Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes a projection artwork by Beatie Wolfe, a cement-free concrete tower and a talk by sustainable architecture expert Maria Smith. More about Beatie Wolfe visualises rising CO2 levels on Glasgow's Armadillo building at COP26
In their manifesto for the Dezeen 15 online festival, architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular propose portals made of virtual textiles to transform the experience of passing between digital worlds. More about Space Popular proposes a "civic infrastructure for virtual teleportation" to help people navigate the metaverse
German designer Clemens Weisshaar has been found dead in Portugal close to a burned-out car containing the remains of his young son. More about Clemens Weisshaar suspected of murdering three-year-old son before killing himself in Portugal
BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to "reverse desertification"
Views of China's most sacred mountain take prominence in this hotel designed by Line+ Studio, which occupies a cluster of former homes in the city of Tai'an. More about Line+ Studio converts old Tai'an houses into Cloud of Hometown hotel
Rotterdam studio The New Raw has recycled misprints and prototypes from its previous experiments in additive manufacturing to 3D print a limited edition chair called Ermis. More about The New Raw 3D prints "zero-waste" Ermis chair from studio's own offcuts
Design studio Wynk Collaborative has created a store in Singapore for Ginlee Studio, featuring pebble-washed interiors and an indoor garden for "quiet respite from the city". More about Wynk Collaborative adds indoor courtyard to Singapore clothing store
This short film by photographer Iwan Baan shows the Babyn Yar Synagogue designed by Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects opening and closing. More about Video shows pop-up synagogue in Ukraine unfolding like a book
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 interior projects from Dezeen's archive that feature exposed brickwork, from industrial-looking walls to vaulted ceilings. More about Ten homes where exposed brickwork creates textured interiors
The first week of the Dezeen 15 digital festival celebrating Dezeen's 15th birthday saw Yasmeen Lari call for "a new activism among architects" and Winy Maas state "it's okay to lose a commission" if the client resists sustainable proposals. More about Dezeen 15 festival highlights include Es Devlin calling for "code of conduct" for architects and designers
Spanish furniture brand Sancal has released Core and Remnant, two coordinating seating ranges by Note Design Studio that play with negative and positive space. More about Note Design Studio creates Core and Remnant seats as opposite versions of the same silhouette
White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. More about White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles
A museum that pairs monitoring soil with artistic research and a women's home that offers pregnant women and mothers a space for empowerment are included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of North Carolina Charlotte. More about University of North Carolina Charlotte spotlights 10 architecture projects
Tar-coated wooden shingles cover the walls and roof of this small cabin, which architecture office Pirinen & Salo designed as a studio for a filmmaker on a wooded site beside lake Porovesi in Finland. More about The Filmmaker's Hut is a "mystical" black cabin overlooking a Finnish lake
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 hotels from the Dezeen archive with free-spirited bohemian interiors that nod to the 1960s and 1970s. More about Ten inviting hotel interiors with a laid-back bohemian feel
This week on Dezeen, a proposed university dormitory at the University of California was criticised for housing 90 per cent of its 4,500 students in windowless rooms. More about This week the mostly windowless Munger Hall university dormitory block caused controversy
Photovoltaics and a rainwater harvesting system feature in a hockey stadium in Seattle that has been designed by architecture firm Populous and named after Amazon's Climate Pledge initiative. More about Populous revamps World's Fair pavilion in Seattle to create Climate Pledge Arena
The UK's net-zero strategy is as unrealistic as "magic beans fertilised by unicorn's blood" and will fail to deliver the emissions reductions promised by 2030, according to Cambridge University engineering professor Julian Allwood. More about UK government has "no intention" of delivering on its COP26 pledges, Cambridge scientist tells RIBA climate conference
A kindergarten designed for an ecological disaster and a project that explores the legacy of those buried and forgotten on Hart Island are included in Dezeen's latest school show by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. More about Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presents 10 architectural projects
Billionaire investor Charles Munger's design for Munger Hall, a much-criticised student dormitory at the University of California, was informed by Le Corbusier and will "last as long as the pyramids," he has claimed in an interview defending the project. More about Mostly windowless mega dormitory "fixes Corbusier's errors" on Unité d'Habitation says billionaire designer