Canadian brand Native Shoes has developed a sneaker that is entirely made from one continuous piece of algae-enriched EVA in a bid to clean up the footwear industry. More about Native Shoes creates trainers from single piece of algae-laced foam
The Netherlands could build a million new homes from sustainably harvested local wood and save 100 megatons of carbon in the process, according to architect Marco Vermeulen. More about Switching to timber could solve Dutch housing shortage and be "a chance for our climate"
All 450 seats at Dezeen Day, our agenda-setting architecture and design conference, have now been sold. Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket! More about Tickets for Dezeen Day have now sold out!
ObelArt Biotop Water Garden, an artificial landscape by Junya Ishigami near the Nasu Mountains in Japan, has won the inaugural Obel Award. More about Junya Ishigami's Japanese water garden wins €100,000 Obel Award
Iconic landmarks were transformed into stages for September's fashion shows. We've picked out 15 architecturally influenced set designs during New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week this year. More about 15 architectural set designs created for fashion month 2019
Biotech start-up Spiber and The North Face's Japanese distributor Goldwin have created the first mass-manufactured jacket made from synthetic spider silk. More about Spiber creates first commercially available jacket from emulated spider silk for The North Face
This week we've selected four promising PR and marketing opportunities on Dezeen Jobs including vacancies at architecture studios De Rosee Sa and Powerhouse Company. More about PR and marketing roles on Dezeen Jobs include positions at De Rosee Sa and Powerhouse Company
A cluster of rustic rooms forms the new Lost Villa Boutique Hotel in Zhongwei, China, designed by DAS Lab to blend into the desert landscape. More about Boutique hotel complex coated in brown mortar to appear weathered
The walls of this Mexico City pavilion by local architect Gerardo Broissin are made from concrete panels pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. More about Bubbles protrude from concrete puzzle pavilion at Design Week Mexico
Gensler has revealed plans to create a bright and minimal lobby inside Philip Johnson's landmarked postmodernist AT&T Building, as part of the major overhaul of the skyscraper led by architecture firm Snøhetta. More about Gensler redesigns lobby for postmodern AT&T Building
Lexus considered the relationship between a horse and its rider when designing the LF-30 Electrified concept car, which represents the Japanese brand's vision for a future generation of electric vehicles. More about Lexus designs LF-30 Electrified concept to develop "mutual understanding" between car and driver
Architecture studio PPAA cut away portions of a square-plan house to create voids that bring in natural light and provide an intimate connection to the surrounding forest. More about PPAA designs Tlalpuente house to merge with wooded landscape in Mexico City
Architect Matteo Foresti has designed a sauna set into the rocks of an island within the Stockholm archipelago that's lined with dark oak and black stone. More about All-black sauna embedded in Stockholm's rocky island frames sea views
Falling attendances at London's Design Museum contributed to a cash crisis earlier this year that left the institute with a deficit of £1.2 million, Dezeen has learned. More about Design Museum rescued by £3 million loan after financial position deemed "not sustainable"
Keeping a record of LGBTQ+ design makes political change increasingly possible says Andrew Campbell, the author of Queer x Design. He has picked five examples of LGBTQ+ graphic design from the past 50 years for Dezeen. More about Queer x Design highlights 50 years of LGBTQ+ graphic design
Dutch architecture studio OMA has released images of Wafra Tower, a residential development on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City . More about OMA unveils design for residential Wafra Tower in Kuwait City
With one week to go until our agenda-setting architecture and design conference Dezeen Day, there are just 30 places left. Buy your ticket before they sell out! More about One week to go until Dezeen Day – just 30 tickets left!
For the exhibition design of Keith Haring's first major show in the UK, design practice InterestingProjects has taken heed from the distinct material and countercultural context of 1980s New York City. More about InterestingProjects evoke 1980s New York for Keith Haring exhibition design
Eleni Meladaki is an associate architect at London studio ACME. She explains her career progression and the difference between practising architecture in Greece and the UK for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. More about Careers guide: Eleni Meladaki explains her role as associate architect at ACME
Foggo Associates has designed a curved high-rise in central London at 70 St Mary Axe, which is widely known as the Can of Ham due to its distinctive shape. More about Foggo Associates completes Can of Ham alongside the Gherkin