This one-minute video shows how a local construction company is using waste coffee husks to build affordable and eco-friendly housing for communities in Colombia. More about Colombian construction company creates affordable homes using coffee waste
Dezeen promotion: furniture company Boffi De Padova has opened a new showroom in Chelsea, London. More about Boffi De Padova opens new showroom in London's Chelsea neighbourhood
Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki has developed a new family of sounds for electric vehicles that hope to replace the "monotonous and annoying" noises made by conventional cars. More about Yuri Suzuki composes soundscape for electric cars that adapts to the driver
The Edersheim Residence, a house in New York State that was renovated and extended by American architect Paul Rudolph, is for sale and can be bought via an NFT. More about Paul Rudolph house in New York State up for sale via an NFT
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a cluster of shingle-clad holiday cabins in China. More about Shingle-clad holiday cabins feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Artist and designer Maya Lin has installed 49 dead cedar trees in Midtown Manhattan's Madison Square Park to raise awareness of ecosystem die-off due to climate change. More about Maya Lin installs Ghost Forest of dead trees in Midtown Manhattan
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the electric-car maker will no longer be accepting Bitcoin in exchange for its vehicles due to the cryptocurrency's alleged contribution to climate change. More about Tesla suspends Bitcoin payments over concerns about "rapidly increasing" emissions
Dezeen Showroom: Mexican design collective EWE Studio has launched a range of coffee tables, informed by the stone altars used to perform ritual sacrifices in pre-hispanic times. More about Hand-carved Altar tables by EWE Studio
Czech studio Chybik + Kristof has completed its redesign of Brno's Zvonařka Bus Terminal, a brutalist building that the architects fought to preserve in a self-initiated project. More about Chybik + Kristof brings light and life into brutalist Zvonařka Bus Terminal
Dutch architecture office UNStudio is renovating and expanding the Elysion Congress Centre in Eindhoven by adding a cantilevered auditorium and vertical gardens. More about UNStudio to revamp conference centre for Brainport technology region
There are just 20 days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2021, where you could be crowned architecture, interior or design studio of the year by winning our studio categories. More about Twenty days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2021
Glowing, zigzagging volumes were layered to form the labyrinthine backdrop of the 2021 Brit Awards, courtesy of designers Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori. More about Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori construct Brit Awards stage like rainbow-coloured maze
In our first video showcasing the finalists of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition, Canadian designer Jean-Michel Rochette explains his concept for a lamp that unfolds to become a television. More about Jean-Michel Rochette's foldable OLED television opens and closes like a book
The London office of architecture and design firm Perkins&Will is developing a searchable directory of sustainable and circular products to help minimise the carbon footprint of its interior design projects. More about Perkins&Will develops sustainable materials database for interior fit-outs
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Lualdi creates customisable products that rethink the traditional door, including its Wall & Door system that can be adapted to meet complex architectural requirements. More about Lualdi's Wall & Door system lets architects create surfaces that perfectly fit their surroundings
Sawdust is mixed with a natural tree-sap binder and 3D printed into complex, swirling geometries to form this homeware collection, designed by Yves Béhar for additive manufacturing company Forust. More about Yves Béhar 3D prints Forust homeware from reclaimed wood waste
Upcoming Brooklyn exhibition Radiator will showcase furniture and functional art by New York-based designers, including neon light sculptures and a pink squiggly chair. More about Radiator in Brooklyn showcases emerging New York design talent
Following the death of architect Art Gensler at the age of 85, we look at eight key projects by his firm Gensler, from shops for brands such as Gap and Apple to a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai. More about Eight interiors and architecture projects by Gensler
The city of Helsinki has launched a competition to create a new waterfront cultural and leisure district on the South Harbour, which will include a design and architecture museum complex. More about Helsinki calls for proposals to transform Makasiiniranta port into cultural precinct
Dezeen promotion: flat alabaster discs influenced by the minimal elegance of Belgian city Antwerp typify the latest range from British company CTO Lighting. More about Antwerp's "understated luxury" informs Anvers collection by CTO Lighting