Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More about Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Dezeen has teamed up with Epic Games to launch Redesign the World, the ultimate design competition that calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More about Dezeen launches £15,000 Redesign the World competition with Epic Games
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has rejected claims that he is working on creating a coronavirus memorial following a meeting with representatives of the UK government. More about Heatherwick "isn't involved" in designing national Covid-19 memorial
A group of former students and staff members from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London have hired a solicitor to examine claims of sexual and racial discrimination at the school. More about Ex-students hire lawyer to pursue "breaches of a serious nature" at Bartlett architecture school
Former Apple designer Jony Ive has teamed up with The Prince of Wales to launch an initiative that will encourage Royal College of Art students to propose designs that tackle climate change. More about Jony Ive and Prince Charles launch Terra Carta Design Lab to encourage "truly powerful solutions" to climate change
Fifteen trailblazing creatives including Natsai Audrey Chieza, Space Popular and Jalila Essaïdi will present ideas for making the world a better place over the next 15 years as part of Dezeen's 15th birthday celebrations. More about Neri Oxman, Winy Maas and Es Devlin to present manifestos for the future as part of Dezeen 15 festival
This week on Dezeen, we reported on the sustainable aims of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were questioned in a peer-reviewed study. More about This week the Olympics were accused of "greenwashing"
Digital replicas of buildings and cities will one day link together to form a parallel world where people work, play and socialise, according to David Weir-McCall of gaming company Epic Games. More about Digital twins will act as "foundations of the metaverse" and allow people to move between real and virtual spaces
Buildings by David Chipperfield Architects and Herzog & de Meuron have been named among the 16 winners of the RIBA International Award for Excellence. More about RIBA announces winners of International Awards for Excellence 2021
UNESCO has stripped Liverpool of its prestigious World Heritage status after a UN committee found recent developments caused an "irreversible loss of attributes" in the city. More about Liverpool stripped of World Heritage status due to waterfront developments
Norway has started work on Project Longship, a €1.7 billion project that could bury vast amounts of captured carbon under the North Sea in an effort to slow climate change. More about Norway begins work on "absolutely necessary" project to bury up to 1.25 billion tonnes of CO2 under the North Sea
A group of UK architects, developers and contractors have called for compulsory whole-life carbon assessments of buildings in a bid to tackle "hidden" emissions caused by construction supply chains. More about UK industry group calls for new rules to force architects to calculate embodied carbon emissions
Italian furniture fair Salone del Mobile has named former Assarredo president Maria Porro its new president, making her the first woman appointed to the role. More about Salone del Mobile appoints Maria Porro as new president
The Marble Arch Mound, a viewpoint disguised as a hill designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has been photographed rising alongside Hyde Park in London. More about MVRDV's artificial hill rises at Marble Arch in London
The majority of British architecture practices are experiencing on-site delays caused by difficulties in sourcing construction products according to RIBA's Future Trends survey. More about Materials shortages affecting more than 60 per cent of UK architecture practices
The UN's annual COP26 climate conference will address carbon emissions from buildings for the first time at a day dedicated to the built environment on Thursday 11 November, organisers have confirmed. More about COP26 climate conference confirms day dedicated to cities and the built environment on 11 November
Less than six per cent of UK architecture firms have signed up to a RIBA climate initiative aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emissions from buildings they design. More about Foster, Grimshaw and ZHA among thousands of UK practices failing to back RIBA net-zero carbon challenge
Dezeen has opened a studio space for film and photography shoots, live talks and more. More about Dezeen Studio Space opens in London
This week on Dezeen, creatives including Arthur Mamou-Mani and Adam Nathaniel Furman revealed what has made them appreciative during the pandemic in an ongoing portrait series. More about This week creatives shared what made them grateful during the pandemic
Tokyo's Nakagin Capsule Tower, the 20th-century metabolist landmark by architect Kisho Kurokawa, is set to be disassembled and donated to museums or turned into rental units. More about Nakagin Capsule Tower to be dismantled and turned into rental accommodation and exhibits