Dezeen promotion: Enscape has released the latest version of its virtual reality and real-time rendering plugin, Enscape 3.0, for the quick creation of high-quality architectural visualisations in "a few mouse clicks". More about Enscape redesigns architectural visualisation plugin for "intuitive usability"
Toronto-based artist Krista Kim has sold the first NFT-backed digital home for over half a million dollars, as interest in virtual design continues to grow. More about Artist Krista Kim sells "first NFT digital house in the world" for over 0,000
Alexis Christodoulou has become the latest 3D artist with a cult social media following to sell his renderings online as part of an NFT auction. More about Alexis Christodoulou sells Instagram-famous architectural renderings as NFTs
Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has sold ten pieces of virtual furniture in an NFT online auction, with the most expensive non-existent item fetching almost $70,000. More about Andrés Reisinger sells collection of "impossible" virtual furniture for 0,000 at auction
Designers from Brazil have created renderings that imagine the interiors of an eco-lodge in Patagonia for the design show Casa NaToca. More about Brazilian designers imagine relaxing interiors for Patagonian eco-lodge
French digital artist Fabien Barrau uses his own drone photography to make photo montages of how ruined architecture might appear after a climate change apocalypse. More about Fabien Barrau uses drone shots to create visions of cities after a climate apocalypse
Creative duo Davit and Mary Jilavyan created the renderings of this imaginary hotel after seeing an insignificant rock feature near their Moscow home. More about Dolmen Shelter is a fictional boutique hotel with stone-shaped guest suites
Berlin-based publisher Gestalten has released a book that showcases whimsical architectural and interiors renderings. The book's editor, Elli Stuhler, highlights five artists that feature inside. More about Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture book editor selects five favourite 3D artists
Craggy rock walls and a hot-spring style bathtub would feature in this imaginary Odesa hotel room that interior design studio Sivak & Partners has envisioned in a series of renderings. More about Sivak & Partners imagines contemporary beachside guest suite in Odesa
Creatives Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud took cues from the modernist architecture of Lina Bo Bardi to dream up these renderings of Casa Atibaia, an imaginary home that hides in a São Paulo forest. More about Casa Atibaia designed to be "ideal modernist jungle home"
Moscow siblings Davit and Mary Jilavyan spent the coronavirus lockdown creating renderings of an imaginary community in Mexico with two-toned buildings and streets dotted with cacti and swimming pools. More about Architectural visualisers imagine rainbow-coloured Sonora Art Village during pandemic
With coronavirus confining people to their homes and rising fears over environmental destruction, a new breed of visual artists is creating utopian landscapes, buildings and interiors for armchair escapists. Here are nine of the best practitioners. More about "The desire for escapism is at an all-time high" say visualisers creating fantasy renderings
In this week's comments update, readers are curious about a concept for a subterranean concrete home, which was inspired by the coronavirus pandemic, and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenters think "Bond villains" might like an underground concrete home concept
Sergey Makhno Architects has envisioned a concrete home built like a bunker for enduring the "unpleasant surprises" that may await in the post-pandemic world. More about Underground House Plan B is a hideout concept for the next global crisis
Miami design brand Field Tiles is using the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration as a platform to unveil renderings of its debut tile collection in fantastically vibrant settings. More about Monochromatic renders showcase handmade Field Tiles collection
As the coronavirus pandemic puts a halt on all travel plans, Child Studio has collaborated with Plenaire to envision an idyllic seaside villa for the "perfect holiday". More about Casa Plenaire is an imaginary holiday home for lockdown escapism
After his 3D rendering of a cloud-like armchair went viral on social media last year, Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has made the Hortensia chair a reality with the help of 20,000 fabric petals. More about Andrés Reisinger turns Insta-famous CGI render into real chair
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao refuses to produce computer visualisations of designs still in progress. She says that making collages helps her to develop more exciting buildings. More about "We banned renders" from the design process says Tatiana Bilbao
Designer Antony Gibbon has visualised a conceptual house called Twine, which sits under a wave-like piece of concrete within a landscape of rolling hills. More about Twine house is topped by a twisting continuous concrete slab
An apartment shortlisted for Dezeen Awards has been disqualified after an eagle-eyed commenter noticed that the images submitted were computer renders rather than photos. More about Interior shortlisted for Dezeen Awards disqualified after commenter spots "subtle cues" that images are fake