Architecture firm PPAA has designed a black house atop a sloped site in Mexico's Valle de Bravo region with a swimming pool that meets the tree canopy. More about Matte-black house Las Golondrinas is a sanctuary for retirement in Valle de Bravo
Brazilian architecture firm Studio Arthur Casas has used grass to top this holiday home in Brazil, comprising two interlocking volumes that face a golf course. More about Green roof blends Brazilian house by Studio Arthur Casas with nearby golf course
Microsoft has joined eight other global corporations to help businesses erase their carbon footprints as part of its commitment to becoming a carbon-negative business by 2030. More about Microsoft teams up with Nike, Mercedes-Benz and Unilever to launch Transform to Net Zero initiative
This holiday home in New Zealand by Fearon Hay Architects hides from neighbouring properties while having uninterrupted views of the mountainous landscape. More about Black shutters and concrete wall conceal Te Pakeke retreat in New Zealand
Rosy-hued shells of organza encase the wearer of these garments by Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate Violet Zhou, which explore different states of mind experienced during personal struggles. More about Violet Zhou translates mental states into ethereal fashion collection
Dezeen promotion: Design-led wallpaper company Wall&decò has created the Essential Wallpaper Collection, which has a range of textures, inlays, engravings and relief patterns. More about Wall&decò's textured wallpapers are designed "to be explored with the hands"
Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture has combined grey brick with bright-yellow polycarbonate to create a distinctive identity for Bellenden Primary School in Peckham, south London. More about Grey brick and yellow polycarbonate contrast to create striking Peckham primary school
Tropical plants, glass and chunks of rock feature in this holiday home in Guarujá, Brazil, designed by local studios Zalc Arquitetura and Rua 141. More about Glass walls reveal lush greenery around House NK in Brazilian beach town
Wooden frames, moveable styling stations and plants are used to encourage social distancing in this New York hair salon, which local studio BoND designed during the coronavirus pandemic. More about New York hair salon Hawthorne Studio is designed for social distancing
Architecture collective Frankie Pappas has hidden the 3.3-metres-wide House of the Big Arch within the Bushveld nature reserve in the north of South Africa. More about Frankie Pappas threads skinny house through South African forest
Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen is exhibiting a selection of their furnishings amongst the rooms of Villa Cavrois, a modernist 20th-century villa near Lille, France. More about Villa Cavrois serves as backdrop to Muller Van Severen exhibition
Architecture student David Guambo has built himself a small studio in rural Ecuador with a straw roof and wood framing. More about David Guambo builds his stilted studio Kusy Kawsay in Ecuadorian hillside
House in Fontaínhas by architecture studio Fala Atelier is a home in Porto, Portugal, featuring a striped concrete roof accented with pops of sugar-pink and powder blue. More about Fala Atelier renovates house in Porto with candy-coloured accents
This week on Dezeen, climate activists pressured Foster + Partners to pull out of a private airport project while tech company Apple committed to going carbon neutral by 2030. More about This week, Foster + Partners faced calls to drop an airport project as Apple pledged to go carbon neutral
After rebranding with three-dimensional, chrome-effect logos in the 80s and 90s, carmakers from Nissan to BMW are reverting to flat designs to retain relevance in the digital world. We've rounded up seven examples. More about Seven car brands that have returned to flat logo designs
American artist Janet Echelman has installed a woven sculpture composed of blue fibres on a site in Florida with history that traces back to the American Civil Rights Movement. More about Janet Echelman installs woven sculpture in Florida to honour Civil Rights Movement
Brooklyn's Wythe Hotel has teamed up with workplace designer Industrious to create rentable offices in its guest suites to cater to those who are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Brooklyn hotel bedrooms converted into offices for remote workers
White-brick walls enclose gardens and outdoor walkways of this house in Amatepec, Mexico, designed by Manuel Cervantes Estudio to create "a game between light and shadows". More about White brickwork encloses gardens of Mexican house by Manuel Cervantes Estudio
Dezeen has teamed up with global technology company OPPO to present seven products designed by postgraduate Royal College of Art students that could help "integrate technology into our lives more seamlessly". More about RCA students collaborate with OPPO to design products focused on humanising technology
A ventilation shaft for the UK's new HS2 high-speed railway has been designed by British architecture practice Grimshaw to resemble a barn clad in zinc and bronze. More about Grimshaw unveils design for HS2 ventilation shaft disguised as barn