The Balearic Islands are driving an architecture revolution via IBAVI's low-impact housing. Alventosa Morell Arquitectes and Joan J. Fortuny's project is a model of this ethos. Using site-excavated stones and compacted-earth walls the building is an act of knowledge exchange for public building.

The Rammed Earth House in Wiltshire by Tuckey Design Studio reflects a slow, thoughtful approach to design. Commissioned by a couple, it’s shaped by how they live together, the sun’s arc, and the surrounding landscape.

Hortus Collective is changing UK landscape design through nature, reuse of materials and close work with architects. In this interview, the studio talks about biodiversity, making places people feel good in and creating gardens that grow and change over time.

In Portugal, a proverb says whoever cares about their grandchildren plants a cork oak. Harvested without felling, regrown on long cycles, cork offers a rare building material that renews itself - a slow, living alternative to extractive forestry and fast, fragile afforestation.