California's Salk Institute for Biological Studies is developing a plant that can store excess carbon dioxide in its roots, in a bid to curb the effects of climate change. More about Salk Institute develops a plant that offers a solution to climate change
The Dezeen Awards website got overloaded yesterday! So we're giving entrants an extra four days to get their entries in. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 deadline extended to 3 June
Stirling Prize winning architecture firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, David Chipperfield Architects and Foster + Partners are calling on all UK architects to adopt a "shift in behaviour" over climate change. More about UK architects including Foster and Chipperfield declare climate and biodiversity emergency
Laminated wood and concrete will form the hybrid structural system of the high-rise Canada's Earth Tower that global firm Perkins+Will has unveiled for British Columbia. More about Perkins+Will designs "world's tallest hybrid wood tower" for Vancouver
The French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt as it was before the fire, which destroyed its roof and spire last month. More about Notre-Dame must be restored to "last known visual state" says French Senate
IKEA has launched a rainbow-coloured version of its Frakta shopping bag in the US to promote equality for the LGBTQ+ community. More about IKEA celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month with rainbow version of its classic shopping bag
Foster + Partners is the first architecture practice to sign up to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, meaning that by 2030 all buildings used by the practice will be carbon neutral. More about Foster + Partners pledges to make its buildings carbon-neutral by 2030
This week on Dezeen, Clerkenwell Design Week took place in London and the 58th Venice Art Biennale opened its doors to a host of exhibitions, pavilions and installations. More about This week, Clerkenwell Design Week and Venice Art Biennale took place
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bengaluru where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. More about UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bengaluru
Architects Rem Koolhaas and Stephan Petermann have produced a film explaining why, at the same price as a Netflix subscription, EU membership offers value for money to UK citizens. More about EU costs same as Netflix say Rem Koolhaas and Stephan Petermann in pro-EU film
Sustainability experts have questioned the validity of The Ocean Cleanup, an initiative designed to scoop plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean. More about The Ocean Cleanup labelled "a dream that seduced many people"
New York architecture firm ODA has released visuals of a centre for a Jewish community in Brooklyn featuring schools, sports facilities and offices stacked on top of each other. More about ODA unveils towering Jewish school and community centre in Brooklyn's Crown Heights
British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman are redesigning the approaches to the Eiffel Tower in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. More about Gustafson Porter + Bowman reveals Eiffel Tower parks redesign
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels says he is proud that BIG buildings don't have an identifiable style, in the latest episode of new podcast Time Sensitive. More about Bjarke Ingels says a style is "like a straitjacket"
The Tour Triangle, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is poised to become the tallest skyscraper built in central Paris since 1973, after winning a lengthy court battle. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle set to be built in Paris after passing final legal hurdle
We've hit a huge social media milestone, two million followers on Instagram. More about Dezeen now has two million Instagram followers!
Central Saint Martins college in London has announced a new masters degree in biodesign to promote sustainable innovation, which is set to start in September 2019. More about Central Saint Martins launches masters course in biodesign
Designer Sebastian Errazuriz has suggested turning Notre-Dame Cathedral into a space-rocket launchpad in an "act of creative one-upmanship" designed to stop architects producing more proposals. More about Sebastian Errazuriz ridicules Notre-Dame proposals by turning cathedral into rocket launchpad
People will adapt to the enhanced environments architects and designers are creating using technology, says Patrik Schumacher at a talk filmed by Dezeen for Grohe. More about People will "learn to love" architecture created using technology says Patrik Schumacher
Dezeen Awards has won the title of Best New Awards Event at the Awards Awards 2019, for creating a winners' ceremony that "would be remembered". More about Dezeen Awards named Best New Awards Event