A non-hormonal contraceptive, insulation made from mycelium and a movement that uncovers racial and gender bias in algorithms have been announced among the winners of one of the world's leading design prizes, the INDEX: Award. More about INDEX: Award 2021 celebrates designs that "bring humanity forward"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a house in Ecuador with rammed-earth walls and a glass outhouse. More about A rural Ecuadorian house features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
New York studio Gensler has completed a redesign of the lobby inside the postmodernist AT&T building in Midtown Manhattan that aims to pay homage to the existing structure. More about Gensler unveils redesigned lobby in Philip Johnson's AT&T building
Dezeen Showroom: a high-backed seat with exaggerated winged sides defines the LX662 chair, which Frans Schrofer has created for Dutch furniture brand Leolux LX. More about LX662 armchair by Frans Schrofer for Leolux LX
With less than two weeks to go, see who's currently in the lead in the public vote for our new Dezeen Awards 2021 media categories.
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Danish studio ReVærk has completed House of Nature, a school building designed to promote learning about nature through its traditional timber structure and wooden shingles, which has been shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about ReVærk's all-timber school building in Denmark is a lesson in natural construction
British designer Es Devlin will unveil a temporary installation of 197 trees and plant species to highlight issues related to climate change during the COP26 conference. More about Es Devlin to hold "conference" of trees as an installation during COP26
Representatives from Kvadrat, Bowers & Wilkins and Philips TV & Sound explained how they designed the Philips OLED+986 and 936 TVs in this live case study as part of a collaboration between Dezeen and Philips TV & Sound. More about Watch our live talk on how to design a beautiful TV with Kvadrat, Bowers & Wilkins and Philips TV & Sound
With less than two weeks to go, see who's currently in the lead in the public vote for our new Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability categories. More about See who's ahead in the Dezeen Awards 2021 public vote sustainability categories
Festival organiser Philippe Burguet picks nine of his favourite wooden structures from this year's Cabin Festival, including a Japanese-style cabin and a playful teepee-shaped cabin with a swinging hammock. More about Nine wooden cabins from Lake Annecy Cabin Festival
Huge ribbons of wood provide desk surfaces in this co-working space in Tokyo, created by architecture firm Snøhetta for Japanese tech company Digital Garage. More about Snøhetta organises Pangaea co-working space in Tokyo around "super furniture"
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has inserted a rectangular volume down the middle of an existing building in China to form a cafe that juxtaposes old and new. More about BLUE Architecture adds rectangular coffee shop to red brick building in Aranya
A hybrid mass-timber office building slated for Vancouver will become architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox's first timber project, and one of the tallest of its type in North America. More about KPF unveils Burrard Exchange in Vancouver as its first mass-timber building
Architecture practice BIG and developer Castro Group have unveiled designs for the Fuse Valley development in Porto, which will house the headquarters of luxury fashion platform Farfetch as well as tech companies. More about BIG and Castro Group plan "urban fashion village" with hill-like roof
Dezeen promotion: a multi-species refuge made from mycelium and a project exploring how bacteria can be used as an architectural tool is included in an upcoming event by Driving the Human, which will examine how humans can live in symbiosis with other species. More about Driving the Human presents 21 visions for sustainable cohabiting
British designer Es Devlin has unveiled a cross-laminated timber pavilion, which is the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020. More about Es Devlin creates UK Pavilion to represent "culturally diverse Britain" at Dubai Expo
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has revealed a flat, less colourful version of its longstanding Iron Mark logo. More about Volvo latest car brand to reveal flat logo
With less than two weeks left to vote in the Dezeen Awards 2021 public vote, here is an update on the current votes across the design categories. More about See who's ahead in the Dezeen Awards 2021 public vote design categories
Designer Asif Khan, architects Mariam Kamara and David Adjaye and artist Theaster Gates are set to transform Liverpool's Canning Dock in a project aiming to bring the history of the transatlantic slave trade into the public realm. More about Asif Khan, Mariam Kamara, David Adjaye and Theaster Gates to redevelop Liverpool waterfront
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a 46-metre-wide bridge with a curved timber roof for Vilnius railway station in Lithuania as part of a renovation project called Green Connect.
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