36 The Calls by Davide Marchetti Architetto
Architect Davide Marchetti of Rome proposed an office building with a punctured rammed-earth facade for a competition in Leeds, UK. More
Architect Davide Marchetti of Rome proposed an office building with a punctured rammed-earth facade for a competition in Leeds, UK. More
Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist Patrick Blanc to propose an artificial floating island containing gardens and a spa. More
London designer Asif Khan has produced an installation of chairs and tables made of freeze-dried flowers as part of the Designers in Residence program at the Design Museum London. More
Japanese landscape design studio EARTHSCAPE have created a giant travelling human-shaped herb garden. More
Paris architects Mikou Design Studio have won a competition to design a zero-energy school and sports complex for Saint Ouen in France. More
Cologne 2010: Italian designer Matteo Thun presented a table made of disused Venetian mooring posts at imm cologne last week. More
Designers Victor Massip and Laurent Lebot of Faltazi have designed a conceptual system where water is recycled and waste is broken down by worms inside the kitchen. More
Chinese designer Daizi Zheng has created a conceptual mobile phone for Finnish brand Nokia that could be powered by sugary drinks. More
Oslo studio Various Architects and Pollen Architecture of Austin, Texas, have designed a green office building in response to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Copenhagen earlier this month. More
London designer Thomas Heatherwick has designed a biomass power station for the bank of the river Tees in the UK. More
Tom Kundig of Seattle studio Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects has designed an extension to a steel pipe factory that uses giant pipes as architectural elements. More
Danish architects MAPT have designed a pavilion in Copenhagen made of recycled materials, including old shipping containers, to coincide with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More
Danish architects CF Møller have completed a kindergarten in Odense, Denmark, where children can clamber around the building over large ramps and apertures in interior walls. More
Seoul design studio Unplug Design have designed an aid package that can be made into a football by children in developing countries. More
Swedish design group Muungano have created a set of containers for collecting household recycling. More
Artist Alfio Bonanno and architect Christophe Cornubert will present an installation representing a metric ton of carbon dioxide in Copenhagen next month, while the city hosts the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More
French architects Air have completed a raw yellow concrete extension to an apprenticeship college in Saint Maur des Fossés near Paris in France. More
London architect Foster + Partners have completed an academy clad in wood in Berkshire, UK. More
Tokyo architects Atelier Tekuto have completed a prefabricated aluminium house in Kanazawa, Japan. More
More from Alexa Lixfeld: the Hamburg designer has collaborated with Sri Lankan company Selyn to create a range of dolls adapted from drawings by children. More