Creative people thrive in difficult situations and can use the coronavirus pandemic to explore new ways to add value, says designer Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More about Coronavirus is an opportunity to create "a new economic model" says Lonneke Gordijn
The final instalment of VDF's collaboration with MAAT features a video overview of the Currents - Temporary Architectures by SO-IL exhibition that was due to open at the Lisbon museum, plus a text written for the show by Beatrice Galilee. More about MAAT's video offers a sneak peek of the Currents - Temporary Architectures by SO-IL exhibition
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has designed this athletic complex for a Costa Rica hotel to be like "a small village amongst the trees". More about Studio Saxe adds plant-covered athletic centre to Costa Rican hotel
Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of architecture practice SO-IL and MAAT executive director Beatrice Leanza spoke to Dezeen live as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with MAAT. More about Live video interview with SO-IL and Beatrice Leanza as part of Virtual Design Festival
In this exclusive movie premiere screened as part of VDF's collaboration with MAAT, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain 12 temporary architecture projects that feature in an exhibition at the Lisbon museum. More about Lisbon's MAAT museum premieres documentary about SO-IL's temporary work with VDF
This movie by Space Popular explores how virtual reality could become as widespread as the video call, allowing our homes to digitally merge with those of our loved ones. More about Swapping video calls for VR will change our homes forever says Space Popular
Boston architect Eric Höweler and a team from Harvard's Graduate School of Design have helped local doctors develop patient isolation hoods – a new type of device that could save the lives of healthcare workers and "impact things worldwide" in the fight against coronavirus. More about Architects and medics collaborate on "unprecedented" project to develop open-source hoods to protect healthcare workers
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes the conversion of a Foster + Partners-designed college building, open-source hoods and optimism from Spain. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 20 April
Today Virtual Design Festival teams up with Lisbon's MAAT museum to present its collaboration with architect SO-IL. First, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain their Beeline installation in this exclusive video. More about VDF collaborates with MAAT in Lisbon to launch virtual experience of SO-IL installation and exhibition
Design studio Stu.dere looked into traditional washing methods to create the interior of this laundrette in northern Portugal, which features marble and green-tile surfaces. More about Lavandaria Morinha laundrette in Portugal takes subtle cues from old washhouses
Week two of Virtual Design Festival features an architecture photography festival, a celebration of Earth Day, interviews with SO-IL and Ron Arad and a live music performance by Beatie Wolfe. Here's what's coming up this week. More about Virtual Design Festival week two includes SO-IL, Ron Arad and Beatie Wolfe
Japanese designer Rie Sakamoto replaced yarn with rubber bands for her knitted fashion collection, which aims to showcase this stationary item's overlooked qualities. More about Rie Sakamoto knits rubber bands together like yarn for elastic garments
Elliott Architects has designed this barn-like house in the Tyne Valley, England, with double-height living space beneath a steep gable ceiling. More about Steep gable defines barn-style house in rural England by Elliott Architects
A patchwork of wood shingles and stone forms this Toronto home that local practice Batay-Csorba Architects has extended and renovated. More about Batay-Csorba Architects expands Arts and Crafts-style house in Toronto
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden visits Kengo Kuma's new Olympic stadium in Tokyo in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More about Kengo Kuma's Japan National Stadium is "definitely not iconic" says Martin van der Linden
Paris studio Lemoal Lemoal Architectes has completed a half-timbered changing pavilion at the Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg on the north coast of France. More about Lemoal Lemoal Architectes builds translucent half-timbered tennis pavilion
Architect Leticia Saá has woven historical features such as exposed brickwork and wooden pillars into the minimal interior of this open-plan apartment in Madrid. More about Original beams and brickwork add warmth to pared-back Madrid apartment
Beirut design studio T Sakhi combined Venetian Murano glass with recycled metal threads and powder to create a pair of textured glassware collections. More about T Sakhi infuses Murano glass with metal wires for Tasting Threads tableware
A gabled titanium roof and wooden walls form this white house that architecture studio Naturehumaine has perched on a wooded site in Québec, Canada. More about Poisson Blanc cabin by Naturehumaine has a white pointed metal roof
New York architecture studio Forma has created contrasting orange and grey-coloured rooms for Yale University's student-run radio station. More about Orange performance room stands out at Yale University's radio station