Artists and designers are turning away from working on projects that damage the planet and instead exploring ways to benefit it, according to Es Devlin. More about Designers "would rather make gardens" to avoid harming the environment says Es Devlin
Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes the Architects Declare practice guide, a RIBA and AIA talk, and the UK's electric vehicle charging network. More about Architects Declare launch practice guide at COP26
American sportswear brand Nike looks set to create a range of digital fashion products after filing a range of trademark applications for virtual trainers and clothes. More about Nike set to develop virtual trainers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes hydrogen-powered flights, an Architects Climate Action Network talk and Bjarke Ingels on a "hedonistic" future. More about "Hedonistic" future could be better for the environment says Bjarke Ingels at COP26
More than 200 built environment organisations have endorsed a report by RIBA and Architects Declare setting out ways to decarbonise the industry, although leading UK architecture studios including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects are yet to join the signatories. More about Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects yet to endorse RIBA climate report presented at COP26
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes melting Antarctic ice, Norman Foster's calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon and a film screening of Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun project. More about Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26
Norman Foster has joined a growing number of architects calling for green building certifications that take embodied emissions from materials into account in order to meet net-zero carbon goals. More about Norman Foster calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon at COP26
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes The Colour of the Climate Crisis exhibition and an artwork designed to highlight links between climate change and colonisation. More about No New Worlds artwork installed at COP26
Social media brand Facebook's parent company has changed its name to Meta and updated its logo to an infinity loop that resembles the letter M. More about Facebook rebrands to Meta and adopts infinity-loop logo
More than 60,000 jobseekers from over 130 countries are now signed up to Dezeen Jobs, making us the first choice for architects and designers looking to hire staff. More about Dezeen Jobs now has over 60,000 registered jobseekers
Architect Dennis McFadden has stepped down from a University of California committee in protest over designs for a university dormitory at its Santa Barbara campus where over 90 per cent of its 4,500 students would reportedly live in windowless rooms. More about Architect resigns over mostly windowless Munger Hall dormitory at University of California