Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch. More about The circular economy "will never work with the materials we have" says Cyrill Gutsch of Parley for the Oceans
This year's London Design Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September, but with a more local focus and greater online activity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about London Design Festival 2020 set to go ahead in September but expects "very little international travel"
Boston architecture firm Machado Silvetti has been selected to preserve an 18th-century home in Virginia once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. More about Machado Silvetti designs glass enclosure for Virginia home of signer of Declaration of Independence
September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead. More about Maison&Objet becomes the latest design fair to drop physical event for digital version
Research agency Forensic Architecture has recreated the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, using virtual reality to show he "could not have been holding a firearm" when shot by police. More about Forensic Architecture uses virtual reality to question police account of Mark Duggan shooting
The week on Dezeen, graffiti artist Banksy sketched a memorial to slavery, architects and designers created a public Google Doc to promote black-owned studios and Michael Ford warned architects away from designing prisons. More about This week, architects and designers responded to racial inequality
Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects has revealed its design to convert the building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn into a police headquarters. More about Marte.Marte Architects to convert Hitler's birthplace into police station with "minimalist architectural language"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Michelle Ogundehin's predictions on how the coronavirus pandemic will influence homes. More about Eleven ways the coronavirus pandemic will impact homes feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Graffiti artist Banksy has created a sketch for a slavery memorial in Bristol that would incorporate slave-trader Edward Colston and the protesters who tore his statue down. More about Banksy proposes reinstating Edward Colston statue as part of slavery memorial
Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin will change its name and move its campuses to the Cosanti and Arcosanti sites Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri designed in Arizona. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin is moving to Paolo Soleri's Cosanti
London Metropolitan University has announced that it will be renaming The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design to remove the name of the prominent slave trader. More about The Cass architecture and design school will be renamed to remove slave trader's name
Architects and designers have created a public Google Docs spreadsheet to highlight design, architecture, engineering or planning studios founded by black, indigenous and people of colour. More about Architects and designers create Google Docs spreadsheet listing black-owned studios
Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. More about "The novelty of extremely slender structures is wearing off" say commenters
Over a quarter of black architects in the UK deal with racism in the workplace as discrimination becomes "widespread", a survey from the Architects' Journal has shown. More about Racism increasing in UK architecture industry finds AJ survey
The coronavirus pandemic will force design brands to manufacture more products locally, hold less stock and be less reliant on physical stores, according to designer Tom Dixon. More about "Why make more than you can sell?" says Tom Dixon as he launches made-to-order lighting system
This year's Art Basel and the Design Miami/Basel collectors fair, which were postponed from June to September, have now been cancelled altogether due to coronavirus. More about Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel join growing list of September events scrapped due to coronavirus
Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park. More about ODA carves high-rise park into residential tower proposed for Seattle
Dutch Design Week will go ahead in October but with digital activities replacing most of the physical events due to coronavirus, organisers have announced. More about Large physical events "unrealistic" as Dutch Design Week announces plans for digital alternatives from 17 to 25 October
The Philadelphia Inquirer has apologised for a headline equating the loss of black lives with damage to buildings during protests over the killing of George Floyd in police custody. More about US newspaper apologises for offensive "Buildings Matter, Too" headline on column by architecture critic
This week on Dezeen, international creatives rallied in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and readers remembered the work of artist Christo, who passed away. More about This week, creatives responded to racial inequality