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UK's "most sustainable" neighbourhood the Phoenix receives planning approval

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Development company Human Nature has received planning approval to transform a former industrial site in Lewes into a sustainable 685-home neighbourhood that will be the UK's largest made from timber. The Phoenix aims to provide sustainable housing to people with a range of income brackets.

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Snøhetta launches national park regeneration project in Japan

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The scheme for a yet-unnamed National Park has several planned outcomes aimed a different social and environmental issues in Japan, which is experiencing a crisis of aging and still recovering from damages caused by seismic events in January and throughout the course of the last decade. ” The firm h.

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Five architecture and design events in December from Dezeen Events Guide

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Miami art week 2023 , retrospective exhibition Tom Dixon: Metalhead and architecture conference Everything Architecture 2023 are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Some of the largest events include the Alcova Miami, Design Miami , Art Miami and Art Basel fairs.

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Six architecture and design events in June from Dezeen Events Guide

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3 Days of Design , London Festival of Architecture and Design Shanghai are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this June. Among the other events taking place during the month are IMM Cologne , Design Miami/Basel and NeoCon. Find out how to get your event listed in the guide here.

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Stella McCartney presents Sustainable Market of material innovations at COP28

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In partnership with Stella McCartney 's parent company LVMH , the Sustainable Market showcases "the possibilities of current cutting-edge or soon-to-be available technologies" that could transform the fashion industry. Chargeurs Luxury Fibers produces wool using regenerative farming methods.

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Bad design is "at the heart of our destruction" says UK government's top climate adviser

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Designers might have had a hand in causing climate change but they are also key to solving it, according to the chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, who addressed the Design Council 's sustainability conference as it kicked off alongside COP27. "In Sustainable development demands good design," he said. "We

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Event: Transform! Designing the Future of Energy

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Event Date: Mar 23, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024; Event City: Weil am Rhein, DE Energy is the main driving force of our society; energy is political, energy is invisible, energy is omnipresent. How can industry, government policies and every one of us help to achieve the transition to a sustainable future?

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