In the second Models Talk film published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Japanese architect Kazuko Akamatsu explains how she used voids to create a feeling of openness at the Shibuya Stream skyscraper in Japan. More about Kazuko Akamatsu outlines Shibuya skyscraper design in video by CCA
An autonomous recycling machine designed by Taiwanese company Miniwiz, which can be transplanted into local communities to transform plastic waste into useful products, has received the 2021 World Design Impact Prize. More about Mobile AI-powered recycling plant Trashpresso wins World Design Impact Prize
Oxford-based designer Michael Buick has created a wooden range of furniture that can be easily assembled and disassembled using traditional pegs. More about Pegg is a furniture collection that can be constructed with traditional pegs
Italian designer Davide Groppi has created Origine, a sculptural light designed to illuminates facades and interiors with indirect light. More about Davide Groppi designs Origine light to look like "a bud emerging from the ground"
Visualisation artists Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud have created an NFT artwork based on an OMA-designed sculpture that will form part of an underwater park near Miami Beach. More about OMA, Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud create NFT of underwater sculpture for Miami Beach
Architects should reuse existing buildings where possible to reduce embodied carbon and emissions, according to Christopher Trott, head of sustainability at Foster + Partners. More about Foster + Partners sustainability lead calls for more refurbishments and fewer basements to help fight climate change
German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a solar-cell-powered electric car designed with fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who passed away last weekend. More about Virgil Abloh and Mercedes-Benz create solar-powered car with transparent front hood
Dezeen promotion: visitors to this year's Design Miami will be able to see themselves represented as an array of natural species in an interactive digital projection created by Austrian design studio Mischer'Traxler for French champagne house Perrier-Jouët. More about Mischer'Traxler and Perrier-Jouët present interactive Embodied Nature installation at Design Miami
Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and practice Chris Collaris Architects have completed a house clad in black-stained timber near Amsterdam, with a projecting terrace overlooking the Markermeer Lake. More about Chris Collaris and Frederik Roijé complete lakeside home in the Netherlands
Kicking off our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most striking and interesting houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a concrete villa in Indonesia and a mid-century Californian home given a new lease of life. More about Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2021
A retrospective covering more than 400 projects by architecture firm MVRDV is among the events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month, alongside major design fairs in Miami and Shenzhen. More about Five architecture and design events in December from Dezeen Events Guide
A floristry counter brimming over with flowers and foliage sits at the centre of this Vancouver lifestyle shop, which has been designed by studio Ste Marie. More about Ste Marie spotlights the art of flower arranging inside Cadine store in Vancouver
London studio Pearson Lloyd has worked with design and 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create pen pots, trays and a mobile-phone stand made from discarded food packaging for office brand Bene. More about Pearson Lloyd designs 3D-printed desk accessories made from recycled bioplastic waste
Dezeen has teamed up with the Canadian Centre for Architecture to premiere three short films about Japanese architecture. In the first video, architect Erika Nakagawa shares her vision for a skinny residential tower in Tokyo. More about Erika Nakagawa showcases skinny tower concept in video by CCA
An electric fan is disguised as an understated side table in Brise, a student project from Hongik University graduate Wonho Lee. More about Wonho Lee creates Brise fan hidden inside a side table
Interior designer Sophie Goineau and Los Angeles studio Enclosures Architects have restored Cove Way House in Beverly Hills by Alfred T Wilkes with updated finishes, "preserving the integrity of original LA modernism". More about Sophie Goineau and Enclosures Architects refurbish mid-century house in Beverly Hills
In this week's comments update, readers are irritated by Burberry's design for a reflective pop-up store in South Korea and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter questions why Burberry designed "a building that could destroy thousands of birds"
A project that aims to break down boundaries between traditional schools and the city and proposal for a cityscape designed to tackle pollution is included in Dezeen's latest school show by the London School of Architecture. More about London School of Architecture spotlights 10 architectural projects
Lighting specialists This is Loop have installed a colourful Christmas tree at London's Coal Drops Yard, which Dezeen has captured in this Instagram reel shot for the King's Cross estate. More about This is Loop installs kaleidoscopic Christmas tree at London's Coal Drops Yard
Dezeen promotion: Lexus has created a virtual model of its upcoming installation by Germane Barnes, which enables people from around the world to customise it ahead of its unveiling at Design Miami. More about Lexus invites participants to digitally customise its Design Miami installation