The latest IPCC climate report offers a "nugget of hope" but architects and designers must "make changes to the way they design" to help avert catastrophic climate change, according to Architects Climate Action Network and other UK climate pressure groups. More about IPCC climate report a "call to arms" say architects and designers
Bjarke Ingels' studio BIG is collaborating with construction technology company ICON and NASA to create Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed structure designed to simulate living on Mars. More about BIG and ICON to 3D-print structure exploring "new Martian vernacular" for NASA
Last week, we ran a webinar on how to use architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion for those interested in entering our Redesign the World competition. The workshop is now available to watch in full here if you missed it the first time around. More about Watch our Redesign the World workshop on how to use Twinmotion
New York studio Ennead Architects has completed the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy in Shanghai, China. More about Ennead Architects designs Shanghai Astronomy Museum to "echo the essence of the Universe"
The longlists for Dezeen Awards 2021 are being announced this week, starting today with 305 projects that are in the running for awards in the 12 different architecture project categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2021 architecture longlist revealed
Rio de Janeiro-based firm Bernardes Arquitetura has completed a home topped by a dramatic curved roof that is meant to resemble a bird's wing. More about Bernardes Arquitetura tops Rio de Janeiro villa with wing-shaped roof
Ten students from the University of East London present designs for a community workshop that aims to battle social exclusion in Dezeen's latest school show. More about University of East London students present Shed Life community workshop
Bregenz-based studio Bernardo Bader Architekten has completed a timber extension to Kindergarten Am Schlatt in Lustenau, Austria, with dark red window frames that reference the colour of the main building. More about Bernardo Bader Architekten designs extension to timber kindergarten
Brazilian architect Gui Paoliello has completed a semi-circular house elevated above the Morro Cavado valley, using simple construction techniques that are suited to the remote site. More about Gui Paoliello Arquiteto completes curved wooden house in Brazil's Morro Cavado valley
British artist Morag Myerscough has created a colourful pavilion for London's Canary Wharf financial district that responds to the easing of coronavirus restrictions by encouraging people to "spend time safely together". More about Morag Myerscough brightens Canary Wharf square with Sun Pavilion
This week on Dezeen, the design for a prototype power plant that is set to be built in the UK was unveiled by architect Amanda Levete's firm AL_A. More about This week Amanda Levete revealed a design for a fusion power station
Reflecting pools, a small vineyard and an underground pub feature in this sprawling residence in northern California designed by American firm Olson Kundig. More about Low-lying pavilions form expansive California Meadow House by Olson Kundig
Portland designer Volkan Alkanoglu has spanned a creek in Fort Worth, Texas, with a sculptural timber bridge named Drift. More about Volkan Alkanoglu designs cedar bridge to resemble a driftwood branch
A floating fish farm and a water-based Parliament for Bangkok in 2100 are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at National University of Singapore. More about Ten architecture projects from National University of Singapore master's students
The first photos of the recently opened Marsk Watchtower in Denmark designed by architecture studio BIG have been unveiled. More about BIG's spiralling double-helix viewing tower revealed
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games went ahead successfully despite a series of controversies in the run-up, including accusations of plagiarism and greenwashing. Here are five architecture and design scandals that threatened to derail the games. More about Five architecture and design controversies that rocked the Tokyo Olympics
German architect Philipp von Matt has incorporated a skylit studio and a ground floor exhibition space into this artist's home in Berlin. More about Curved concrete walls snake through Berlin artist's residence by Philipp von Matt
Dezeen promotion: concrete bricks manufactured by Marshalls have been found to contain almost 50 per cent less embodied carbon than traditional clay bricks, according to the British manufacturing company. More about Marshalls produces concrete bricks with less embodied carbon than clay bricks
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has been chosen to design a mass-timber Olympic Village with "minimal environmental impact" for the 2026 winter Olympics hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. More about SOM to design athletes' village in Porta Romana for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its gardens. More about NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa