Cultivating native plants in São Paulo
In conversation with REC Winners Daniel Caballero & Edegar Silva
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‘It feels like closing a loop’
Past winners Emy Bensdorp & Loreta Castro on the Redesign Everything Challenge
Open call: How can social designers spark cultural participation for climate awareness?
Inspiring climate awareness community projects
Architecture beyond the mega-city
Teppei Fujiwara on urbanisation and socially grounded architecture in Japan
A return to thoughtful building in India
Learning from traditional practices to create climate-resilient cities
When buildings give something back
Architect Michel Rojkind to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Yinka Ilori brings joy to a basketball court
London-based artist designs a colourful public court for Canary Wharf
Six innovations taking on the plastic waste crisis
WWF highlights bold solutions to achieve no plastic in nature by 2030
Gjenge bricks are cheap, colourful & stronger than concrete
Meet the inventor making building blocks out of Nairobi’s plastic waste
Harvesting clean energy, using rotten veg
Innovative new material could turn entire buildings into vertical solar farms
How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts
Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo
In the wake of COVID-19, a push for more inclusive public facilities
Do we dare imagine a city without waste?
An animated call to action featuring designer Bruce Mau
Every empty street is a crowd against the virus
Artists use stencils and chalk to share positive, publicly useful messages about social isolation on the streets of São Paulo.
Studio Precht designs a park for social distancing
‘Parc de la Distance’ aims to offer separation — and escape
The Rise Of The Sidewalk
Physical spaces for interaction, exchange and expression – designing the 1.5 meter society
Design for distance
How will we design public space post duct-tape-markings?
Eco-friendly brick made from sand and human urine
Cape Town student’s invention could reduce construction sector’s impact on climate
Cycling activist Aline Cavalcante in Top 5 of Urban Visionaries
WDCD-alumnus Cavalcante heralded for her persistence in claiming cyclist rights
Vertical Forests reduce energy use, improve urban air quality
Living architecture is the new generation of high-rise urban buildings
Housing more people while reducing CO2 emissions
Clean Energy Challenge: developing greener buildings in Dehli
Making the journey from farm to fork greener and fairer
Clean Energy Challenge: reimagining the food supply chain in Nairobi
How to embed clean energy in Amsterdam’s cityscape?
Clean Energy Challenge: designing the energy transition in Amsterdam
From waste to resource, a new mind-set for Mexico City
Clean Energy Challenge: rethinking waste in Mexico City