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Herzog & de Meuron's Chelsea FC stadium plans expire
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
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Architecture
Gad Line+ Studio perches white cloud-like pavilion to overlook sacred mountain in China
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
Virtual Design Festival
VDF's top 10 videos include Chris Precht and Alison Brooks plus Studio Drift's drone performance
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
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Milan calls on architects and designers to create social-distancing devices
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
Architecture
Moxon Architects adds perforated weathering steel extension to Aberdeenshire Council HQ
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
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AIA outlines how people can safely return to offices post pandemic
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
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Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart city during 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
Architecture
Splayed and stacked white volumes form San Antonio House in Mexico
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
Architecture
Oliver Chapman Architects combines technology and craft in Flitch House
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
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C'entro is a fibreglass frame to help people social distance in public parks
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
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London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
Cities across Europe and the Americas are drawing up plans to take street space away from cars in favour of cyclists and pedestrians in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More about London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
Architecture
Estudio Cavernas designs Thailand community centre as learning hub for Burmese migrant children
Not-for-profit organisation Estudio Cavernas has built the sugarcane-thatched Green Island community centre for over 400 Burmese children living near the Myanmar border in western Thailand. More about Estudio Cavernas designs Thailand community centre as learning hub for Burmese migrant children
Architecture
Modernist and Southern colonial styles meet in Three Chimney House in rural Virginia
Three white-brick chimneys rise from this house in Virginia, which US studio T W Ryan Architecture designed to reference a modernist Mies van der Rohe house and a nearby plantation. More about Modernist and Southern colonial styles meet in Three Chimney House in rural Virginia
Architecture
Five of the best houses in Peru
Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian residences in natural surrounds. More about Five of the best houses in Peru
VDF Screentime
Live interview with architect Jimenez Lai as part of Virtual Design Festival
Los Angeles architect Jimenez Lai speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with architect Jimenez Lai as part of Virtual Design Festival
Architecture
Rough concrete walls frame jungle views at The Tiing hotel in Bali
Concrete was cast against bamboo to create the rugged walls of this boutique hotel in Bali, by Australian architect Nic Brunsdon. More about Rough concrete walls frame jungle views at The Tiing hotel in Bali
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Peter Saville and Fergadelic design stickers to support the NHS
Artists including Peter Saville and Fergadelic have contributed to the Stick Together sticker collection that is being sold to support the NHS, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More about Peter Saville and Fergadelic design stickers to support the NHS
Architecture
Woorak House in Sydney offers peeks of nearby nature reserve
Airy pavilion-like structures make up this holiday home in Sydney, which CM Studio has designed to optimise views of its luscious green surroundings. More about Woorak House in Sydney offers peeks of nearby nature reserve
Architecture
Illustrator Anna Gibb draws Isolation Escapes architecture montage
British architect and illustrator Anna Gibb has combined buildings by architects including Le Corbusier and Mies Van der Rohe to create an architectural montage of places people would like to be quarantined in during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Illustrator Anna Gibb draws Isolation Escapes architecture montage
Architecture
Curved brickwork fronts Mendoza apartment building by Primer Piso Arquitectos
Rounded walls, courtyards and portholes outfit this apartment complex in Mendoza, Argentina, designed by local practice Primer Piso Arquitectos. More about Curved brickwork fronts Mendoza apartment building by Primer Piso Arquitectos