Stories by Jennifer Hahn
Norman Foster calls for “higher standards” on embodied carbon at COP26
Architects are “enablers of business as usual” say speakers at Built Environment Summit
UK net-zero strategy “totally lacking in ambition” say architects
Pratt students create home-compostable water filters from food waste
Alexia Audrain designs hugging chair to comfort people with autism
The Dezeen guide to plastic in architecture, design and interiors
Low-key Milan design week shows that “less is better”
Note Design Studio reuses Vestre fair stand to form indoor park installation
WPP building online “Minecraft world” featuring all its global offices in one place
Sydney mandates lighter roofs and larger gardens for suburb to ward off climate change
IKEA launches “accessible and affordable” subscription for renewable energy in Sweden
The Act of Quad designs multi-generational Mumbai apartment with its own temple
Design Museum conducts “first-ever” environmental audit of exhibition for Waste Age
Waste crisis a “design-made mess” says Design Museum show curator
Design brands have to prioritise sustainability “or they die” says Benjamin Hubert
Inaugural Solar Biennale aims to mobilise designers around the “solar revolution”
Ilja Schamle powers server with tomato plants in self-sustaining ecosystem
Nebbia Works constructs mono-material pavilion for V&A from low-carbon aluminium
Geneva students draw upon female form to reimagine Clockwork Orange milk bar
Emerging Italian designers create furniture in response to Rick Owens’ work
Shane Fu fools “gullible” viewers with hyperrealistic window animation
Wind Catching Systems designs giant floating wind farm with 117 turbines