The Built Environment Summit, organised by RIBA and Architects Declare, is seeking ideas for reducing carbon emissions from the built environment ahead of the COP26 climate conference in November. More about Built Environment Summit seeks research that will "embolden governments" to decarbonise architecture
Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades. More about Atmospheric CO2 is "our biggest resource" says carbon-negative plastic brand Made of Air
In this live talk by Dezeen and American kitchen and bathroom brand Kohler, Zaha Hadid Architects' sustainability lead Carlos Bausa Martinez discussed designing with water to enhance wellbeing. More about Watch our live talk about water and wellness in design with Zaha Hadid Architects
Photographer Andy Billman is exhibiting a photography series at the London Festival of Architecture that captures bricked-up windows of homes throughout the UK capital. More about Daylight Robbery photography documents bricked-up windows across London
There are very few walls in this house in rural Bengaluru, designed by architecture and design studio Taliesyn, so that residents can enjoy the tropical landscape surroundings. More about Taliesyn designs open-air living spaces for Ksaraah house in Bengaluru
Dezeen promotion: UK flooring manufacturer Forbo Flooring said it wanted to capture the "simple and stripped back style" of Scandinavian design in its latest carpet tile offering. More about Scandinavian design informs Forbo Flooring's Tessera Struktur 1 carpet tile
Artist Mary Mattingly has designed a sphere filled with native plants that filter water in a gravity-fed system to mimic New York City's water system. More about Watershed Core is a cyclical installation that filters rainwater in New York
Canadian firm Michael Green Architecture used materials such as mass plywood panels and cross-laminated timber to construct two mass timber buildings at an Oregon university. More about MGA creates mass timber buildings for forestry college in Oregon
Jewellery designed to enhance people's connection with dogs, glasses that improve with age and a jewellery prototype that resists facial recognition technology are included in our latest school show by students at the Lucerne School of Art and Design More about Lucerne School of Art and Design spotlights three students' jewellery design projects
Spoons, toilets and Enzo Mari's Sedia 1 chair are among the simple designs celebrated by Ilse Crawford in her first Good Design Masterclass for Braun, published here as part of Dezeen's collaboration with the brand. More about First episode of Braun's Good Design Masterclass with Ilse Crawford explores "simple design"
Over 100 organisations have come together to create a virtual pavilion, coordinated by the UK Green Building Council, to draw attention to the built environment's contribution to carbon emissions at the COP26 climate conference in November. More about UK Built Environment Virtual Pavilion will "give the sector a voice" at COP26 climate conference
US architecture studio Morphosis has unveiled the 359-metre-tall Hanking Center supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, which has a detached structural core. More about Morphosis creates asymmetrical supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen
Apple Tower Theatre is a new Apple Store designed by UK studio Foster + Partners inside an abandoned 1920s movie theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. More about Apple opens store by Foster + Partners in Los Angeles' historic Tower Theatre
Carpet-tile manufacturer Interface aims to achieve negative carbon emissions by 2040, according to sustainability leader Jon Khoo. More about Carpet brand Interface aims to run its business "in a way that reverses global warming"
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added curved walls, mirrored surfaces and faux stone to the interiors of aromatherapy brand ToSummer's flagship store in Beijing. More about FOG Architecture creates "modern cave" for ToSummer's Beijing store
Dezeen promotion: Swedish automaker Polestar has launched an initiative that allows art collectors to directly trade artworks for the company's Polestar 1 performance hybrid car. More about Polestar offers to trade its collectible cars for high-value art
Plans to transform the Oxford Circus road junction in London into two car-free piazzas with trees and seating have been announced by Westminster City Council and the Crown Estate. More about Transformation of Oxford Circus into pedestrianised piazzas will "create rival to Times Square"
Montréal studio TBA has wrapped the Canadian pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in a green screen so that it can be replaced digitally with other buildings. More about Canada blurs fact and fiction with green screen-wrapped Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion
In this week's comments update, readers are applauding architecture writer Fred A Bernstein's forensic dismantling of claims that a luxury timber home is carbon neutral and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Greenwashing has been taken to extreme levels" says commenter
Global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled its redesign for the State/Lake Station in downtown Chicago. More about SOM reveals plan to add curving glass canopy to Chicago metro station