In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Foster + Partners withdrawing from climate change action group Architects Declare and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Refusing commissions on purely environmental grounds cannot be the answer" says commenter
Local architecture studio Hooba Design Group has completed an office building for the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, which features a smart brick facade that adapts to different times of the day. More about Hooba Design Group clads Tehran office building in brick panels that adjust to the sunlight
Continuing our review of 2020, we've rounded up 10 standout projects created by design and architecture students this year, from a high-altitude lavatory to ramen packaging that dissolves to flavour the broth. More about Dezeen's top 10 student and graduate projects of 2020
For the third consecutive year, an audit by environmental initiative Break Free From Plastic has found The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé to be the companies creating the most plastic pollution. More about Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running
Swedish studio Front has collaborated with Italian brand Moroso to translate elements in nature into amorphous furniture items using 3D-scanning technologies. More about Front and Moroso's Design by Nature furniture imitates mossy rock formations
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with glassware brand LSA to curate a gift guide for the festive season, featuring a decanter inspired by Battersea Power Station and vases designed in partnership with the Eden Project. More about LSA's Christmas gift guide features 15 contemporary glassware designs
Architecture firm Farrells has overhauled a 19th-century building in London's Belgravia neighbourhood to create a shopping and dining destination that spotlights both Japanese and Nordic craft. More about Pantechnicon store in London infuses Japanese and Nordic culture
South African designer Ricky Stoch has created a scratch-card-style sticker for medicine bottles that "gamifies" taking medication in order to encourage patients to remember to take their daily dose. More about FebriSol is a scratch-card-style sticker that helps people remember to take their medication
Dezeen teamed up with House by Urban Splash to host a live talk about how new neighbourhoods can be built to prioritise wellbeing and sustainability. More about Dezeen and House by Urban Splash present a talk on building new neighbourhoods
GXN, the innovation arm of Danish architecture studio 3XN, has developed a twittering air-quality sensor that hopes to draw attention to the negative effects of air pollution within our homes and offices. More about AirBird is a smart sensor that chirps to highlight indoor air pollution
Tetra Pak cladding shelters the prefabricated plywood structure of the Huaira cabin, which architects Diana Salvador and Javier Mera have built for themselves beside a river in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. More about Prefabricated Huaira cabin nestles within verdant farmland in Ecuador
Dezeen promotion: seven multidisciplinary creatives, including interior designer Alessandro La Spada, architect Mauro Lipparini and design duo Draga & Aurel, have contributed to the Beauty collection by Italian "metaluxury" furniture brand Visionnaire. More about Art meets design in Visionnaire's latest furniture collection
Multidisciplinary practice Studio Corkinho has completed Still Room, a monastic space inside a 19th-century Antwerp building where individuals can escape for peaceful contemplation. More about Still Room in Antwerp is designed to be a "shelter for the mind"
As part of our 2020 review, we've rounded up this year's most incisive opinions on how the coronavirus pandemic will impact our lives, courtesy of everyone from Norman Foster to Li Edelkoort and Rem Koolhas. More about Ten predictions of how the pandemic will change the world
Architecture studio Shatotto has completed the brick Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More about Shatotto creates brick mosque in Dhaka to "connect the celestial and terrestrial in a poetic way"
Want to win one of these amazing trophies next year? Dezeen Awards 2021 will open for entries on 2 February, with the discounted early-entry period running until 31 March. Sign up to the Dezeen Awards newsletter to receive more information. More about Entries for Dezeen Awards 2021 open 2 February
Dezeen teamed up with bathroom and kitchen specialist Kohler to host a live panel discussion exploring the relationship between wellbeing and designing for healthcare. More about Kohler and Dezeen present a live panel discussion on wellbeing and healthcare
Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner's latest film uses drones to capture Sameep Padora & Associates' recently completed Hindu temple complex in Andhra Pradesh, India. More about Edmund Sumner films black-granite Hindu temple in India
Local design studio Basic Projects combined antiques with modern furniture pieces so that boutique hotel Post House in South Carolina "feels like it has always been there". More about South Carolina's Post House inn features a mix of old and new
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic caused travel restrictions, cabins offered a welcome sense of escapism. As part of our review of 2020, here are Dezeen's top 10 cabins, including one made from infested wood and another with a titanium roof. More about Dezeen's top 10 cabins of 2020