The race to tackle carbon emissions is being hampered by underinvestment in new plant-based materials, according to Hana Kajimura of Allbirds, which has launched a low-carbon trainer with Adidas. More about Natural materials "lack investment and innovation" says Allbirds sustainability head
UK aviation company Hybrid Air Vehicles has updated its "flying bum" Airlander 10 hybrid airship concept with a lower-carbon version featuring electric motors powered by hydrogen fuel cells. More about "Flying bum" airship concept updated with motors powered by fuel cells alongside diesel engines
Dezeen Promotion: developer Hang Lung Properties has unveiled the 23–39 Blue Pool Road development designed by architecture studio, Kohn Pedersen Fox, to "offer a unique lifestyle that combines urban buzz with residential comfort". More about KPF designs Blue Pool Road semi-detached residence on Hong Kong Island
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More about Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
Traditional craft materials can be reinvented with digital technologies according to Kuma Lab co-director Toshiki Hirano, who has created a London Design Biennale installation exploring a new use for Japanese paper. More about "I see huge potential in combining the traditional with the digital" says Kuma Lab director
Dezeen Showroom: HIMACS has created new recycled and terrazzo versions of its surfacing product HIMACS, providing sustainable options with a contemporary look. More about HIMACS solid surfacing by HIMACS
Google has opened its first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea, designed by architecture studio Reddymade to include cork furniture and recycled materials. More about Google opens first physical retail space in NYC by Reddymade
Architecture firm Perkins&Will has gone too far with claims that a luxury timber home on a Canadian mountain removes more atmospheric carbon than it emits, argues Fred A Bernstein. More about "Taking credit for trees planted elsewhere is a whole lot of embodied irony"
Alter-Projects and Servaire & Co have partnered to design Metronome, an oscillating installation at the London Design Biennale created to trigger memories through sounds and smells. More about Metronome is a sensory installation "where the notion of time is lost"
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More about Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes an interview with Frank Gehry in which he discusses annoying the neighbours of his Santa Monica home. More about Frank Gehry reveals a neighbourhood dispute in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
A car-based AI that gives users personalised travel updates and an affordable device that analyses football player's performances are included in Dezeen's latest school show from students at Middlesex University. More about Middlesex University unveils 15 projects from product design and engineering students
Industrial carbon emissions can be captured and turned into useful materials on a vast scale, according to Sophia Hamblin Wang, chief operating officer of Mineral Carbonation International. More about Mineral Carbonation International aims "to lock a billion tonnes of CO2 into products by 2040"
Dezeen Showroom: Astro has launched Avignon, a glass wall light informed by the art deco movement and suitable for both domestic and hospitality interiors. More about Avignon wall light by Astro
Designer Jordan Ralph has created an off-grid artist's cabin called Studio Drop on an island off the west coast of Galway, Republic of Ireland. More about Jordan Ralph perches off-grid artist's retreat on the coast of Inis Oírr island
Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More about Stacked exhibition spaces to form Rotterdam port visitor centre by MVRDV
Designers including Es Devlin, Superflux and Maya Lin have planted forests full of trees in major cities to raise awareness of climate change or to campaign for sustainability goals. More about Five designers planting trees to highlight climate change
Unwanted bioplastic fashion items could be dumped in landfills forever, creating artificial carbon sinks to tackle climate change, according to designer Charlotte McCurdy. More about Burying bioplastic clothes in landfill sites could be an "amazing thing" says designer Charlotte McCurdy
Dezeen promotion: earlier this month, Danish furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Søn gathered sustainability pioneers from the design, architecture and food industries to discuss how they are working to build a greener future. More about "If you're not a sustainable business five years from now, you're out of business"
Design and architecture agency Studiopepe references Milan's offices and metro stations in its revamp of the fourth floor of the city's renowned luxury department store La Rinascente. More about Studiopepe draws on Milanese stations for La Rinascente womenswear department