All articles by Venugopal Immadi
The rise of the flying car
Say goodbye to sitting in traffic jams, as flying cars are on their way. From as early as next year, these vehicles — once the sole preserve of sci-fi films — will start to be rolled out. But what are the challenges — and will our city skies really be full of cars soon?
Reporter: 6a architects’ refurbished and extended MK Gallery in Milton Keynes
Recently refurbished and extended by 6a architects the project aims for both a burgeoning creative space and a monument to the utopian modern town
Biodynamic lighting: promoting employee wellbeing and energy with light
Tomáš Michna, facility and services senior manager at energy company innogy looks at his company’s switch to one of Europe’s largest ‘human-centric’ lighting systems
Gimme shelter: how are architects tackling homelessness?
Designs for high-end housing and bespoke home extensions are ten a penny in the architecture world, but what are today’s practices doing to address the homelessness crisis? From temporary housing and modular pods to a digital platform tackling bureaucratic boundaries, we look at the innovative designs developed by architects for those without homes
Radical thinking: Harry Harris of SUSD
‘Our children are almost always more sophisticated than we care to acknowledge’ Harry Harris of SUSD gives us his take on radical thinking
Turning corn husks into colourful furniture: meet Fernando Laposse
Debika Ray speaks to designer Fernando Laposse about his work harnessing natural materials in
unusual ways to create furniture — and supporting sustainable agriculture in Mexico in the process
What is ‘healthy’ lighting design?
Andrew Bissell, lighting director of Cundall Light4 asks what healthy lighting design is amongst all the wellbeing buzzwords circulating in lighting talk