This week on Dezeen, the UK housing secretary dismissed planning proposals for a 305-metre-tall tourist attraction in the City of London over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design.
A letter published on Thursday by the UK government stated that the Tulip tower would cause damage "to the significance of designated heritage assets". The tower, designed by Foster + Partners, was planned to sit next to the studio's Stirling Prize-winning Gherkin skyscraper.
Earlier this week, Foster + Partners completed an inpatient hospital on the University of Pennsylvania campus which has a facade of striking copper-hued aluminium and glass bands.
Es Devlin creates indoor forest as venue for COP26 events
This week also saw British designer Es Devlin unveil her installation Conference of the Trees at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. The installation is the site of The New York Times Climate Hub, which is running in conjunction with the climate conference. As part of our daily coverage, we also reported on the first built environment day, a climate change artwork projected onto the COP26 venue by Beatie Wolfe and Rolls-Royce receiving a grant for mini nuclear reactors.
In other COP26 news, in an interview with Dezeen BMW head of sustainability strategy Thomas Becker explained why the company won't be replacing fossil-fuel cars with electric vehicles (EVs) before "poorer countries" have scaled up their EV-charging infrastructure.
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