Growing up in the country meadows of Belgrade, Serbia, while cultivating greenhouses on her family’s farm laid a solid foundation for artist Misha Milovanovich’s enduring connection with plants, animals, and nature. Her grandmother, the village… Read More »F5: Misha Milovanovich on Her Serbian Roots, Psychology + Film
Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bangalore, India, which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to “blur boundaries between the inside and outside”. Named Ineffable… Read More »Skylit home offers a “seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living”
Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed plans for the Seoul Twin Eye Ferris wheel in Seoul, which will consist of an intersecting double-ring structure perched atop a cultural complex. Designed in collaboration with Arup and Heerim… Read More »UNStudio reveals world’s tallest spokeless Ferris wheel in Seoul
The 5 Gyres research institute says bioplastics are “not a silver bullet solution” for plastic pollution, following a study that raises concerns about so-called biodegradable products. In its Better Alternatives 3.0 report, the Californian non-profit… Read More »Researchers find bioplastic straws intact after more than a year underground
British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. Named Spindles, the project,… Read More »Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands
Architecture studio Aedas has designed a pair of round-edged, 150-metres-high skyscrapers, named One Future, in Hangzhou, China. Informed by lotus plants in the nearby West Lake, One Future features facades of aluminium and glass panels lined… Read More »Aedas lines twin skyscrapers with bronze fins in Hangzhou