Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its second redesign for a new building at the Vancouver Art Gallery after the project was pledged a nine-figure donation from a property developer. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade
Emre Arolat Architecture has completed a hotel in Antioch, Turkey, featuring prefabricated rooms that are suspended from an enormous steel frame above an important archaeological site. More about The Museum Hotel Antakya is designed around and above ancient ruins
Bless Yee's proposal for floating habitats that capture carbon from the air has been awarded joint third place by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Bless Yee's vision for carbon-capturing "living infrastructures" wins joint third place in the Redesign the World contest
Mount Emei forms the backdrop for this expansive whisky distillery, which Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has completed in China's Sichuan province. More about Neri&Hu completes stone-clad whisky distillery in China for Pernod Ricard
The second talk that Dezeen hosted as part of Velux's Build for Life online conference focused on the importance of quality and beauty in sustainable architecture and placemaking. More about Watch our live talk on beauty in sustainable architecture as part of Velux's Build for Life conference
A panel discussion focused on affordable housing and a talk by Open Architecture founder Li Hu are among the highlights of the second day of Velux's Build for Life digital conference. More about Day two of Velux's Build for Life conference features a panel discussion on affordable housing and a talk by Open Architecture
A community hospital in Bangladesh, a cycle and pedestrian bridge in Denmark and a cultural site in Berlin have been shortlisted by the Royal Institute of British Architects for its 2021 International Prize. More about RIBA reveals three shortlisted projects for the 2021 International Prize
Steel siding and non-combustible roof boards are among the fire-proofing features at a one-bedroom residence in Boulder, Colorado, which US firm Renée del Gaudio Architecture designed to survive a wildfire. More about Wildfires inform design of Colorado's Goatbarn Lane by Renée del Gaudio
Visitors can now enter Herzog & de Meuron's monumental screen-topped M+ museum, which has opened to the public in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. More about Herzog & de Meuron's M+ museum in Hong Kong opens to the public
Dezeen promotion: the prestigious Hotel of The Year title at AHEAD Americas 2021 has been awarded to One & Only Mandarina, a luxury resort in Mexico that straddles a sandy beach and dense jungle. More about One & Only Mandarina named Hotel of the Year at AHEAD Americas 2021
A disused power plant and its neglected surroundings in Shenzhen, China, have been transformed into a wetland park masterplanned by Hong Kong-based landscape studio eLandscript. More about eLandscript converts industrial site in China into an urban wetland
A short film by Oliver Salway that imagines a future where humanity has chosen to embrace a simpler existence to avert climate catastrophe has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Oliver Salway calls for people to "redesign their lives" instead of redesigning the planet
A talk by Chris Precht, a panel discussion about the outcomes of COP26, and a talk about the importance of natural light are some of the highlights on the first day of Velux's Build for Life digital conference. More about Day one of Velux's Build for Life conference features Chris Precht talk and COP26 panel discussion
Brazil's Expo 2020 pavilion in Dubai centres on the theme of water and its main exhibition floor can be flooded with a thin layer of water that visitors are meant to walk through. More about Visitors wade through water in the Brazilian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has built a timber-framed office building in Gothenburg that resembles an inverted ziggurat. More about White Arkitekter completes Gothenburg's first wooden office building
Concrete, sheet metal and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a home in the province of Córdoba by Argentine firm STC Arquitectos. More about White walls enclose Casa La Hornilla by STC Arquitectos in Argentina
Architecture firm Studio 10 has used tall concrete walls covered in earth-coloured render to envelop this ceremonial hall at Longshan Cemetery in Jiaozuo, China. More about Monolithic walls enclose "quiet and introverted" Hall of Immortality in China by Studio 10
This week on Dezeen, the UK housing secretary dismissed planning proposals for a 305-metre-tall tourist attraction in the City of London over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. More about This week Foster + Partners' Tulip tower was rejected by the UK government
Plans for windowless student dorms in California attracted widespread criticism last week, but Munger Hall is not the first building to keep natural light at bay. Our latest roundup features ten fenestrationally challenged buildings with glassless facades. More about Ten blank buildings that present a windowless face to the world
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes SOM's proposal for skyscrapers that remove carbon from the atmosphere, a net-zero fund for developing cities and a geodesic Grimshaw pavilion made from construction scraps. More about SOM unveils prototype for Urban Sequoia carbon-capturing high-rise at COP26