Royal College of Art graduate Joseph Mercer has proposed building Netherlands-style greenhouses on London's green belt to intensify food production and allow farmland to be returned to a wilder natural state. More about Joseph Mercer suggests creating more "feral" London green belt
Bartlett School of Architecture student Sam Coulton has designed a concept for a sustainable alternative to cremation to help Londoners confront death. More about Sam Coulton designs environmentally friendly cemetery that would slowly dye London blue
Texas firm Miró Rivera Architects has built a partially off-grid house with a jagged roofline, as a prototype for a sustainable community in the countryside. More about Miró Rivera Architects designs Hill Country House as sustainable prototype in rural Texas
Foster + Partners is masterplanning the new state capital of Andhra Pradesh in India, which will centre on a governmental building with a needle-like roof. More about Foster + Partners to masterplan new sustainable city in India
An environmental research centre in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, designed by Taller de Arquitectura de Alto Rendimiento, produces all of the resources it needs onsite. More about Mexican research facility El Humedal designed by TAAR to be completely self-sustaining
Dutch studio DoepelStrijkers incorporated a variety of innovative sustainable concepts into this multipurpose space at the offices of a bank in Amsterdam. More about DoepelStrijkers applies circular economy principles to Circl pavilion
Skidmore Owings and Merrill has proposed a 180-metre skyscraper in Paris that is designed to be zero-energy, and accessible via a garden bridge leading from the River Seine. More about Paris garden skyscraper by SOM will be "one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe”
Design consultancy LifeEdited has built a family home on Hawaiian island Maui, as a model for sustainable, off-grid living. More about Hawaiian house by LifeEdited harvests more energy and water than it consumes
Haptic and Nordic Office of Architecture have released plans for a city next to Oslo Airport that is to be completely powered by self-produced energy and served by driverless electric vehicles. More about Haptic and Nordic to build "sustainable city of the future" at Oslo airport
Dutch studio KAW employed a range of technical and architectural concepts to minimise the environmental impact of this house in Rotterdam, including introducing large windows into its brick facades to promote natural light and passive heating. More about KAW's ActiveHouse is a sustainable home that generates more energy than it consumes
Snøhetta has revealed plans for a sustainable ring-shaped hotel, that will be nestled at the base of Norway's Almlifjellet mountain, within the Artic Circle. More about Snøhetta unveils plans for "energy-positive" Arctic Circle hotel
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More about Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
A man-made island surrounded by wind farms in the middle of the North Sea could help bring large-scale renewable energy to Europe by 2050. More about Wind farms and man-made island in the North Sea could help Europe meet renewable energy targets
Corrugated-metal cladding contrasts with an angled white-painted brick wall at this robust and economical house in Melbourne, which features a ground-floor living area that can be used alternatively as a garage. More about Garage House by Foomann Architects can be used for car parking or adaptable accommodation
Kieran Timberlake has completed work on the US Embassy in London, a glass cube swathed in shimmering sails of plastic that is set on a plinth and surrounded by a moat-like pond on the edge of the River Thames. More about Kieran Timberlake completes £750 million "crystalline cube" for US Embassy in London
Architecture practice Core Collective has completed a house in Tasmania featuring a robust material palette of concrete, steel, masonry and timber that complements its rural seaside setting. More about Core Collective designs Sunnybanks House to withstand wild weather in rural Tasmania
Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. More about Qatar's shipping-container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match
Three vaulted structures built using compressed soil-cement tiles form a canopy at this cricket pavilion in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, which looks out across the ground and a wetland valley. More about Light Earth Designs creates sustainable cricket pavilion of self-supporting parabolic roofs
Spanish studio Canales Lombardero designed this brick-clad house in Seville with a double-height concrete portico to connect its living spaces with the garden. More about Concrete portico provides sheltered outdoor space for pink brick house in Seville
Steven Holl Architects is teaming up with Rüssli Architekten to create a new headquarters for a major humanitarian organisation in Geneva, which will feature walls of tinted photovoltaic glazing. More about Steven Holl unveils winning design for Doctors Without Borders operation centre in Geneva