San Francisco-based footwear brand Allbirds is set to introduce what it claims is the first leather alternative entirely made from plant-based ingredients. More about Allbirds to make shoes using plant-based leather to help "eradicate petroleum from the fashion industry"
Dutch architecture studio OMA has produced a film exploring hospital design as part of its research into its first hospital buildings. Partner at the studio Reinier de Graaf tells Dezeen how he envisions the hospital of the future. More about "Hospitals in drastic, drastic need of innovation" says Reinier de Graaf
South African artist Andile Dyalvane's sculptural iThongo seating collection was crafted from hand-coiled clay and informed by significant words in the Xhosa language. More about Andile Dyalvane draws on Xhosa heritage for iThongo seating collection
Studioninedots has created a house in the Netherlands that is arranged as a patchwork of alternating courtyards and industrial low-lying pavilions. More about Outdoor space has "equal importance" to interiors in Villa Fifty-Fifty
Three pavilions topped with a metal roof form this house in the woods of Tennessee, designed by American firm Sanders Pace Architecture. More about French Broad House by Sanders Pace weaves through a Tennessee forest
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the design of a trio of skyscrapers set to be built in London and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The Gherkin, the Cheesegrater, the Can, now comes the Good, the Bad and the Ugly" says commenter
The Yale University Center for Innovative Thinking by architecture studio Weiss/Manfredi is an elliptical glass pavilion for students on the New Haven campus. More about Weiss/Manfredi wraps Yale University study centre in curved glass walls
Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has built a monolithic concrete toilet alongside the Sendagaya Station near Tokyo's Olympic stadium. More about Suppose Design Office creates "floating" concrete toilet in Tokyo
A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Foster + Partners to create the plant-filled and timber-lined Acciona Ombú offices. More about Foster + Partners to transform abandoned gas plant in Madrid into offices
The London School of Architecture has appointed architectural historian Neal Shasore as its new head of school and chief executive officer, beginning June 2021. More about London School of Architecture names Neal Shasore head of school
Dezeen Showroom: Stefan Diez had to rethink sofa construction to create Italian brand Magis's Costume system, which is easy to take apart, recycle and clean. More about Costume sofa system by Stefan Diez for Magis
As a performance, a game and a test of strength, British designer Max Lamb made 60 chairs by hand out of slabs of polystyrene over just three days. More about Max Lamb crafts 60 handmade chairs in three days
Offices and meeting rooms are nestled among tropical plants in this wealth management centre in Singapore by local studio Ministry of Design. More about Ministry of Design creates lush "banking conservatory" for Citibank Singapore
Canadian studio Jean Verville Architecte has created a theatrical interior inside a Montreal house by adding a large steel structure capped by a skylight that casts dramatic shadows. More about Jean Verville Architecte inserts gridded steel lightwell into Montreal home
Newspapers' largely white, male architecture critics are a reflection of the structural inequalities of the built environment and are not equipped to deal with our current time of crisis, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "It's time to abolish the architecture critic"
French car brand Peugeot has unveiled a redesigned logo, featuring a lion's head that recalls its 1960s emblem, as part of a rebrand to mark a new era of electric car manufacturing. More about Peugeot removes lion's body from logo for first time in almost 50 years
Architecture studio NOAN has designed a chapel within a forest overlooking a lake at the Tervajärvi campground in southern Finland. More about NOAN creates timber wedding chapel in Finnish woodland
Beyond Space has created a flexible office interior for a security company in Amsterdam using a colourful grid system that allows the user to change the layout when needed. More about Beyond Space designs colourful office around reconfigurable grid system
Two out of five BAME interior designers have faced discrimination at work due to their ethnicity, according to a diversity survey by the British Institute of Interior Design. More about Over 40 per cent of BAME interior designers have faced racial discrimination, survey finds
Melbourne Design Week 2021, a virtual edition of SXSW and Forward Festival 2021, which will feature a live-streamed talk by 3D makeup artist Ines Alpha, are among the architecture and design events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this March. More about Five architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide