This transparent speaker has built-in sensors that detect when parts need to be replaced, repaired or updated, and notifies users via their smartphones. More about Sustainable see-through speaker by People People alerts user when parts need replacing
Future Makers: in this movie, Thomas Granier explains why his organisation La Voûte Nubienne believes the future of housing in sub-Saharan Africa can be transformed by reviving a 3,500-year-old building technique. More about La Voûte Nubienne revives ancient building technique to "transform housing" in Africa
One-minute movie: Chinese University of Hong Kong students created this curving pavilion from bent bamboo poles and translucent fabric to host a series of events that promote low-carbon living and construction. More about Students erect arching bamboo events pavilion in Hong Kong
Future Makers: in this exclusive movie, Italian architect Arturo Vittori explains how his wooden Warka Water structures can provide clean drinking water for rural communities in the developing world. More about Arturo Vittori's Warka Water towers harvest clean drinking water from the air
Construction started today on a Singapore design school that will produce all of its own energy and more. More about National University of Singapore starts building zero-energy design school
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tamara Orjola's Forest Wool stools and carpets are made from processed pine needles left over from the timber industry. More about Tamara Orjola makes furniture and textiles using pine needles
Eindhoven-based designer WooJai Lee has turned recycled paper into bricks that can be used to build furniture. More about WooJai Lee turns recycled newspaper into PaperBricks building blocks
Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to design a 5,000-seat stadium built entirely from wood, for the British football club Forest Green Rovers. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to build world's first wooden football stadium
Elon Musk has realised his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", combining camouflaged roof tiles with an updated version of the energy-storing Powerwall. More about Tesla and SolarCity unveil inconspicuous solar roof tiles with "quasi-infinite" lifespan
Taiwanese designer Sheng-Hung Lee and Malaysian designer Wan Kee Lee have created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots. More about TetraPOT is a greener alternative to concrete coastal defences
Design solutions for a wide range of social concerns, from rapid-recovery housing to drinking water access for migrants, are featured in a new show at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. More about Socially responsible design in America presented in Cooper Hewitt exhibition
Canadian studios KPMB Architects and HCMA Architecture + Design have completed an alumni centre for the University of British Columbia with angled, fritted-glass facades that "change dramatically from day to night" (+ slideshow). More about Vancouver university building by KPMB and HCMA features fritted glass and rough-sawn cedar
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). More about House Zilvar by ASGK Design is an angular wooden home in the Czech countryside
Dark-stained cedar gables contrast with knapped flint walls at this English countryside house, designed by London-based Jestico + Whiles for one of the firm's directors (+ slideshow). More about Rugged flint walls contrast dark cedar gables of House 19 by Jestico + Whiles
Graduate shows 2016: design graduate Micaella Pedros demonstrates how heat-shrunk plastic bottles can be used to create stable furniture joints in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the Royal College of Art (+ movie). More about Micaella Pedros explains how to make furniture using discarded plastic bottles
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Micaella Pedros has repurposed discarded plastic bottles into joints that can be used to hold wooden furniture together (+ movie). More about Micaella Pedros uses heat-shrunk plastic bottles to join furniture
French designer Philippe Starck has created a minimal and recyclable summer sandal collection for Brazilian brand Ipanema. More about Philippe Starck designs collection of recyclable flip-flops for Ipanema
Dutch design studio Waarmakers has used standard cardboard tubing to create a ceiling light that can be assembled from its own packaging (+ movie). More about Waarmakers' R16 light is made from its own cardboard packaging
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva-Dawson has used cow's milk to create a natural alternative to plastic from non-renewable sources (+ slideshow). More about Tessa Silva-Dawson uses milk as substitute for hydrocarbon plastics
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Mi Zhang has used dust from a prominent quarrying town in China to create a collection of colourful vessels (+ movie). More about Mi Zhang uses mining dust to create colourful vases