Despite its huge environmental benefits, cob is an extremely niche construction material. As part of our Building with Cob series, architecture editor Lizzie Crook explores what it would take to change that. More about How to make cob a mainstream building material
As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building materials used around the world, including adobe and rammed earth. More about Dezeen's guide to traditional earthen building materials
Continuing our Building with Cob series, we take a look at a cob classroom designed for educational charity Global Generation, which is being built from waste earth sourced near its site in King's Cross. More about Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King's Cross
For the next instalment in our Building with Cob series, we take a look at the first home to be built with CobBauge, a cob construction system developed to meet modern building regulations. More about Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
Cob is a low-carbon material poised for a revival, according to scientist Steve Goodhew. In this Building with Cob interview, he explains how his invention, CobBauge, is guiding the way. More about Cob not just "a hobbit house" material says researcher developing modern version
It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this Building with Cob interview. More about Cob can be "a mainstream building material once again" say Cella
Dezeen's latest series investigates one of the world's oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age. More about Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
Two Victorian greenhouses in London's Kew Gardens are set to be renovated by Hugh Broughton Architects and heated by electricity and a heat pump system. More about Kew Gardens' Palm House and Waterlily House to become "first net-zero glasshouses of their kind"
London studio Fletcher Priest Architects has developed a materials passport that documents the different components of Edenica – a recently completed office building in the City of London, designed by the studio to house its own headquarters. More about Fletcher Priest Architects creates "pioneering" materials passport for its London office
Non-profit organisation HouseEurope! has been named winner of this year's Obel Award for "its spearheading role" in creating a fairer and more sustainable construction industry across Europe. More about Sustainable construction organisation HouseEurope! wins Obel Award 2025
University of East London staff and students have created a school building in India from Sugarcrete, a biomaterial construction block made from sugarcane waste. More about Low-carbon blocks made from sugarcane waste used to form classroom in India
Australian studio Alexander Symes Architect has renovated and reconfigured a kite-shaped house used as a landmark by local surfers in Mollymook, New South Wales. More about Alexander Symes Architect reworks kite-shaped Cake House on Australian coast
Environmental consultancy Finding Infinity has invited leading Australian architecture studios to propose concepts that could transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city by 2030. More about A New Normal exhibition aims to transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city
A series of models, installations and photographs addressing the decarbonisation of architecture fill the Spain Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Spanish pavilion demonstrates "another way of building" at Venice Architecture Biennale
Low-carbon building and affordable housing in the US are likely to be particularly badly hit by uncertainty around president Donald Trump's import tariffs, experts have told Dezeen. More about Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn
Architecture studio Kennon has completed the 550 Spencer office building in Australia, forming the "first building in the country" to be powered on-site by a solar facade system. More about Kennon adds 1,182 solar panels to facade of Melbourne office building
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we spotlight architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso – the "perfect learning environment". More about Diébédo Francis Kéré's Gando Primary School was the most significant building of 2001
The Global Cement and Concrete Association has set international definitions for low-carbon concrete and cement, which were launched at the COP29 climate conference. More about Definitions of low-carbon concrete announced at COP29 to "bring transparency and trust"
Paris-based Littow Architectes has designed a group off-grid holiday homes on the coast in the Helsinki archipelago, Finland. More about Littow Architectes creates collection of off-grid cabins on Helsinki archipelago
Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. More about HEMAA integrates "nuanced structure" into Mexican wetlands pavilion