biodiversity

Events
What is the role of design in a world in crisis?
At the World Design Congress in London, a simple idea threaded through two dense days: design is not an island. It moves inside wider systems of economics, policy, finance and ecology.

Ideas
Behind the Brand on the eve of Sustainable House Day with Helen Oakey
Helen Oakey is CEO of Renew and, with Sustainable House Day 2025 upon us, she talks to us about the climate crisis and what people can do at the scale of the home.

Ideas
How biodiversity design could benefit Vietnam’s tourism industry
Vietnam is yet to adopt green buildings and sustainability at the same pace as the rest of the world. GroupGSA Vietnam Studio Leader and architect Thien Duong posits that the growing resorts and hotel sector is one area where designing for biodiversity can have enormous benefits, and show developers how it can be achieved locally.

Project
Powerhouse team: The cultural leaders shaping the museum’s public domain
The Powerhouse Parramatta’s Landscape Curatorium comprises a group of esteemed individuals advising on First Nations landscape design, farming, caring for Country, and more. Their goal? To assist in the development of the landscape design for the museum’s public domain.

Ideas
Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore
Singapore is geographically primed for natural complexity in its ecology, and could greatly benefit from the many offerings of rich ecosystems. But the island is primarily experienced as a preened garden. For our own good, is it time we embraced a messier urban wild?