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
Dezeen Showroom: the Flow stool by Italian designers Defne Koz and Marco Susani for True Design is intended for a range of flexible spaces, including both work and living areas. More about Flow stool by Defne Koz and Marco Susani for True Design
Companies wanting to achieve net-zero carbon emissions are being hampered by confusing jargon and inaccurate information, according to UK organisation The Carbon Trust. More about Explaining the difference between net-zero and carbon neutrality "is a challenge" says The Carbon Trust
An LGBT+ community centre that caters to Seattle's queer population and a peace centre in Homs, Syria, are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the School of Visual Arts. More about Ten interior design students from the School of Visual Arts present their final year projects
The historic La Samaritaine department store has reopened in Paris with a new undulating glass facade following an extensive renovation led by Pritzker Prize-winning studio SANAA. More about SANAA's overhaul of La Samaritaine department store opens in Paris