Environmental Design
Environment
Research
We can grow our way out of this building crisis
Standard materials like concrete and steel allow us to build fast, cheaply and at scale. They also have huge environmental impacts. It’s time for the circular revolution
Environment
Research
After 100 years, the song of a lost cricket returns to Venice Lagoon
As part of the Venice Biennale festival, the Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket has been reintroduced to lagoons via floating habitats, creating both an art installation and an ecological experiment
Environment
Research
Why we all need a 'climate safe room’ (and how to create one)
Our changing climate means homes and workspaces also need to change. By retrofitting buildings, we can create healthier, more sustainable urban spaces
Environment
Research
Changing the architecture of death
Cemeteries are running out of space, and cremation damages the environment, but there are other ways we could honour our dead
Sciences & Technology
When it’s hot in the city, let green spaces do the sweating for you
Everyone needs access to urban green spaces, not just those in more affluent areas
Environment
How our housing can make it feel like an Arctic winter
Australia’s housing just isn’t good enough when it comes to dealing with winter temperatures – we need to take lessons from the Northern Hemisphere
Environment
Podcasts
Encore: Unexpected outcome in bagging area
How the 5p plastic bag tax changed British habits overnight, and why we should think twice about our takeaway coffee cups
Health & Medicine
Creating a world that works for young and old
As our population ages, we need to develop private and public spaces that enable rather than constrain older people
Health & Medicine
Go Figure
Now we know: Why we stand in queues
Queuing is governed as much by environmental design as unspoken rules promoting equality and efficiency