In this week's comments update, readers are horrified by a university dormitory where most rooms have no natural light and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter says building with windowless student dorms "looks just like the dorm in Squid Game"
British designer Es Devlin has created the Conference of the Trees as the venue for The New York Times Climate Hub, which is running alongside the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. More about Es Devlin creates indoor forest as venue for COP26 events
Dezeen promotion: Serpentine Pavilion architect Sumayya Vally was among the creatives who participated in a recent event hosted by MYTH and Therme Art to discuss the importance of gathering and creative production on mental wellbeing. Watch highlights from the event here. More about Watch MYTH and Therme Art's Communion event exploring the mental health benefits of creative collaboration
Day seven of the Dezeen 15 digital festival featured a live interview with Francesca Sarti of food design studio Arabeschi di Latte, who explained why she thinks we should find beauty in frugality rather than abundance. More about Francesca Sarti calls for a new aesthetic based on food scarcity rather than over-consumption
Architect Hiroshi Nakamura incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling facility in the town of Kamikatsu, the first place in Japan to pass a zero-waste declaration. More about Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center by Hiroshi Nakamura is built using waste materials
Supermarket shelves groaning with food are a symbol of our age of overproduction and over-consumption argues Francesca Sarti of Arabeschi di Latte in her Dezeen 15 manifesto. Instead, she asks, how can rationing become poetic? More about "Can we create a new aesthetic of scarcity?" asks Francesca Sarti
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes mini nuclear reactors, a talk by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi and the Architects' Journal blog. More about Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors at COP26
Dutch design office Studio MOM has teamed up with hydrogen battery pioneer LAVO to develop an electric bike that can carry heavy cargo over long distances. More about Studio MOM designs hydrogen-powered LAVO Bike
The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods. More about Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan imagine a world in which people live in "self-contained micro-habitats"
Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun has called for contributions to Tour de Moon, a touring event that will see up to £1 million of bursaries awarded to young creatives as part of the government-funded Unboxed: Creativity in the UK festival. More about Nelly Ben Hayoun announces £1 million of funding for young creatives for Tour de Moon festival
Kvadrat's series of multicoloured textiles informed by the colourful sprays farmers use to mark their sheep is among 14 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about Technicolour textiles by Peter Saville for Kvadrat among new products on Dezeen Showroom
US automotive start-up Canoo has created an all-electric pickup truck with a streamlined look and hidden utility features as one of its first vehicles. More about Canoo's electric and extendable Pickup truck includes pop-out workspaces
Dezeen promotion: the IE School of Architecture and Design has launched a new edition of its MBArch Entrepreneurship Challenge, which calls for designers to solve the challenges currently facing the built environment. More about IE School of Architecture and Design launches Entrepreneurship Challenge
Architecture studio CetraRuddy has created a skyscraper informed by New York's Rockefeller Center with a chevron-patterned facade that pays homage to the surrounding art deco buildings. More about CetraRuddy completes art deco skyscraper topped with "sculpted crown" in New York
London and Mexico city-based Aidia Studio has proposed a mosque for Preston, England, that is designed to be a "quintessential archetype of Islamic Architecture". More about Aidia Studio designs mosque in Preston with cascading arched volumes
For Dezeen's latest competition, we've teamed up with the design brand RS Barcelona to give readers the chance to win one of its signature RS2 football tables. More about Competition: win a RS2 football table by RS Barcelona
From elaborate stage designs to upholstered sculptures, here are ten projects by architecture and design studio Space Popular that make use of polychromatic textile designs. More about Ten projects involving colourful textiles designed by Space Popular
Architecture studio Space Popular has teamed up with Sir John Soane's Museum in London to create an exhibition that looks at "the magics and mechanics" of virtual travel. More about Space Popular designs virtual portal for Sir John Soane's museum exhibition
Day six of the Dezeen 15 virtual festival saw architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular explain their idea for "a civic infrastructure for virtual teleportation" in a live video interview. More about Space Popular sets out its vision for digital portals made of virtual textiles
Glass display cases filled with artworks take centre stage in the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, an art storage building designed by MVRDV, which is now open to the public in Rotterdam. More about MVRDV's Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens, giving the public access to 151,000 artworks