Designers Thomas Musca and Duyi Han have cast reinforced concrete into furniture with chunky angles and geometric voids that take cues from brutalist architecture. More about Squashed-looking concrete bench by Thomas Musca and Duyi Han references brutalist architecture
Architect Smiljan Radić has designed this secluded black-concrete house among woodland in Vilches, Chile, to feature three huge rooflights that extend at odd angles. More about Black concrete skylights protrude from House for the Poem of the Right Angle by Smiljan Radić
Herzog & de Meuron's update for Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium is defeated after the planning permission expired. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Chelsea FC stadium plans expire
Designer Yinka Ilori shares what he's been doing to keep busy during the coronavirus lockdown in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More about Yinka Ilori has been making models and learning to play the Nigerian talking drum during lockdown
White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. More about Gad Line+ Studio perches white cloud-like pavilion to overlook sacred mountain in China
We're roughly one-third of the way through Virtual Design Festival, having completed 24 days of the 77-day marathon! With the VDF team taking a break today as its a holiday in the UK, here are the ten most popular VDF video posts so far. More about VDF's top 10 videos include Chris Precht and Alison Brooks plus Studio Drift's drone performance
In the last of our three exclusive video interviews for Virtual Design Festival, Iris van Herpen describes how she created the optical illusions in her Hypnosis collection, which includes a dress the Dutch fashion designer describes as her most complicated yet. More about "The Infinity dress is the most difficult I have ever made" says Iris van Herpen
Architects and designers are being asked to devise social-distancing devices to allow Milan's bars, shops and public spaces to reopen safely following the height of the coronavirus pandemic. More about Milan calls on architects and designers to create social-distancing devices
Dezeen Showroom: VDF products fair: designer Philippe Malouin has developed a collection of monochrome rugs for Italian brand CC-Tapis that replicates the irregularities of lines made by crayons. More about Philippe Malouin designs Lines rug collection for CC-Tapis to celebrate imperfection
Moxon Architects has restored and converted a listed building and a former police station in Fraserburgh, Scotland, adding a contemporary extension clad in weathering steel. More about Moxon Architects adds perforated weathering steel extension to Aberdeenshire Council HQ
The American Institute of Architects has released a tool kit that provides strategies for limiting exposure to coronavirus in buildings as restrictions begin to ease. More about AIA outlines how people can safely return to offices post pandemic
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto amid "unprecedented economic uncertainty" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. More about Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart city during pandemic
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More about Dezeen Weekly features films with impressive interiors to watch during lockdown
Pockets of greenery are used to contrast the bright "canvas" of this white house that Mexican studio Jaime Juárez R Arquitecto has completed in Morelia. More about Splayed and stacked white volumes form San Antonio House in Mexico
In this special instalment of our Screentime series VDF goes live to Milan, where Bar Basso owner Maurizio Stocchetto tells the story of the design world's favourite drinking spot and shows how to mix the bar's signature cocktail. More about Live interview and cocktail masterclass with Maurizio Stocchetto of Milan's Bar Basso
Architect Leandro Garcia has renovated an apartment for a family's holiday home near the beach in Matinhos, Brazil and filled it with vintage Brazilian furniture. More about Leandro Garcia outfits Praia Mansa Apartment with Brazilian marble and local designs
In a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival, the owner of Bar Basso in Milan says the design community has a chance to stay together despite the coronavirus pandemic causing design fairs to be cancelled. More about Virtual Design Festival is "a chance to stay together" says Maurizio Stocchetto of Bar Basso
Oliver Chapman Architects has added a garden room to a house in Edinburgh, combining an Arts and Crafts approach with smart-home technologies. More about Oliver Chapman Architects combines technology and craft in Flitch House
Design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli has created a concept for social distancing within parks, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More about C'entro is a fibreglass frame to help people social distance in public parks
Coronavirus will lead to a rise in escapist restaurant interiors, while physical menus, cash payments and buffets will largely be abandoned, according to a trends report by Dubai-based studio Roar. More about Escapist restaurant interiors could be "lasting design legacy of the pandemic" says Roar trends report