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A radical design is based on a circular approach to architecture will see three boats designed by Carlo Ratti Associati visit Dubai and become the backbone of the Italian pavilion during the Dubai Expo 2020. Check out the designers' approach to circularity and reconfigurable architecture here…

Design studio Cepezed and Cepezedinterieur explore the principles of circularity and adaptability with the completely prefabricated design of Depot Amsterdam Noord - the city's new archive repository. Check out how the building is designed to be a material donor for other buildings in the future…

Can Circular Economy be implemented easily in the construction industry that uses the traditional linear model of 'take, make and waste'? @arup-associates present a prototype with 'reuse' at its core. Read here and leave us your thoughts.

Underlining the concepts of sustainability and circular economy, MVRDV's 'If Factory' proposal draws on Nantou's historic lineage to transform Shenzhen into a cultural and community hub.

MVRDV transforms the design of the 1970s city block in Paris making a strong case in point that even the most dramatic transformations can be achieved using sustainable and circular economy approaches.

UNStudio designs the Delft University building using circularity and transparency as core design diktats working towards a fully sustainable campus by 2030.

SL Architects craft a low-impact footprint for a new open-air music venue in Bahrain, meeting recycling/ re-use objectives for a circular design.

Bureau Fraai crafts an adaptive reuse project by designing a psychological practice with a 'labyrinth' pattern floor in a monumental chapel in the city centre of Amsterdam. The playful labyrinth flooring gives the central open space a human scale and a unique identity, its circular, green-coloured carpet tiles, averring to the treatments the practice offers helping people to 'find their way back'.

The Block Research Group has teamed up with the Computation and Design Group at Zaha Hadid Architects to build a 12-by-16-metre arched footbridge in a park in Venice - entirely without reinforcement.

UNStudio in collaboration with Arup and BBN design the Delft University as a green future campus with a series of agile spaces that invite students and faculty to learn, collaborate and co-create.

MVRDV goes a step further in their design of facades by fusing glass made from recycled beer and champagne bottles to create a signature visual identity - green glass façade for Bulgari in #Shanghai - one that closely resembles the glittering jewel-like jade - absolutely in sync with the brand's ecological and design sensibilities.