Technology

Digital technology essential to success of co-living, says Space10

October 16, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Blockchain, 3D printing and other digital technologies are key to making shared housing models take off, according to research by IKEA’s innovation lab Space10. In the report Imagine: Exploring the Brave New World of Shared Living, the Copenhagen-based studio states that digital platforms and devices are essential to making co-living widespread enough to impact the global

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Dezeen’s drone documentary Elevation wins two Lovie Awards

October 12, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Elevation, Dezeen’s documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. The 18-minute film, which explores how drones could change how people travel, how goods are delivered, and how buildings look and are constructed, was honoured with a bronze award

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AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes

October 4, 2018 India Block 0

Tech startup Bumblebee Spaces is freeing up floorspace in small apartments with robotic furniture that drops from the ceiling and is controlled by an AI “butler”. Bumblebee Spaces has designed a range of modular furniture and storage that can descend from and retract into the ceiling to change a room’s function, or create more floorspace. An artificial intelligence

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Anti-flood greenery-boosting Climate Tile installed in Copenhagen street

October 2, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Danish architecture studio Tredje Natur has installed a street paving system in Copenhagen that aims to reduce street flooding and create green spaces. The Climate Tile (or Klimaflisen in Danish) is dotted with holes that allow it to collect and manage water, funnelling some of it into planted space alongside the pavement, to help stop streets

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Vote for Dezeen’s movie Elevation to win a Lovie Award!

September 24, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Elevation, Dezeen’s documentary about how drones will transform cities, is a finalist at the Lovie Awards 2018. Vote now to help us win! The 18-minute film, which explores how drones could change how people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed, is up for the honour in the Technology category.

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3D-printing could enable people to build their own houses “at the touch of a button”

September 11, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a plan to build multi-storey housing with 3D-printers, a technique that the project’s architects claim will enable people to design and build their own houses quickly and easily. The Eindhoven University of Technology, together with local architecture studio Houben & Van Mierlo Architecten,

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London rooftops snapped up for “vertiports” as drone travel moves closer

August 23, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports. Duncan Walker of Skyports told Dezeen that “vertiports” will become as common as facilities for bicycles or cars in the near future, as

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Robots will assemble brick facades of Milan’s university science campus

August 14, 2018 India Block 0

Carlo Ratti Associati is designing a new science campus for the University of Milan, complete with brick facades that will be made by robots. External brickwork on the new buildings will be designed and built with the assistance of robots and include letters and symbols. This facade, say the architects, could be re-arranged into a different

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Carrots could be key to stronger concrete

August 9, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Concrete mixtures could be strengthened by adding nanoparticles extracted from carrots and other root vegetables, research currently underway at England’s Lancaster University suggests. Preliminary tests by the university’s engineers found that “nano platelets” sourced from the fibres of these vegetables “significantly improved” the strength of concrete — and at a low cost. The university now

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