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
In our quest for new materials, we have overlooked abundant natural resources such as salt, writes designer and researcher Henna Burney of Atelier Luma in her manifesto for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More about "Salt is a material of the future" says Henna Burney of Atelier Luma
Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal to create "water-positive" buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh propose giant fog-harvesting buildings to create "a healthier and more nourished world"
Dezeen teamed up with Dassault Systèmes to host a live talk exploring circularity in design and the role of technology in transitioning to a circular economy. More about Watch our live talk with Dassault Systèmes on circular design and technology
Car brand BMW has blamed the lack of "framework conditions" in less developed parts of the world for its reluctance to replace fossil-fuel cars with electric vehicles. More about BMW won't ditch combustion engine until "poorer countries do their job" on EV infrastructure
AHEAD will announce the best new hotel designs in the Americas in a video ceremony broadcast by Dezeen for the hospitality awards programme. Tune in from 12:30pm New York time. More about AHEAD Americas 2021 awards winners announced in video ceremony on Dezeen
Central Saint Martins graduate Jann Choy has created an inflatable mask that reacts to your online behaviour. This one-minute video shows it in action. More about Liǎn mask uses artificial intelligence to respond to your emotions
Dezeen has teamed up with window and skylight brand Velux to host and broadcast a series of panel discussions as part of its Build for Life online conference from 15 to 17 November. More about Dezeen to live-stream daily talks during Velux Build for Life conference
Chinese studio MAD Architects has unveiled the design of a residential tower in Colorado with a canyon cutting through its form, nodding to the state's dramatic topography. More about MAD Architects reveals Denver tower with 10-storey "landscaped rift"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features an art storage building designed by MVRDV, which is now open to the public in Rotterdam. More about An art storage building by MVRDV features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed an inpatient facility for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is intended to serve as an example of a "hospital of the future". More about Foster + Partners completes hospital with striped facade for University of Pennsylvania
Development of the proposed Tulip tourist attraction designed by Foster + Partners has been rejected by the UK government over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. More about Government rejects Foster + Partners' "highly unsustainable" Tulip tower
Dezeen promotion: real estate developer Extell Development Company opened its Brooklyn Point development of luxury residences last year with interiors designed by Katherine Newman Design to reference Brooklyn's industrial history. Apartments are now available for sale. More about Katherine Newman Design adds Brooklyn-informed aesthetic to luxury residences
Day nine of the Dezeen 15 digital festival featured a live interview with Dutch designer Jalila Essaïdi, whose manifesto suggests that the push for more sustainable design solutions is misguided. More about Jalila Essaïdi explains why designers should trust nature to put human trash to good use
Zinc and larch canopies shade a series of terraces at this home in southern Sweden, designed by local practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur. More about Terraces for following the sun surround villa in Sweden by Johan Sundberg
Sustainable design merely passes environmental problems on to the next generation, argues designer Jalila Essaïdi in her Dezeen 15 manifesto. Instead, we should accept that nature will find inventive ways of dealing with our waste. More about Designers should "equip nature with the diversity of trash it needs to work its magic faster" says Jalila Essaïdi
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes an Olafur Eliasson artwork, electric vehicle charging points designed by the RCA and a guide to the events taking place on Cities, Regions & Built Environment Day. More about Olafur Eliasson projects artwork on COP26 venue as built environment day kicks off
London studio Industrial Facility has designed a desk for focused solo working in open-plan spaces, intended to meet the new demands of the office post-pandemic. More about Industrial Facility creates desk for solo working in open-plan offices
The next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Dennis Christian Schmidt's proposal to create a network of underground cities built around climate-regulating lakes. More about Dennis Christian Schmidt proposes underground cities to protect humanity from "the hardships our future holds"