Balfron 2.0: how Goldfinger’s utopian tower became luxury flats

The selloff of Erno Goldfinger’s landmark building in Poplar is a central element of a new plan to transform London’s East End

Focus topics of IFA NEXT 2019 – global know-how for the future of technology, business and lifestyle

        Focus topics of IFA NEXT, the innovation platform of IFA Berlin 2019. Smart cities, the future of mobility, artificial intelligence, robotics and virtual reality – these and many other topics are the focus of IFA NEXT, the innovation platform of IFA, an exciting mix of start-ups, tech companies and research institutions. … Read more

Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?

Greta Thunberg’s zero-carbon Atlantic crossing is not an option for most. But it might be in years to come, if experiments with hydrogen, solar and batteries pay off

Skai – the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft

    Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based Alakai Technologies is transforming the way the world moves through hydrogen-powered mobility. According to Alakai, hydrogen is the best energy source for air mobility. Co-designed by Designworks, the design innovation studio of BMW Group, Alakai’s Skai is a radically simple air mobility system designed to go from A to Anywhere. It … Read more

Luxury yachting is not immune to the environmental crisis: Green boats at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival

        Respect for the planet, preservation of the seas and oceans and concern to leave a smaller ecological footprint are now essential challenges for the yachting industries. While the transition may be slow, there is a real trend to create increasingly cleaner boats based on the model used for land vehicles, with … Read more

Are artificial islands the answer to Hong Kong’s housing crisis?

Will a $60bn development to house 1.1 million people help to ease the world’s most unaffordable property market or is it simply ‘pouring money into the sea’?