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Climate

Urban heat islands: What are they and how can we combat them?

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Design

RIBA announces architecture shortlist for Stephen Lawrence Prize 2025

Diverse, innovative and inspirational creations are at the forefront of six outstanding designs shortlisted for the prestigious Stephen Lawrence Prize, the annual award for early career architects, named after the south London teenager fatally stabbed in a racist attack in 1993.

Travel News

France, Japan, China: Where are the world’s most beautiful airports

The award prioritises “intelligent sustainability” in airport design.

Design

Italian architect Stefano Boeri wins award for Dutch vertical forest

Stefano Boeri has been promoting urban forestation through his design, which incorporates greenery into high-rises.

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This house made of straw can 'breathe,' thermoregulate and insulate

In Bulgaria, some architects and companies are turning to eco-friendly building materials.

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Design

Hempcrete: The green brick taking on the challenge of climate change

Hempcrete is a bio-based building material helping to power the drive to net-zero, but how can a product developed a millennia ago help tackle today's environmental challenges? Euronews Culture gets down and dirty with a material that has Europe’s eco-conscious architects high with excitement.

Earth News

Euroviews. Can historic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower ever be truly green?

It's generally assumed that old historical buildings are likely inefficient, use more energy, and are maintenance-intensive. However, the Eiffel Tower is an example I’d like to highlight, proving this doesn’t have to be the case, Cristina Gamboa writes.

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This 3D-printed biomaterial could be used to build homes one day

The sustainable biomaterial could already be applied as a tiling system for smaller components in buildings.

Destinations

Is Italy building the world’s first airport with a vineyard on top?

Novel plans have been revealed for Florence’s new airport.

Design

Take a look inside the stunning Villa Éphrussi de Rothschild

Comprising nine themed gardens – French, Spanish, Japanese, Florentine, Provençal, exotic, stone, rose, and Sèvres – the gorgeous estate is a horticultural masterpiece.

Earth News

Forest or grove? Why critics are divided on France’s new ‘urban forest

France’s capital city is getting its first urban forest as its green transformation plan takes shape, but not everyone is impressed.

Climate

How should architects build as climate change takes hold?

From energy efficiency and Passivhaus to retrofits and carbon handprints, here are some sustainable design basics.

Earth News

‘It’s an attitude’: Inside Europe’s greenest capital city for 2023

As its year in the limelight draws to a close, how has Tallinn improved citizens’ lives and inspired them to take greater care of nature?

Culture news

Forgotten spaces: The hidden green oases of Naples

In a city that suffers from a chronic lack of green areas, some are turning to old forgotten spaces to give people a breath of fresh air.

Earth News

Which European countries have the easiest access to green spaces?

Living near green spaces has an array of health benefits, but access is unequal across Europe. How can we make the continent greener?

Nature

How Paris can avoid a ‘nightmare scenario’ in 50 degree heat

Paris needs to act now to avoid ‘nightmare scenario’ in future heatwaves, new report urges.

Design

Future of design discussed at World Congress of Architects

The International Union of Architects have convened for their triennial World Congress of Architects in Denmark. The congress features keynotes on sustainability in the industry as well as erecting 15 pavilions to show off experimental projects around Copenhagen.