Plans for a The Green Build Hub – a ‘living laboratory’ for sustainable construction – have been released by the Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust, businesscornwall.co.uk reports. The Hub will not only be constructed using the most sustainable methods available – including recycled tyres – but will also serve as a lab for testing out new [...]

It’s not just the students who are bright in Roermond, Netherlands. This school goes straight to the top of the class for this dazzling display of colour. The unique exterior of the Niekee School for Education is the design of Haag architects LIAG. Inspired by many different colours, the challenge was to bring their colourful [...]

Retail firms are becoming one of the key players in the fight for sustainability. Ft.com reports retailers are constantly brainstorming new ideas to stay sustainable, from “charging for carrier bags to installing less harmful refrigeration systems”. Sustainable initiatives However, one of the most important techniques in the battle for sustainability is the focus on the [...]

Everyone wants a room with a view when on holiday but this Suffolk holiday home will really push you over the edge. Welcome to the ‘Balancing Barn’. It’s not a trick of the eye, this shiny, sleek steel building really is teetering over the edge of this hill. Yes, the incline may be slight, but [...]

It’s rare that you find a building so truly ‘at one’ with the landscape that it is practically built within it. This is the HQ of gaming company Giant Interactive Group. It looks a little like a space-age, futuristic version of the Tellytubby house, built within the lush green hills in Shanghai. Image source via [...]

This Berlin hotel is sure hitting the right note for its aspiring guests. Europe’s first ‘music and lifestyle’ hotel, the 300-room nhow Berlin is a creative fusion of zany, colourful interiors and state-of-the-art studios where musicians can work, rest and play. Image source Mirror-covered cantilever Image source Towering next to the River Spree in the [...]

40 schools in Derbyshire have been awarded a share of £40 million to repair buildings and add additional space, derbyshire.gov.uk reports. The money will be provided by the local council’s capital maintenance and basic need programme. It will help 40 schools in the area expand by building new offices, creating outdoor learning areas and renovating [...]

The government’s Green Deal has managed to wrangle 22 companies into signing up to be providers. A mix of large, small to medium-sized businesses and start-ups have all signed on the Memorandum of Understanding’s (MoU) dotted line pledging to help the Coalition kick-start the Deal, reports Business Green. Image source A watershed moment As a [...]