25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds "bird wing" extension to Ottawa house
Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. More
Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. More
US tech startup Laero has unveiled a compact water treatment system at Dutch Design Week, which it claims can be installed under any sink to recycle up to 80 per cent of the water. More
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More
Fog X, a jacket that can make drinking water from fog, has won the first public vote in the Lexus Design Awards, which recognises prototypes that aim to build a better future. -
Design studio Alsar Atelier and designer Oscar Zamora have created a structure in Bogotá, Colombia, that can collect 200 litres of water per week for the local community using a simple structure draped in fabric. More
Architecture studio Archiopteryx has created a home in Noida, India, which is arranged around water collection and topped with a rooftop splash pool. More
California company Living Vehicle has unveiled its 2023 Travel Trailer mobile home, which has a roof covered in solar panels and generates its own drinking water from the humidity in the air. More
Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal to create "water-positive" buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More
Dutch practice V8 Architects has created a pavilion with its own enclosed water, energy and food system and a leave-no-trace philosophy as the Netherlands' contribution to Expo 2020 Dubai. More
Artist Mary Mattingly has designed a sphere filled with native plants that filter water in a gravity-fed system to mimic New York City's water system. More
Hong Kong architecture studio Orient Occident Atelier has designed a civic centre that harvests water for the small Cambodian village of Sneung. More
Designer Shaakira Jassat has created a rain-catcher that is slim enough to fit on the outside of buildings in dense urban environments. More
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More
A machine originally designed for the military, which extracts water from the air, is now being used for humanitarian missions to bring safe drinking water to areas struck by natural disaster or poverty. More
Dutch company SunGlacier's off-grid Desert Twins harvester can collect water in the hottest and driest of environments. More
Bowl-shaped vessels would collect rainwater on the roofs of buildings located in hot and dry climates in a proposal by Iranian practice BMDesign Studios. More
Future Makers: in this exclusive movie, Italian architect Arturo Vittori explains how his wooden Warka Water structures can provide clean drinking water for rural communities in the developing world. More
Rio 2016: Brazilian studio Rua Arquitetos has completed the golf venue for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which features a tree-like canopy that collects rainwater to irrigate the course (+ slideshow). More
Architecture graduate John Becker's final project involved creating the future headquarters of a fictional company that sells bottled water harvested from dew. More