In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Foster + Partners withdrawing will not solve climate change" say commenters
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia – or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement. More about ACAN calls on Foster + Partners to withdraw from Amaala airport project over climate concerns
A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change. More about San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels
Climate change network Architects Declare has stated that it will not denounce founding signatory Foster + Partners, which has come under fire for designing a new airport in Saudi Arabia. More about Architects Declare refuses to "name and shame" following Foster + Partners airport plans
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for the Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change design competition and exhibition, which offers a platform for "urgent" climate debates. More about Call for entries to Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change competition
The "qualities of the countryside" should be introduced to urban areas to help tackle climate change, says architect Chris Precht. More about Bring wilderness into cities to help solve climate change says Chris Precht
Rewilding is a better way of fighting climate change and biodiversity loss than planting trees, according to designer Sebastian Cox. More about "I'm not an enormous advocate of the planting of trees" says Sebastian Cox
Six pine buildings form this storm-resilient marine research centre in Mississippi designed by US architecture firm Lake Flato Architects. More about Pine pavilions form Marine Education Center in Mississippi by Lake Flato Architects
The Architects Climate Action Network's Save Safe Structural Timber campaign urges the UK government not to ban the use of cross-laminated timber and glulam as it could have a serious environmental impacts. More about Architects Climate Action Network launches campaign to save structural timber
Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has presented its autumn/winter 2020 collection on a purposefully flooded catwalk to draw attention to the threat of climate change and rising sea levels. More about Balenciaga floods runway for apocalyptic Paris Fashion Week show
Plans to expand UK's Heathrow airport by architecture firm Grimshaw are in disarray as a court has deemed a third runway illegal due to climate change implications. More about Grimshaw's Heathrow airport expansion in jeopardy as third runway ruled illegal
Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and counter climate change. More about Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator launches to tackle industry emissions
A scientist employed by the Dutch government has suggested building two dams to enclose the North Sea and defend northern Europe from rising sea levels. More about Scientist suggests damming the North Sea to protect Europe from climate change
The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. More about French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood
Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change, according to designer and environmentalist Julia Watson. More about Indigenous technologies "could change the way we design cities" says environmentalist Julia Watson
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More about Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has pledged that every building it designs will be carbon neutral by 2030. More about Achieving zero-carbon architecture is "the biggest challenge we have" says Alexandra Hagen of White Arkitekter
Dutch architects Powerhouse Company has designed a floating office in Rotterdam for the Global Center on Adaptation that will be carbon neutral and function off-grid. More about Powerhouse Company reveals floating off-grid office in Rotterdam
London creative agency Justified wanted to create a "rallying symbol" when developing the visual identity for the Museum for the United Nations, which is designed to engage the younger generation. More about Justified creates smudged blue fingerprint logo for United Nations museum
Designing more sustainable structures is not about deciding what is good or bad, but making more carefully considered design decisions, says architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. More about "We have to be careful not to condemn" in the face of the climate crisis says Diébédo Francis Kéré