More than 60 international architecture firms have put artworks and signed drawings up for auction, in a bid to raise funds for rebuilding Beirut after the explosion that rocked the city in August and left at least 300,000 people homeless. More about BIG, Tatiana Bilbao and Norman Foster donate drawings to Architects for Beirut charity auction
Dezeen promotion: Object Carpet has collaborated with the Ippolito Fleitz Group to launch a varied collection of carpets that range from soft, plush textures to coarser, looped structures. More about Object Carpet's latest textile flooring collection treats "the room as a stage"
Snøhetta has completed the carbon-negative Powerhouse Telemark office in the city of Porsgrunn, Norway, which was designed to produce more energy than it will consume over its lifespan. More about Snøhetta designs carbon-negative Powerhouse Telemark office in Norway
CoronaCrisisKruk is a bench with a handle designed for social distancing by Dutch design firm Object Studio to let users sit together while staying apart. More about Object Studio creates portable social-distancing bench for Amsterdam
Italian visual artist Pablo Chiereghin has created a series of furniture pieces from the remains of items he destroyed "using a riot aesthetic" for an exhibition at Vienna's Kunstforum. More about Pablo Chiereghin violently destroys and rebuilds furniture for Riot Design exhibition
Cities will bounce back as young creatives take advantage of lower rents and dense urban areas prove better at mitigating the coronavirus pandemic, according to urban theorist Richard Florida. More about "No evidence" that urban density helps spread of coronavirus says Richard Florida
Design Shanghai, Design Miami and Dubai Design Week are among the architecture and design events listed in Dezeen Events Guide taking place this winter, alongside a host of virtual programmes including an Archigram symposium and the Dezeen Awards ceremonies. More about Ten architecture and design events this November and December from Dezeen Events Guide
Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ are creating Martian House, an inflatable building in Bristol, England, that will explore what an extraterrestrial house for life on Mars could look like.
More about Gold inflatable house for Mars designed by Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+
A sweeping colonnade and stepped plazas animate the concrete Boys and Girls Club that Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has built for children living in south-central Mexico. More about Concrete colonnade links educational facilities at Boys and Girls Club in Mexico
Architecture studio FAR has built a six-storey housing block in Berlin from precast concrete slabs. More about Wohnregal is a prefabricated concrete live-work apartment block in Berlin
Seoul-based brand Supublic has developed a series of more sustainable cleaning supplies that save on single-use plastic by replacing liquid products with dissolvable tablets. More about Supublic's 1N9 Modern Cleaner tablets cut down on plastic waste
Over 13,000 flattened aluminium cans decorate the facade of Dutch fashion label Daily Paper's inaugural shop in the US, which has opened in Manhattan, New York. More about Recycled aluminium cans decorate exterior of Daily Paper's first US store
Swiss brand Freitag has created a shop in Zurich, which is a "micro-factory" where customers can help make their own bag out of recycled tarpaulins. More about Freitag's Sweat-Yourself-Shop is a tiny factory for making bags
Making improvements to your home because you're spending so much more time there? In our latest Dezeen Lookbook, we've rounded up 30 bathrooms designed by architects to give you some ideas. More about Thirty domestic bathrooms by architects including concrete, travertine and tiled designs
This week on Dezeen, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels unveiled his plan to stop climate change by redesigning the planet. More about This week Bjarke Ingels revealed his plan to redesign Earth
Architecture studio Generate has developed the Tallhouse library of timber-based building systems to help architects build affordable housing and reduce construction-related carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent. More about Generate creates digital library of timber building systems to "revolutionise the construction industry"
As the US presidential election on 3 November approaches, we've rounded up six designs that aim to motivate people to vote, including Instagram gifs, brass pins, billboards and magazine covers. More about Six designs to encourage voting in 2020 US presidential election
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti (FMG) has launched five marble-look tiles that are designed for covering interior surfaces and furnishings. More about Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti launches five marble-effect surface tiles
Denizen Works has built a church on a canal boat in east London, which has a pop-up roof that functions like a church organ's bellows. More about Floating Genesis church crowned by luminous pop-up roof
The lack of memorials and monuments dedicated to the victims of slavery is leading to ignorance and memory loss, says RIBA Gold Medal-winning architect David Adjaye. More about History of slavery is "a horrific wound that has just been ignored" says David Adjaye