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Helping tackle climate change + housing poverty, Stefano Boeri’s vertical forest

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Sustainability; Social housing; Environmental design; Environmental impact; Urbanism; Stefano Boeri Architetti

An enlivening shortlist and two brilliantly presented special mentions

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Housing; Transport; Climate emergency; Black Lives Matter; Poverty; Health; Community; Workplace; Technology; Places planning & community; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Rethink 2025

New Story’s groundbreaking scheme meets international building standards

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: ICON; New Story; Tabasco; Mexico; 3D printing; Design construction & technology; Stephen Cousins

Was this a natural or man-made disaster?

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Sierra Leone; Freetown; Climate; Mudslide; Designing and building it

Andrew Saint’s atmospheric history of how building helped improve life for the poor

Region:: London

More:: Otto Saumarez Smith; Urban poor; Design construction & technology; Andrew Saint; Victorian building

The benefits of Passivhaus design made affordable

Region:: Scotland

More:: MacEwen Award; Passivhoos House; Stewart & Shields; John Gilbert Architects; Design construction & technology; Architecture for social purpose; Architecture for the common good; Housing

Royal Gold Medal recognises her work in heritage, homelessness and skill transfer in Pakistan

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Yasmeen Lari; Eleanor Young; Temporary structure; Disaster relief; Skills and training; Self-build; Pakistan; Asia; Conservation & heritage; Design construction & technology; Limecrete; King Charles; Royal Gold Medal

Capital idea: how the Agar Grove estate is reviving the idealism of 1960s Camden housing

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Thermal insulation; District heating systems; Climate; Heat pump heating systems; Climate action; Camden; Camden Council; London

Timely initiative to provide food education to schoolchildren

Region:: London

More:: Education; Chefs in Schools; LEAP; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Surman Weston; MacEwen Award: shortlist

Engaging sustainability champion co-designed on retrofit with Becontree estate residents

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Rising Stars; James Purkiss; Archio; Becontree Estate; Sustainability; Retrofit; Eleanor Young

63 retrofitted homes in Sneinton snap up 2024 RIBA East Midlands Sustainability Award

Region:: East Midlands

More:: Nottingham; Stafford Critchlow; 2024 RIBA East Midlands Award; Sustainability Award; Retrofit; Studio Partington

Surman Weston helps brings food knowledge to the inner city

Region:: London

More:: Surman Weston; Pamela Buxton; Hackney School of Food; LEAP; Conversion; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Design construction & technology; Education; Chefs in Schools; School

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Tackling climate change and poverty

Bold and thoughtful Rethink 2025 shortlist opens real possibilities

Mexico tackles poverty with world’s first 3D printed neighbourhood

Why was the mudslide at Freetown so devastating?

How Victorian London was built to better our lot

Passivhoos brings sustainable homes to social renters in Scotland

RIBA Royal Gold Medallist 2023: Yasmeen Lari

Mæ’s Passivhaus block in Camden sets tone for new London vernacular

Hackney School of Food teaches how to grow, cook and value food

Rising Star: James Purkiss

2050 Homes Nottingham Phases 1–2, Stafford

Hackney School of Food wins MacEwen Award 2021