Dezeen promotion: solar product and technology manufacturer Mitrex has unveiled a range of solar-integrated products for high-rise and residential buildings that "transform a building's shell into a self-sufficient power system," according to the brand. More about Mitrex's solar products allow buildings to produce energy "without compromising beauty"
A Zaha Hadid retrospective and an architecture conference featuring Eduardo Souto de Moura, Tatiana Bilbao and Kengo Kuma are among the design events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide
New York firm GRT Architects has positioned a cedar bungalow above marshland on the Connecticut shoreline, featuring a central courtyard with a swimming pool. More about GRT Architects perches house for a throuple above tidal marsh in Connecticut
As a building by Mies van der Rohe nears completion in Indiana, we explore five buildings by renowned 20th-century architects such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright that weren't built until years after they died. More about Five buildings by famous 20th-century architects realised decades after their deaths
A lamp that helps individuals with bipolar disorder understand their behavioural changes and a drone programme tackling beaches affected by algae are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at L'École de design Nantes Atlantique. More about 20 design projects by L'École de design Nantes Atlantique students
Ilse Crawford discusses useful objects such as prosthetic hands, electric bikes and shavers in the second episode of Braun's masterclass video series that Dezeen is publishing as part of our collaboration with the German design brand. More about Ilse Crawford explores "useful design" in second episode of Braun's Good Design Masterclass
Terracotta-hued towers that reference termite mounds distinguish the Startup Lions Campus, which Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has completed in Kenya. More about Termite mounds inform Kéré Architecture's design of Kenyan education campus
In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. More about Counterspace's Folded Skies installation aims to explore "the complexities of land"
Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah. More about Hemp "more effective than trees" at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher
Flying cars will be in our cities "by the latter part of this decade", according to Michael Cole, chief executive for European operations at South Korean automaker Hyundai. More about Flying cars will be in cities by 2030 says Hyundai chief
Liverpool is set to lose its World Heritage status, according to a UNESCO report citing detrimental waterfront developments "eroding the integrity" of the site. More about Liverpool should be stripped of World Heritage status says UNESCO
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has captured The Tower and its interiors, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry as the centrepiece of the Luma Arles cultural district. More about Iwan Baan photographs Frank Gehry's Luma Arles tower
Four pavilions including a giant seashell and a colourful archway have opened in Toronto as part of the coronavirus-delayed annual Winter Stations event. More about Giant seashell features in Toronto's delayed Winter Stations 2021
In this week's comments update, readers are unimpressed with the Frank Gehry-designed Luma Arles art centre and discussing other top stories. More about Frank Gehry's Luma Arles tower "is a crime" says commenter
A community centre for the homeless that overlooks Canterbury Cathedral and a cafe designed for people with disabilities are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University for the Creative Arts' School of Architecture. More about University for the Creative Arts presents 15 student design projects that imagine brighter futures
Dezeen promotion: the winners of the iF Design Award 2021 have been announced in nine different design disciplines in a worldwide digital award winners' campaign. More about iF Design Award 2021 presents the winners of the communication and packaging design disciplines
Astro Lighting has presented a selection of contemporary lighting designs on Dezeen Showroom, including pendant lights informed by neoclassical architecture and desk lights with integrated USB charging ports. More about Contemporary lighting designs from Astro Lighting feature on Dezeen Showroom
Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has built a university in Burkina Faso, western Africa, which has walls made with locally sourced clay and screens of eucalyptus wood. More about Kéré Architecture uses local clay to construct Burkina Institute of Technology
In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the Serpentine Pavillion 2021 architect says her studio Counterspace was founded out of a desire to create the kind of architecture she felt was missing from her formal education. More about "Counterspace was born out of a desire to create a different canon" says Sumayya Vally
A green roof that extends up from the landscape will disguise The Kentish Wine Vault, which Foster + Partners has designed for the village of Cuxton in northwest Kent, England. More about Foster + Partners proposes winery in Kent with curved green roof