A self-organising shelter that adapts to environmental stimuli and ceramic tableware designed to stimulate the senses are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Birmingham City University. More about Birmingham City University spotlights 17 architecture and design projects
Dezeen's in-house video studio Dezeen Studio has been named best video team at this year's BSME Talent Awards. More about Dezeen Studio named best video team at BSME Talent Awards 2021
British architect Alison Killing has become the first of her profession to win a Pulitzer Prize for reportage with a series of articles revealing a network of Chinese prison camps allegedly built to incarcerate Muslims. More about Architect Alison Killing wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing alleged Chinese internment camps
Dezeen Showroom: designer Paolo Ferrari collaborated with textile artist Hiroko Takeda to make a handwoven chair, which is available via Twentieth gallery. More about AME Natural Lounge chair by Paolo Ferrari via Twentieth
Terracotta tiles and reclaimed bricks clad the walls and roofs of this house in an inner suburb of Melbourne, which Austin Maynard Architects designed for a keen gardener. More about Austin Maynard Architects completes Terracotta House in Melbourne
A series of low-carbon urban quarters are set to be built as part of Reinventing Cities, a global competition that aims to help cities eliminate carbon emissions. More about Urban developments that "strive for zero carbon" to start on site in Milan, Paris, Reykjavik and Oslo
Berlin-based eyewear brand Reframd has designed a range of 3D-printed sunglasses specifically for people with low and wide noses. More about Reframd creates "Afropolitan" sunglasses designed to fit black faces
To launch Dezeen's new collaboration with Philips TV & Sound, the brand's chief design officer Rod White, architect Mary Arnold Forster and Mormedi founder and CEO Jaime Moreno discussed European design in a live talk. More about Watch our live talk on European design with Philips TV & Sound
Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for a multi-purpose cultural centre on China's Aranya Gold Coast that was informed by clouds and space. More about MAD designs Cloud Center in China to resemble a floating cloud
London studio Twelve Architects has revealed its plan to transform the disused Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester into a "green oasis" reminiscent of New York City's High Line. More about Twelve Architects unveils plan for elevated park in Manchester
London studio Archmongers has used a colour palette of yellows, browns and pinks in a renovation of a Victorian terraced house in north London. More about Pale pink tiles create distinctive new facade for London terrace renovated by Archmongers
Multifunctional plywood structures that create spaces for sleeping, storage and drinking tea feature in this compact apartment in Beijing designed by Rooi. More about Rooi uses plywood joinery to revamp post-war Chinese apartment for modern life
US studio De Reus Architects has perched this villa on an expanse of solidified lava, offering its residents sweeping views of the leeward side of Hawaii's Big Island. More about Hawaiian villa by De Reus Architects sits atop a crystallised lava flow
In this week's comments update, our story quoting experts who say planting trees "doesn't make any sense" in the fight against climate change has triggered a furious reaction from readers. More about Claims that planting trees won't slow climate change are "absolute garbage" says commenter
British designer Paul Cocksedge explains how customers can configure his new Gravity Chandelier for Moooi in this video Dezeen produced for the Dutch design brand. More about Paul Cocksedge's new chandelier for Moooi is "shaped by gravity"
3D-printed shoes and a bathroom that adapts to different age groups are included in Dezeen's latest school show by product design students at Falmouth University. More about Falmouth University presents eight student product design projects
Last week, UN climate champion Nigel Topping claimed that architects have been slow to sign up to its net-zero carbon emissions programme. This "unfairly presented architects and top firms in a negative light," writes 2021 AIA Gold Medal winner Edward Mazria. More about "The Race to Zero is neither highly ambitious nor providing the leadership needed at this critical time"
Dezeen promotion: as German company Hansgrohe turns 120 years old this year, Dezeen looks back at some of its most important product innovations and how they have helped to shape the bathroom of today. More about Hansgrohe reflects on 120 years of kitchen and bathroom innovation
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has completed a house alongside a long swimming pool in the Alentejo region of Portugal. More about Bak Gordon Arquitectos builds Casa Azul alongside elongated pool
Creating furniture from locally sourced wood has allowed Sebastian Cox to make his company and his employees carbon negative, the British designer claims. More about "We are already carbon negative by some long stretch" says furniture maker Sebastian Cox