The Australian Urban Design Awards singled out the car park at Campbelltown station as an example of how utilitarian structures can improve the urban environment.
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Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming has become the world’s first airport to earn International Dark Sky Place status.
The University of British Columbia has introduced MycoToilet, a toilet that processes waste with mycelium and needs no water, electricity, or chemical agents.
Sagrada Família in Barcelona has reached its maximum designed height, with the final element installed on the main Tower of Jesus Christ.
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In Lund, retired wind turbine blades have become part of a parking garage facade for the first time in Europe.
The Heritage Preservation Council has approved a concept for adapting the former Kresty detention center for public use.
Fyrn has turned walnut, oak and aluminum offcuts into Studio Series, a small collection of one-of-a-kind interior objects in which irregularities and traces of handwork became part of the design.
In Mandalay, 26 bamboo homes survived a 7.7-magnitude earthquake.
In the Netherlands, a decommissioned wind turbine “core” has been converted into a compact 35 m² mobile home.
Researchers are creating building materials that do more than replace concrete and metal: from microalgae bricks to walls with cyanobacteria and panels made from mycelium, some continue to function after installation.
Without motors or electronics, Theo Jansen has been creating wind-powered sculptures from plastic tubes and fabric on the beaches of the Netherlands since 1990.