recalibrate our collective response in line with the realities that face today. So, that’s what I’m going to do in the case of ...