South Africa will move to level 4 lockdown restrictions from 1 May 2020 as part of the country’s risk-based approach to dealing with the...

The industry is four times more polluting than air travel. Making it more sustainable is critical to protecting our health and the...

In these trying days when social distancing seems to be so hard for so many, perhaps a change of living space is the key to finding some...

Doing so raises many logistical questions, such as the establishment of a base for the astronauts. Sending materials to the moon to build...

In a perfect future world where we have once and for all put an end to oil drilling, the planet’s ocean will be still brimming with...

Buildings are not unlike a human body. They have bones and skin; they breathe. Electrified, they consume energy, regulate temperature and...

There’s very little doubt that 3D-printing could be huge in the future of design, and architects from around the world are taking...

Dubai is known for its dazzling desert skyscrapers, but it wasn't always that way. Less than 200 years ago, it was a small fishing...

Wind turbine blades can be truly enormous, reaching lengths of up to 107 m. They often incorporate lightweight balsa wood, which may soon...

Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against...

Singapore-based design firm Urban-Rural Systems has developed an innovative housing prototype that fights urban sprawl while...

Africa’s tallest skyscraper - and one of the most exclusive hotels in Sandton, The Leonardo - finally opened its doors on Tuesday, with...

Designed by latvian studio zeltini, the ‘z-temple of poop’ is a compost toilet that features a roof garden and a picture-window view of...

Micro-apartments in the newly launched Newlands Peak development in Cape Town’s Southern suburbs will be sold from R1.35 million when...

South Africa’s first fully integrated mixed-income, mixed-use development, aimed at reversing apartheid spatial planning and located near...

Production of the cement used in concrete is a huge source of CO2 emissions, so the more that we can recycle existing concrete, the...

Over the next three years, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will package blended finance megaprojects of at least...

To establish Britain as a world leader in the fight against climate change, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has broken ground on the...

While the drive to eliminate plastic straws and single-use plastics was an eye-opener in the push to adopt more sustainable and green...

Southeast of New Delhi, in Greater Noida City, Rahul Jain Design Lab (RJDL) has transformed recycled shipping containers into a dynamic...