Speaking live from Rotterdam on day two of the Dezeen 15 digital festival, Winy Maas of MVRDV described his vision for a new layer on the Earth's surface that will allow both humans and nature to thrive. More about Architect Winy Maas proposes covering the entire planet with an inhabitable biostructure
London studio Make has designed a virtual reality installation that sits at the centre of the Build Better Now pavilion for COP26. More about Make designs central installation for COP26 Build Better Now virtual pavilion
The second finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Justinian Khoo, who has proposed moving humanity into sustainable floating cities so that nature can reclaim the land. More about Justinian Khoo envisions networks of floating cities "to provide freedom for nature on land"
Speaking live from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on day one of the Dezeen 15 festival, artist and designer Es Devlin described how we could swap cars for trees in cities. More about Es Devlin sets out her vision for a car-free future in a live Dezeen 15 interview
Pawel Rymsza's proposal to house humanity in a network of ring-shaped structures built around huge algae-rich lakes is the first of 15 visionary projects selected as finalists for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Pawel Rymsza proposes domed cities with algae lakes "to make big reductions in atmospheric carbon"
Curator Florence Ostende discusses the recently opened exhibition focused on the work of Isamu Noguchi at London's Barbican Centre, in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Isamu Noguchi a "pioneer of social sculpture" says Barbican curator
Dezeen promotion: curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and other industry experts came together to discuss the ways in which architecture and design can be utilised to create restorative spaces that improve mental wellbeing. More about Therme Art's Basel talk examines architecture's potential to improve mental health
Eco-design studio Biobased Creations has built a showhome almost entirely from biomaterials including wood, mycelium, seaweed, straw and vegetable fibres as well as earth and sewage. More about House built from 100 different plant-based materials unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch explains how 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus aims to showcase how to build with less material without compromising performance in this video Dezeen produced for the building materials company. More about Striatus 3D-printed bridge "establishes a new language for concrete" says Holcim CEO
This video guides viewers around a memorial by Studio Libeskind in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which is dedicated to the Dutch victims of the Holocaust. More about Short film offers tour of Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names by Studio Libeskind
Designer Yuan Youmin explains how he created a special edition of Rado's True Square watch by drawing from traditional Chinese measuring instruments in this video produced by Dezeen for the Swiss watch brand. More about Yuan Youmin "brings Chinese culture together with minimalist design" to create True Square watch for Rado
UK-studio Tsuruta Architects has completed a housing project in south London called The Queen of Catford, which features thousands of cat faces and a pair of blue heritage plaques dedicated to fictional characters. More about Tsuruta Architects incorporates 27,000 cat faces into five homes in Catford
Dezeen promotion: built within a secret garden and surrounded by forest, the Aman Kyoto designed by the late Singapore-based architect Kerry Hill was crowned Hotel of the Year at this week's AHEAD Asia awards. More about Aman Kyoto scoops coveted Hotel of the Year award at AHEAD Asia 2021
AHEAD will announce the best new hotel designs in Asia in a video ceremony broadcast by Dezeen for the hospitality awards programme. Tune in from 7:00pm Singapore time. More about AHEAD Asia 2021 awards winners announced in video ceremony on Dezeen
British designer Tom Dixon explains how he worked with VitrA to create his first-ever bathroom collection in this video produced by Dezeen for the bathroom brand. More about Tom Dixon aims for "expressive minimalism" with Liquid bathroom collection for VitrA
In this video produced by Dezeen for OPPO, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma describes how he worked with the smart device brand to create Bamboo Ring, an installation currently showing at Milan design week. More about Kengo Kuma and OPPO pair traditional materials and technology to create "spiritual experience"
Dezeen promotion: a Foster + Partners hotel in Saudi Arabia and a series of private bungalows in Mozambique that celebrate African minimalism are among the hotels celebrated in the 2021 edition of the AHEAD MEA awards. More about Minimalist hotel in Mozambique dominates at AHEAD MEA 2021 awards
This one-minute video shows how BlockWorks collaborated with has non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders to build a virtual library to support freedom of speech. More about Watch a virtual fly-through of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
Swiss architect Fabien Roy has designed Robust Nest, an incubator for hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa that functions throughout power cuts and is currently being exhibited as part of Milan design week. More about Fabien Roy creates power cut-resilient incubator to protect babies in sub-Saharan Africa from hypothermia
Dezeen promotion: in this Venice Biennale talk by Therme Art and V–A–C, 11 experts from the fields of architecture, design and technology discuss how we can reimagine our cities while giving back to nature. More about Watch a talk with Stefano Boeri and Joseph Grima about creating cities in symbiosis with nature