Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes an Olafur Eliasson artwork, electric vehicle charging points designed by the RCA and a guide to the events taking place on Cities, Regions & Built Environment Day. More about Olafur Eliasson projects artwork on COP26 venue as built environment day kicks off
The next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Dennis Christian Schmidt's proposal to create a network of underground cities built around climate-regulating lakes. More about Dennis Christian Schmidt proposes underground cities to protect humanity from "the hardships our future holds"
Design festivals and conferences started to recover after the pandemic this autumn. With the fair season coming to an end for another year, here are the 10 most popular events of 2021 according to visitors to Dezeen Events Guide. More about The 10 most popular architecture and design events of 2021 according to Dezeen Events Guide visitors
Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
A grassroots community group in Somerset, England, has built a seaside art centre featuring an eclectic design by architecture office Invisible Studio. More about East Quay arts centre in Watchet takes cues from ad-hoc harbour buildings
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes the Architects Declare practice guide, a RIBA and AIA talk, and the UK's electric vehicle charging network. More about Architects Declare launch practice guide at COP26
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani discusses the Aurora installation he created to coincide with the Design Museum's Waste Age exhibition in this video produced by Dezeen for Dassault Systèmes. More about Aurora installation at the Design Museum empowers circular designers says Arthur Mamou-Mani
Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. More about Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's homeless
In this week's comments update, readers are horrified by a university dormitory where most rooms have no natural light and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter says building with windowless student dorms "looks just like the dorm in Squid Game"
Architect Hiroshi Nakamura incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling facility in the town of Kamikatsu, the first place in Japan to pass a zero-waste declaration. More about Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center by Hiroshi Nakamura is built using waste materials
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes mini nuclear reactors, a talk by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi and the Architects' Journal blog. More about Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors at COP26
The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods. More about Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan imagine a world in which people live in "self-contained micro-habitats"
Architecture studio CetraRuddy has created a skyscraper informed by New York's Rockefeller Center with a chevron-patterned facade that pays homage to the surrounding art deco buildings. More about CetraRuddy completes art deco skyscraper topped with "sculpted crown" in New York
London and Mexico city-based Aidia Studio has proposed a mosque for Preston, England, that is designed to be a "quintessential archetype of Islamic Architecture". More about Aidia Studio designs mosque in Preston with cascading arched volumes
Glass display cases filled with artworks take centre stage in the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, an art storage building designed by MVRDV, which is now open to the public in Rotterdam. More about MVRDV's Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens, giving the public access to 151,000 artworks
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes a projection artwork by Beatie Wolfe, a cement-free concrete tower and a talk by sustainable architecture expert Maria Smith. More about Beatie Wolfe visualises rising CO2 levels on Glasgow's Armadillo building at COP26
BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to "reverse desertification"
This short film by photographer Iwan Baan shows the Babyn Yar Synagogue designed by Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects opening and closing. More about Video shows pop-up synagogue in Ukraine unfolding like a book
The first week of the Dezeen 15 digital festival celebrating Dezeen's 15th birthday saw Yasmeen Lari call for "a new activism among architects" and Winy Maas state "it's okay to lose a commission" if the client resists sustainable proposals. More about Dezeen 15 festival highlights include Es Devlin calling for "code of conduct" for architects and designers
White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. More about White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles