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
Day 11 of the Dezeen 15 digital festival featured a video interview with museum director Aric Chen, who suggests that the process of writing manifestos is a distraction from solving the world's problems. More about Aric Chen urges designers to "put words into action" in live Dezeen 15 interview
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
London-based fashion brand Auroboros has designed a dress made from salt crystals and recycled plastic that changes colour and shape in real-time, mimicking the growth of a flower. More about Auroboros' "living" Biomimicry dress crystalises and changes shape in real time
There is just one week to go until the Dezeen Awards 2021 winners are revealed in six video shows from 22 to 26 November. More about One week to go until Dezeen Awards 2021 winners are announced by LionHeart and Nelly Ben Hayoun
Museum director Aric Chen claims that manifestos are "part of how we got into the mess that we're in" in his contribution to the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More about Aric Chen calls for "the death of manifestos"
Cheshire Architects used local Kiwi materials and craftwork for the interiors of this hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. More about Cheshire Architects uses local materials to create The Hotel Britomart in Auckland
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
Swedish startup Volta Trucks has launched an electric 16-tonne truck featuring a cab with large expanses of glass to offer safer and less polluting freight distribution in city centres. More about Volta Trucks develops electric 16-tonne lorry with "glasshouse-style" cabin
The first talk that Dezeen is hosting as part of Velux's Build for Life online conference focused on what architects and designers can learn from the outcomes of COP26. More about Watch a live talk on what we can learn from COP26 as part of Velux's Build for Life conference
Design studio GoodWaste has collaborated with Selfridges to give new life to the department store's waste materials, recycling them into lamps, candles and vases for sale in its London location. More about GoodWaste repurposes Selfridges scrap materials to create homeware line
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
For our latest lookbook, we've collected eight projects from Dezeen's archive that feature home gyms and fitness suites, including an entrance hall that doubles as a basketball court and an exercise space in a garden cabin. More about Eight creative domestic gyms and sports facilities that offer a workout without leaving home
The second week of the Dezeen 15 festival saw Space Popular demonstrating a new type of portal for the metaverse while Henna Burney celebrated salt as a material for the future. More about Highlights from week two of Dezeen 15 include Space Popular predicting a "three-dimensional version of the internet"
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet has teamed up with entrepreneur Anne Boermans to launch Zeefier, a brand that will offer natural textile dyes made entirely from seaweed. More about Nienke Hoogvliet launches Zeefier brand to produce natural seaweed dyes for the fashion industry
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