Despite its huge environmental benefits, cob is an extremely niche construction material. As part of our Building with Cob series, architecture editor Lizzie Crook explores what it would take to change that. More about How to make cob a mainstream building material
As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building materials used around the world, including adobe and rammed earth. More about Dezeen's guide to traditional earthen building materials
Derelict buildings don't usually get left alone for long but they have a unique value in today's cities, writes Jessica Furseth. More about "A little bit of dereliction in an otherwise-polished city can be glorious"
Students from Indonesia's Binus University have won a White Pencil at this year's D&AD New Blood Awards for their colour-coded soaps, designed to teach vulnerable users about consent. More about Consent Soap provides sex education for people with learning disabilities
Local designer Massimiliano Malagò has created an acrylic chair covered in illustrations and writings that explore the experience of "labour, love and leisure" in New York City. More about Massimiliano Malagò creates chair as "essay in the form of an object"
Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design brand Bocci has released six new nature-informed hues for its disc-shaped 22 System wall sockets, including Ice blue and Forest green. More about 22 System sockets by Bocci
Surf Block Maui has developed a system that converts foam from surfboard-shaping into building materials for local construction to ameliorate multiple problems in Hawaii. More about Hawaii company converts surfboard waste into construction blocks
Dezeen School Shows: a rug-knotting kit designed to provide relief from bereavement is among the student design projects from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. More about Therapeutic rug-making kit among projects from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Dezeen Showroom: design studio SmithMatthias aimed to give a classic form a slightly exaggerated edge in this chair, created for British brand Allermuir. More about Curve chair by SmithMatthias for Allermuir
Architecture studio Office Inainn drew on the layered composition of slate for the stacked form of the prefabricated 18-07 Holiday Home on Norway's western coast. More about Office Inainn models prefabricated Norwegian house on slate
Continuing our Building with Cob series, we take a look at a cob classroom designed for educational charity Global Generation, which is being built from waste earth sourced near its site in King's Cross. More about Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King's Cross
Conversation pits in every suite and bathtubs that double as speakers are among the new additions to the 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin as part of a renovation by Studio Aisslinger. More about Studio Aisslinger revamps Berlin hotel in city's "signature improvised style"
Architecture studio Populous has collaborated with local studio Saraiva + Associados on the masterplan for Portuguese football club SL Benfica's Estádio da Luz stadium in Lisbon, which will feature a programmable LED "skin". More about Populous unveils updated Benfica stadium design with integrated LED facade
Walls of glass brickwork pull natural light into Glass Brick House, a home on an enclosed infill site in Belgium designed by local studio Delmulle Delmulle Architecten. More about Glass-brick facade pulls light into Belgian infill home by Delmulle Delmulle Architecten
Promotion: students from the Istituto Europeo di Design Graphic Design master's programme have created a series of 32-page visual essays that aim to investigate emerging trends. More about IED Florence asks "what does it mean to be a graphic designer in the digital age?"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Frank Lloyd Wright's Toyhill house. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a wonderful step back in time"
Design studios Cassius Castings and Limba have created a concrete and plywood bench for a restaurant in Toronto and hosted an event to involve the public in its production. More about Designers host concrete "pour party" to involve public in furniture-making process
Dezeen School Shows: an arts centre offering affordable studio and exhibition spaces in response to gentrification is among the architecture projects from students at London South Bank University. More about Affordable arts centre to combat gentrification among projects from London South Bank University
For the next instalment in our Building with Cob series, we take a look at the first home to be built with CobBauge, a cob construction system developed to meet modern building regulations. More about Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
A 20,000-square-metre marshmallow-like, inflated membrane has been raised over a construction site in Jinan, China, to protect neighbouring buildings from dust and noise. More about Chinese construction site enclosed in world's "largest inflatable dome"