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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable design. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Read more

A central courtyard in this remote retreat by Chilean studio SAA brings natural light to the interiors while avoiding the need to cut any additional trees surrounding the structure. Read more

Promotion: furniture brand Division Twelve has partnered with Canadian design studio Figure3 to redesign its showroom in New York City. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: part of a complete bathroom accessories collection by Geesa, the Opal 18.5-centimetre bathroom shelf features simple graphic shapes and an optional brushed black metal finish. Read more

RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has been awarded the European Union’s annual architecture award for Town House, a colonnaded teaching building designed for Kingston University in London. Read more

Large ceramic fins with a titanium dioxide coating that can break down smog particles cover the wave-like form of this hospital building in Milan, designed by local practice Mario Cucinella Architects. Read more

Italian studio Space Caviar has constructed Dixit Algorizmi: The Garden of Knowledge, an indoor garden with reflective steel steps for the Uzbekistan pavilion at this year’s Venice Art Biennale. Read more

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Balbek Bureau and tasked the architecture studio with constructing a temporary shelter complex near Kyiv to house locals while their homes are being rebuilt following Russia’s invasion. Read more

Designers need to stop feeling guilty about making products and start using their creativity to become part of the climate solution, writes Katie Treggiden. Read more