Today is Earth Overshoot Day, marking the date when humanity's consumption of resources exceeds the planet's annual capacity to regenerate them. It should serve as a reminder for designers to take the lead in building a more sustainable future, writes Sian Sutherland. More about "Now is the time for the creative industry to rise up and grab the reins"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the world's largest office building and London Underground waste repurposed into tiles for tube stations. More about Dezeen Agenda features the world's largest office building
Texas studios Smitharc Architecture + Interiors and Erin Sander Design have completed a family home with limestone cladding, a Zen garden and a gallery-like space for the clients' Ferraris. More about Greenway Parks Residence in Dallas features "auto lounge" for Ferraris
Local studio FGMF has used translucent screens and metallic panels to enclose a residence on a sloping site near São Paulo. More about FGMF covers Brazilian house in translucent shell
German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. More about Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble "spaceship or alien form"
An exposed concrete structure adds a sense of rhythm to Mallcom Factory, a PPE factory designed by Indian practice Iksoi Studio. More about Iksoi Studio celebrates functionality with exposed concrete grid in Indian factory
Pool houses that nestle into gardens of homes around the world are the focus of this roundup, which includes a semicircular pavilion in the UK and a pink-concrete shelter in Belgium. More about Ten tranquil pool houses that add luxury to gardens
A research team at the University of Michigan has created biodegradable formwork out of sawdust in an attempt to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. More about DART Lab creates biodegradable concrete casts using sawdust
Local architecture firm Studio North designed a custom garden and garage combination complete with Corten steel planters and a green roof in Calgary, Alberta. More about Studio North juxtaposes industrial garage with delicate garden in Calgary
Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a prefabricated steel-framed home with a pyramidal copper roof overlooking a tidal saltmarsh on the Isle of Wight. More about Niall McLaughlin Architects creates glasshouse-informed steel pavilion on the Isle of Wight
Dezeen's top five houses of the month for July 2023 include minimalist homes informed by Case Study houses and Japanese aesthetics, in locations ranging from the UK to Australia. More about Dezeen's top five houses of July 2023
Chart Art Fair and the Peter Cook: Cities exhibition are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. More about Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing. More about Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated "brick veil"
A mono-pitch roof and raw material finishes characterise Horse House, an equestrian centre that architecture practice Wiercinski Studio has added to a stable in rural Poland. More about Wiercinski Studio tops concrete equestrian centre with mono-pitch roof
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter looks at whether architects could lose their jobs to artificial intelligence and features an interview with Bjarke Ingels. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth now. More about Dezeen in Depth asks if AI will really take architects' jobs?
Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact. More about Kaja Kühl adds pair of hempcrete and timber guesthouses to New York farm
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More about Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Dark-coloured concrete characterises Jae Haala, an angular holiday home that Java studio Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects has created in a forested valley in Indonesia. More about "Boxy and mysterious" villa nestles into forested valley in Indonesia
Architecture studio SOM has completed an office building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood clad in black-glazed terracotta that was designed to complement the surrounding neighbourhood. More about SOM unveils black terracotta office block in New York
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a screen-wrapped house in Kent designed to be taken over by nature as plants grow up its perforated-steel facade. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "gorgeous" screen-wrapped house in Kent