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- Season 3
- Episode 10
- 5 December 2023
- Architecture
This year’s competition is now over. Out of 2,380 registrants from 114 countries, 20 entries stood above the rest. So what were the big takeaways? Who showed the most ambition? The five jury chairs are here to tell.
- Season 3
- Episode 9
- 21 November 2023
- Architecture
How does the architecture we praise today square up with a sustainability mandate? Do green imperatives dampen the spirit at the drawing board or can they lift design excellence to new heights?
- Season 3
- Episode 8
- 7 November 2023
- Architecture
How does the architecture we praise today square up with a sustainability mandate? Do green imperatives dampen the spirit at the drawing board or can they lift design excellence to new heights?
- Season 3
- Episode 7
- 24 October 2023
- Architecture
Can necessity unlock greater innovation? How to create an architecture of delight and renown when the climate is harsh, resources are scarce and budgets tight? Can less ever become something more?
- Season 3
- Episode 10
- 5 December 2023
- Architecture
This year’s competition is now over. Out of 2,380 registrants from 114 countries, 20 entries stood above the rest. So what were the big takeaways? Who showed the most ambition? The five jury chairs are here to tell.
- Season 3
- Episode 9
- 21 November 2023
- Architecture
How does the architecture we praise today square up with a sustainability mandate? Do green imperatives dampen the spirit at the drawing board or can they lift design excellence to new heights?
- Season 3
- Episode 8
- 7 November 2023
- Architecture
How does the architecture we praise today square up with a sustainability mandate? Do green imperatives dampen the spirit at the drawing board or can they lift design excellence to new heights?
Recent blog posts
- Buoyant Housing in Brazil
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 16 November 2023
Vernacular forms and local materials set apart Buoyant Housing, a residential complex for a low-income coastal community in Manaus, Brazil, currently living in perilous and unsafe conditions.
- Housing Infill
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 9 November 2023
Housing Infill is a dwelling prototype with a compact, flexible and adaptable construction model proposed for the city of Córdoba in Argentina where housing demand is constantly challenged by the scarcity and high cost of land.
- UVA de La Imaginación
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 2 November 2023
UVA de La Imaginación is one of 20 obsolete water reservoirs turned into parks by Colectivo 720 in Medellín, Colombia. The goal is to create quality public amenities in low-income neighbourhoods grappling with crime.
- Liyumen Waterway Park
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 26 October 2023
The Liyumen Waterway Park is a pilot project in Shenzen (Guangdong, China) that aims to transform a polluted greywater channel into a popular community resource by banking on symbiotic nature-based solutions.
- Buoyant Housing in Brazil
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 16 November 2023
Vernacular forms and local materials set apart Buoyant Housing, a residential complex for a low-income coastal community in Manaus, Brazil, currently living in perilous and unsafe conditions.
- Housing Infill
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 9 November 2023
Housing Infill is a dwelling prototype with a compact, flexible and adaptable construction model proposed for the city of Córdoba in Argentina where housing demand is constantly challenged by the scarcity and high cost of land.
- UVA de La Imaginación
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 2 November 2023
UVA de La Imaginación is one of 20 obsolete water reservoirs turned into parks by Colectivo 720 in Medellín, Colombia. The goal is to create quality public amenities in low-income neighbourhoods grappling with crime.
Recommended podcast episodes
- Season 2
- Episode 9
- 23 May 2023
- Architecture
Extreme weather is often a matter of life and death. How do we design for the growing frequency and ferocity of storms? Do we resist at all costs or should we build structures that give in a little to save the whole?
- Season 1
- Trailer
- 18 November 2022
- Architecture, Urbanism
Are buildings and cities doing enough? Are they rising to the challenge of an uncertain future? And are we doing what needs to be done fast enough?
- Season 2
- Trailer
- 25 January 2023
- Architecture, Urbanism
What matters more to a sustainable future? Better buildings or better urban systems? What do we do, where do we start, when the answer also hinges on our relationship with natural systems?
- Season 2
- Episode 1
- 31 January 2023
- Architecture, Urbanism
Can design bridge the social and the environmental? How would a building do both, effectively? Is it possible to marry beauty and wellness with intelligence and efficiency?
- Season 2
- Episode 7
- 25 April 2023
- Architecture, Finance
More than a billion people are without shelter today. They could be 3 billion by 2050. Is the growing demand a giant opportunity? What if houses for those in need could produce both renewable energy and long-term profits?
- Season 2
- Episode 4
- 14 March 2023
- Architecture, Interior, Landscape
As a species, we seek closeness to nature. Designing for well-being, therefore, aims to bring nature to the heart of the built environment. But what do these ‘biophilic’ spaces feel like? And how do we set the stage to reap their benefits?
- Season 3
- Episode 10
- 5 December 2023
- Architecture
This year’s competition is now over. Out of 2,380 registrants from 114 countries, 20 entries stood above the rest. So what were the big takeaways? Who showed the most ambition? The five jury chairs are here to tell.
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