British engineering firm Rolls-Royce has laid out how it will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, including modifying its jet engines to run on renewable fuels. More about Rolls-Royce sets out plans to decarbonise aviation engines as part of net-zero drive
A building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe nearly 70 years ago is under construction at Indiana University in the USA, over 50 years after the 20th-century architect's death. More about Rediscovered Mies van der Rohe design being built at Indiana University
This week on Dezeen, we kicked off carbon revolution, an editorial series exploring how carbon could be removed from the atmosphere and put to use on earth. More about This week we launched our carbon revolution series
UK aviation company Hybrid Air Vehicles has updated its "flying bum" Airlander 10 hybrid airship concept with a lower-carbon version featuring electric motors powered by hydrogen fuel cells. More about "Flying bum" airship concept updated with motors powered by fuel cells alongside diesel engines
Traditional craft materials can be reinvented with digital technologies according to Kuma Lab co-director Toshiki Hirano, who has created a London Design Biennale installation exploring a new use for Japanese paper. More about "I see huge potential in combining the traditional with the digital" says Kuma Lab director
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More about Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More about Stacked exhibition spaces to form Rotterdam port visitor centre by MVRDV
A group of US-based companies has launched an initiative to increase racial diversity across all fields of design through systemic change. More about Diversity in Design Collaborative to offer more opportunities for black creatives
The UK needs to drastically improve its "poorly insulated, draughty" homes if it is to eradicate its carbon emissions, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More about Poor-quality housing is "the number one thing holding the UK back" says Bulb CEO
HomeForest, an app that uses smart devices to bring the restorative effects of nature into the home, has been named as the winner of the inaugural Davidson Prize. More about Davidson Prize winner HomeForest uses smart tech to recreate "forest bathing" in your home
A group of UK technology companies have banded together to form Tech Zero, a taskforce that will help the sector set targets for net-zero carbon emissions. More about Tech Zero aims to be "world’s biggest group of tech companies committed to climate action"
Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has been awarded a CBE, while architects Peter Barber and Sumita Singha, along with London Festival of Architecture founder Peter Murray, have received OBEs in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. More about Kenneth Frampton, Sumita Singha, Peter Murray and Peter Barber recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
This week on Dezeen, this year's coronavirus-delayed Serpentine Pavilion, a structure made from abstracted fragments of London, opened its doors. More about This week Counterspace's Serpentine Pavilion opened in London
German architect Gottfried Böhm, designer of the brutalist Church of the Pilgrimage, has passed away aged 101. More about Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Gottfried Böhm dies aged 101
SWA Group's design for a permanent memorial to those killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut has been given the go-ahead to be built. More about Memorial to Sandy Hook shooting set to be "space to celebrate and remember"
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has broken ground on its transformation and extension of a decommissioned power plant on the waterfront of San Francisco, USA. More about Herzog & de Meuron begins San Francisco power plant transformation
Architect OMA has revealed its plans to transform a former transport hub in Jersey City into The Centre Pompidou Jersey City. More about OMA designs first North American outpost for Centre Pompidou
Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk is the world's greatest living architect, according to design curator and educator Jan Boelen. More about Elon Musk is "the biggest architect of our time" says Jan Boelen
The Danish parliament has approved the building of Lynetteholm, an artificial island off the coast of Copenhagen that will house 35,000 people and protect the city's harbour from rising water. More about Artificial island Lynetteholm to be built in Copenhagen harbour
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More about French architects face wood shortage with "prices going up every week"