With less than one week until entries close, Dezeen Awards judges including Fabio Novembre, Andrés Reisinger and Dara Huang have told us why the awards are a chance to think positively about the future. More about Dezeen Awards are an opportunity to celebrate "new ways of doing things"
California-based industrial designer Reiten Cheng has developed a recycling machine that can be 3D printed using open-source instructions and used to turn PET bottles into filament for additive manufacturing. More about Polyformer is an open-source machine that recycles plastic bottles into 3D printing filament
We've selected a variety of promising roles in the design industry on Dezeen Jobs this week, including roles at Yinka Ilori, Vincenzo De Cotiis and Starck Network Agency. More about Eight vacancies for designers in London, Milan, Paris and New York
Japanese food and beverage company Kirin Holdings and researchers at Meiji University have developed a wearable device connected to a chopstick that uses an electric current to simulate food tasting salty. More about Taste-Adjusting Chopsticks makes food taste saltier without adding salt
Brazil-based Studio Dlux has added playful elements to an international school in São Paulo that is housed within former warehouses. More about Studio Dlux converts industrial buildings into Red House School in São Paulo
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect's first building in the United States. More about Álvaro Siza completes limestone-clad skyscraper in Manhattan
A promising new future for Minneapolis is emerging from the trauma of George Floyd's murder by a police officer two years ago, writes a local architect who knew him, James Garrett Jr. More about "The death of George Floyd has become a catalyst for social change and urban redevelopment"
Promotion: the US Green Building Council is hosting a live event from 7-10 June in Washington DC featuring insightful talks about the future of buildings, communities and the climate. More about USGBC Live to present talks exploring the future of buildings and cities
Architecture firm BIG has constructed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory in a Norwegian forest for outdoor furniture maker Vestre, which features a green roof and solar panels as well as an exterior slide. More about BIG completes "world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory" in Norway
Architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who coined the term deconstructivism, sets the record straight about its meaning in this interview as part of our series on the style. More about "Story of deconstructivism was never told fully or even accurately" says creator of term
In this week's comments update, readers are debating an opinion piece by urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti on the global housing problem and discussing other top stories. More about "Sensible proposals that are not adopted indicate a failure of design thinking" says commenter
Several of America's largest architecture studios have taken steps such as mandatory unconscious bias training and partnership schemes with Black-owned firms in the two years since George Floyd's murder, Dezeen research has found. More about Minority architects body "remains hopeful" of change two years on from George Floyd murder
Entries for Dezeen Awards 2022 close in seven days! To help you prepare your entry and submit it before midnight London time on 1 June, we've put together some answers to five key questions. More about Seven days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2022
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is to "freeze operations" at the design studio that bears his name and step back from the business for an indefinite period. More about "I want to do less" says Marcel Wanders as he announces his design studio will suspend operations
Dezeen Courses: interested in studying a design-related discipline at one of Australia's top universities? Check out five courses available at Monash University, including degrees in architecture, planning and design. More about Five architecture and design courses at Monash University
Promotion: textile manufacturer Christian Fischbacher and architect Hadi Teherani have unveiled Contemporary Persia, a collection of fabrics that "interpret the unique diversity of Iran". More about Christian Fischbacher and Hadi Teherani reveal Iran-inspired fabric collection
New York practice Bunn Studio has revamped a furniture showroom set in a Renaissance building in Aarhus, Denmark, to look more like an apartment than a store. More about Bunn Studio designs Garde Hvalsøe showroom to resemble grand apartment
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Google's Bay View campus in Silicon Valley, which was designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a Google campus designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio
US studio Fentress Architects used copper and mass timber to reconfigure Norway's embassy in Washington DC, which opened to the public this month. More about Fentress Architects overhauls Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC
3me Arquitectura has taken cues from the pyramidal grain silos found locally to create the entryway for the headquarters of the Association of Agricultural Producers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More about 3me Arquitectura designs Irrigation Module based on pyramidal grain silos