Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg has developed a concept for a pod with a transparent divider to allow people to meet vulnerable relatives safely, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More about Scott Brownrigg's Social Contact Pod would let people visit vulnerable family during pandemic
Expo 2020 Dubai will take place in 2021 after Bureau International des Expositions, the body that awards and overseas World Expos, voted to postpone the event due to coronavirus. More about Expo 2020 Dubai postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus
Pioneering architect James Wines laments the predominance of digitally created forms in architecture and calls for more buildings that "reach out to people" in the first of a series of talks VDF is broadcasting in partnership with Friedman Benda. More about Cities "are swamped by the exotic shapes you can make with a computer," says James Wines
Dezeen promotion: a conversion of New York's JFK terminal building and a brutalist boutique in the historical centre of Oaxaca, Mexico, are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year's AHEAD Americas awards. More about Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Americas 2020 hospitality awards
Deep red walls and walkways shade the primary-coloured interiors of this school in Rajasthan, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects. More about Towering red beams shade walkways of Rajasthan School in India
With the demolition of Los Angeles County Museum of Art underway for Peter Zumthor's redesign, Mimi Zeiger is concerned about what will be left for the city and its residents following coronavirus lockdown. More about "The cruelness of demolishing LACMA when Angelenos are unable to bear witness should not be ignored"
This exclusive photography by Monica Nouwens captures the razing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of controversial plans to redevelop the site with a Peter Zumthor-designed building. More about Photography reveals LACMA demolition during coronavirus pandemic
Architect Carlo Ratti spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with architect Carlo Ratti as part of Virtual Design Festival
Unparelld'arquitectes has turned four buttresses supporting a party wall in the town of Olot, Spain, into an arched public shelter that aims to "catalyse activity" on the street. More about Unparelld'arquitectes creates Emergency Scenery public performance backdrop in Olot
Dezeen Awards winners and judges including Studio Drift, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sevil Peach will take part in a live drop-in conversation from 1:00pm UK time as part of today's VDF x Dezeen Awards collaboration. More about Live conversation with Dezeen Awards judges and winners including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Sevil Peach as part of VDF
Products database Architonic has acquired architecture news website ArchDaily in a deal thought to be worth around €10 million. More about Architecture news website ArchDaily sold to products platform Architonic
Today's round up of design-related coronavirus stories includes a delay in artist Christo's plans to wrap a Paris landmark in fabric and an invention to open doors with your shoe. More about Philip Watts Design creates Shoe Pull door opener and Christo's Arc de Triomphe artwork delayed
Ingenhoven Architects has covered the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, Germany, with 30,000 plants to form hedges that would stretch five miles laid end to end. More about Ingenhoven Architects wraps Düsseldorf office with five miles of hedges to create Europe's largest green facade
Architect Bruno Stevens has added a sunken slate-clad ceramics studio to a house on a sloping site in Belgium. More about Architect Bruno Stevens designs slate-covered studio for his ceramist mother
Stone and whitewashed walls surround a holiday home on the Greek island of Mykonos designed by K-studio, which has a tree poking through its shady wooden pergolas. More about K-studio creates stone holiday home on Mykonos overlooking the Aegean Sea
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has built a house on Vietnam's scenic Ha Long Bay with trees growing through its concrete walls. More about Trees burst through walls of Ha Long Villa by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
That was week three of VDF! Highlights include a video message from Ben van Berkel and an exclusive screening of the Dieter Rams documentary plus a live interview with director Gary Hustwit. We also teamed up with Fritz Hansen to celebrate Vico Magistretti's centenary. More about This week's VDF highlights include Alison Brooks, Chris Precht, UNStudio, Fritz Hansen and free Dieter Rams film screening
Architect Ludwig Godefroy has designed this fragmented concrete house, which spans an 80-metre-long site in Mérida, Mexico, to draw on Mayan traditions and culture. More about Ludwig Godefroy references sacred Mayan roads with Casa Mérida
Architect Alison Brooks speaks to Dezeen in this live discussion with Marcus Fairs, as part of our Screentime interview series sponsored by Enscape. Watch the conversation live from 4pm UK time. More about Live interview with architect Alison Brooks as part of Virtual Design Festival
Alison Brooks Architects has built an art-filled black house alongside a Georgian farmhouse in Gloucestershire that has been converted into a dedicated gallery space. More about Alison Brooks designs Windward House to intensify the "joy of living with art"