Speakers at a climate summit organised by Architects Declare and RIBA last week called on architects to take responsibility for decarbonising their buildings, rather than blaming clients and the lack of regulations. More about Architects are "enablers of business as usual" say speakers at Built Environment Summit
The University of Bristol's Senate House building by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is the focus of Dezeen's next Architecture Project Talk, presented in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council. Register to watch the webinar at 11:00am London time on Wednesday 3 November. More about Register for our Architecture Project Talk about Senate House by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
The city of Amsterdam has mandated that 20 per cent of all new housing projects in the Dutch capital must be constructed with wood or other biobased materials from 2025. More about Twenty per cent of new homes in Amsterdam to be constructed from timber
Italian brand Cassina has presented a selection of contemporary furniture on Dezeen Showroom, including modular bookcases, beds with integrated charging ports and a screen divider designed for the Japanese ambassador to France. More about Classic furniture pieces with a contemporary twist by Cassina features on Dezeen Showroom
London studio Lighting Design International contrasted soft illumination with spotlighting to create a sense of drama at the dining hall of Knightsbridge department store Harrods. More about Lighting Design International overhauls illumination of Harrods dining hall
Construction companies ICON and Lennar are collaborating with architecture studio BIG to create a neighbourhood of 100 3D-printed houses in Austin, Texas. More about BIG and ICON to create world's "largest neighbourhood" of 3D-printed homes
The COP26 climate conference, Dubai Design Week 2021 and New York's ICFF 2021 furniture fair are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide that are taking place this month. More about Five architecture and design events in November from Dezeen Events Guide
Speaking live from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on day one of the Dezeen 15 festival, artist and designer Es Devlin described how we could swap cars for trees in cities. More about Es Devlin sets out her vision for a car-free future in a live Dezeen 15 interview
Latvian architecture studio Open AD has completed the Ziedlejas Spa and Wellness Resort in the town of Sigulda, featuring a cluster of Corten steel and glass cabins dotted across a sloping site overlooking a pond. More about Open AD designs spa in Latvia with Corten-clad cabins
In the first of 15 manifestos written for the Dezeen 15 digital festival celebrating Dezeen's 15th birthday, Es Devlin imagines looking back from 15 years in the future at the positive progress made since the COP26 climate conference. More about "It's 1 November 2036 and every city has swapped cars for trees" says Es Devlin
Daily COP26 briefing: the first of our daily COP26 briefings includes details of a conversation between Norman Foster and John Kerry at the climate conference, a Morag Myerscough installation and a house built from Scottish timber. More about Norman Foster and John Kerry to discuss low-carbon architecture as COP26 climate conference gets underway
Pawel Rymsza's proposal to house humanity in a network of ring-shaped structures built around huge algae-rich lakes is the first of 15 visionary projects selected as finalists for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Pawel Rymsza proposes domed cities with algae lakes "to make big reductions in atmospheric carbon"
Dutch designer Emma van der Leest believes that bio-leather might one day replace animal leather in the fashion industry and is developing a fungal coating to make the material more versatile. More about Emma van der Leest develops fungal coating to make bio-leather more durable
Architecture offices Palma and Hanghar have inserted a "playful sequence of rooms" made from thermal clay bricks into an empty passageway that leads to a monumental chimney in Logroño, Spain. More about Geometric brick rooms installed in passageway in disused tobacco factory
Dezeen promotion: German carmaker Opel has launched an electric Sustainable Urban Mobility vehicle that aims to bridge the gap between car and scooter and can be driven by people as young as 15. More about Opel launches Rocks-e to bring "electric mobility to everyone"
Local firm Klima Architecture prioritised energy efficiency and a low-maintenance exterior while designing this three-level family residence near Park City, Utah. More about Klima wraps Maple Haus in the Utah mountains in weathering steel
A scalloped metal roof and brightly coloured accents feature in a renovation and extension of a 1960s home in Melbourne by local architecture studio Wowowa, which has been shortlisted in the residential rebirth category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about Wowowa uses colourful accents to update 60s home in Melbourne
With Halloween approaching, our latest lookbook highlights 10 dramatic dark interiors from the Dezeen archive, including a concrete-walled restaurant and a gothic nightclub. More about Ten elegant interiors with a dark and moody atmosphere
Dutch furniture brand Circuform has launched REX, a recycled plastic "deposit chair" designed by Ineke Hans, with the promise that customers can return the product after extended use and receive a partial refund. More about Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans can be sold back to manufacturer after use
Argentine architect Edgardo Marveggio has designed an asymmetrical home in Córdoba for his ex-wife that features a waffle-slab roof and walls covered in thick plaster. More about Textured walls enclose Maricel's House in central Argentina by Edgardo Marveggio