INNOVATION BY DESIGN
Fast Company|Summer 2024
For 13 years, our Innovation by Design Awards have been shining a light on stunning creations. The following pages highlight 20 of this year's winning projects, from an app that helps resettle political refugees to a massive restoration project in Detroit. Plus, a list of winners and finalists in all 50 categories.
WESLEY ALLSBROOK
INNOVATION BY DESIGN
  • GROWING A NEW BUILDING

  • Fab Tree Hab A

  • TERREFORM ONE

IN A PATCH OF FOREST NEAR THE STORM King Art Center, about 60 miles north of New York City, a building is growing. Clusters of living native willow trees form the structural pillars of this tent-shaped edifice, which is gradually expanding around a wooden scaffold that's guiding the tree trunks' growth. Over the course of just a few years, these trees will form walls and a roof that are just as stable as a conventionally constructed building.

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