This week on Dezeen, Northumbria University graduate Hope Underwood unveiled a water harvesting system that can be retrofitted to domestic drainpipes to divert rainwater. More about This week we showcased a rainwater harvesting kit that aims to reduce household bills
Northumbria University graduate Hope Underwood has created a water harvesting system that can be retrofitted to domestic drainpipes to divert rainwater and use it for flushing toilets. More about Student develops retrofit rainwater harvesting kit to reduce household water bills
Local development and design studio Optima has announced the six-tower residential McDowell Mountain development in Arizona, designed to harvest up to 210,000 gallons of rainwater in an underground vault. More about Optima designs apartments with America's "largest private rainwater harvesting" system
Indian practice Studio Naqshbandi has completed the Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Centre, a partially walled spiritual education hub in western India surrounded by rainwater harvesting ponds. More about Studio Naqshbandi surrounds Indian spiritual hub with bio-ponds for "journey of discovery"
American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona, adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. More about Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"
Art and research organisation Metabolic Studio has showcased aspects of its Bending the River project, an infrastructure and art project designed to remediate water and land around the Los Angeles River. More about Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to "facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves"
Designer Mijoda Dajomi has created the Daughters of Rain headwear collection, which can harvest rainwater in anticipation of future water shortages. More about Mijoda Dajomi designs rain-harvesting hats for a water scarce future
Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. More about 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds "bird wing" extension to Ottawa house
US tech startup Laero has unveiled a compact water treatment system at Dutch Design Week, which it claims can be installed under any sink to recycle up to 80 per cent of the water. More about Laero develops at-home system for turning wastewater into drinking water
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More about Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico
Fog X, a jacket that can make drinking water from fog, has won the first public vote in the Lexus Design Awards, which recognises prototypes that aim to build a better future. - about Fog-collecting jacket by Pavels Hedström wins Lexus Design Award
Design studio Alsar Atelier and designer Oscar Zamora have created a structure in Bogotá, Colombia, that can collect 200 litres of water per week for the local community using a simple structure draped in fabric. More about Alsar Atelier and Oscar Zamora create Bogotá fog catcher
Architecture studio Archiopteryx has created a home in Noida, India, which is arranged around water collection and topped with a rooftop splash pool. More about Archiopteryx designs People Tree House to conserve and store rainwater
California company Living Vehicle has unveiled its 2023 Travel Trailer mobile home, which has a roof covered in solar panels and generates its own drinking water from the humidity in the air. More about Living Vehicle launches off-grid mobile home that creates water from humidity
Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal to create "water-positive" buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh propose giant fog-harvesting buildings to create "a healthier and more nourished world"
Dutch practice V8 Architects has created a pavilion with its own enclosed water, energy and food system and a leave-no-trace philosophy as the Netherlands' contribution to Expo 2020 Dubai. More about V8 Architects' Dutch Biotope pavilion generates water and food at Dubai Expo
Artist Mary Mattingly has designed a sphere filled with native plants that filter water in a gravity-fed system to mimic New York City's water system. More about Watershed Core is a cyclical installation that filters rainwater in New York
Hong Kong architecture studio Orient Occident Atelier has designed a civic centre that harvests water for the small Cambodian village of Sneung. More about Orient Occident Atelier builds community hall in Cambodia that harvests clean drinking water
Designer Shaakira Jassat has created a rain-catcher that is slim enough to fit on the outside of buildings in dense urban environments. More about Rain-harvesting panels would let people in drought-stricken cities catch their own water
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More about WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping container