Product company Gob has launched a pair of compostable, mycelium earplugs that were designed as an alternative to the 40 billion plastic earplugs produced each year. More about Gob creates single-use mycelium earplugs designed to "feed the soil" after use
Dezeen Showroom: from lighting and seating with acoustic properties to sound-absorbing panels, the following products are among noise-controlling items recently featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight acoustic items that help to quieten down lively interiors
Architect Curtis Jerome Moody, co-founder of the largest African-American-owned architecture firm in the US, has passed away aged 73. More about Moody Nolan co-founder Curtis Jerome Moody dies aged 73
Promotion: innovative window systems developed by glazing specialists Vitrocsa were used to provide an extensively-glazed exterior to this home in Whistler, Canada, designed by Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27. More about Vitrocsa showcases innovative window systems through Canadian home by Studio MK27
Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. More about Atelier Xi designs weathering steel pavilions that "elegantly meander" through Shenzhen park
On the eve of Dutch Design Week, 10 former recipients of the Dutch Design Awards have nominated 10 rising stars making waves across the Netherlands. More about Ten emerging Dutch designers to look out for at Dutch Design Week
Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. More about Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair
Anhelina L Starkova explains how her experience of living through the Ukraine war has shaped her approach to curating the 2024 Tallinn Architecture Biennale in this interview. More about Trauma of Ukraine war "was crucial for me as an architect" says Tallinn Architecture Biennale curator Anhelina Starkova
Dezeen is teaming up with SketchUp to launch the Design Workshops video series in which leading designers describe how they created especially commissioned interior environments. More about Dezeen and SketchUp are launching Design Workshops with Uchronia and Tola Ojuolape
Thoughtful material choices in technology can enhance digital experiences by making them more intuitive, tactile and less intrusive, says Future Facility during a talk hosted by Dezeen and ASUS. More about Material choices can impact user interactions with technology says Future Facility
This video produced by Jim Stephenson features a renovated gallery in Edinburgh by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about Fruitmarket Gallery renovation by Reiach and Hall Architects draws on "its previous histories"
A rugged stone wall lines the front of a long, linear house in Québec, Canada, by architectural studio LAMAS, which was designed to capitalise on views while minimising disruption to the landscape. More about Rural structures in Québec inform Virgin Vineyard House by LAMAS
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a mirrored apartment block in Colorado by MAD Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a "cracked open" apartment block by MAD Architects
Architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Populus hotel in Denver, which its developer claims is the "first carbon-positive hotel" in the US. More about Studio Gang wraps hotel in perforated facade informed by Aspen trees
Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a "moment to connect with nature". More about Mur Mur Lab creates glazed pavilions overlooking "mysterious" landscape in China
Designers Robin and Lucienne Day looked internationally to learn about modernism as contemporary design was unknown in the UK at the time, explains their daughter Paula Day in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More about "Design was a new profession" in the UK says Paula Day
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes has revealed its design for the 380-metre-high Muraba Veil skyscraper in downtown Dubai, which will only be one apartment wide. More about RCR Arquitectes unveils plans for "unusually narrow" skyscraper in Dubai
Grimshaw partner Neill McClements has praised infrastructure projects for their role in addressing "big challenges", following the Elizabeth Line winning this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Winning the Stirling Prize "an endorsement of the importance of infrastructure"
Hanju Seo has won Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition with a concept that helps identify individual trees by their bark, enabling small forest owners to participate more effectively in carbon offset programmes. More about Hanju Seo wins Start Something Powerful Competition with tree identification system
A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year's RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. More about Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024