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Can design help Delhi breathe easy?
In conversation with REC Winners Abhimanyu Singhal & Depanshu Gola
One bite away from extinction
In conversation with REC Winner Carla Rotenberg
Designing a greater sense of belonging
Breakout session report: Belonging beyond borders
‘It feels like closing a loop’
Past winners Emy Bensdorp & Loreta Castro on the Redesign Everything Challenge
Your Summer Reading List by Liza Enebeis, Bebel Abreu & more
6 recent favourites on regeneration, feminism & the business of design
‘We can use digital technologies to stimulate empathy’
Guto Requena on love, urban design and Queer Eye Brazil
Architecture beyond the mega-city
Teppei Fujiwara on urbanisation and socially grounded architecture in Japan
Time and nature take the spotlight in 2022
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
A return to thoughtful building in India
Learning from traditional practices to create climate-resilient cities
Has hempcrete ever looked this good?
Dutch designers complete pink biobased building for Floriade 2022
The world’s first Solar Biennale kicks off on 9 September
Event will present a ‘new and holistic perspective on the energy of the sun’
How to live—and build—in symbiosis with nature
Julia Watson to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
5 radical books to reframe your perspective
On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Marwa Al-Sabouni to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
When buildings give something back
Architect Michel Rojkind to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
All that glitters is salt
Karlijn Sibbel & Atelier Luma unveil new biomaterial made from salt crystals
The world’s first 3D printed earthen house
TECLA brings together ancient materials and new technology
A monkey house in between trees
Marko Brajovic completes his latest structure in the forests of Paraty, Brazil
Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo
In the wake of COVID-19, a push for more inclusive public facilities
New spatial strategies for museums
Design studios release guidelines to help cultural spaces reopen safely
Studio Precht designs a park for social distancing
‘Parc de la Distance’ aims to offer separation — and escape
Five WDCD talks on architecture
Ideas from the archives that could help us rethink our lives on the other side
Architecture’s response to the pandemic
The architectural trade is showing their resilience, improvisation skills and adaptability