The Covid-19 pandemic gives designers the chance to address global challenges instead of making "more meaningless stuff," designer Hella Jongerius says in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More about Coronavirus "feels like a disaster and an opportunity at the same time" says Hella Jongerius
With Tinseltown under lockdown due to coronavirus, a new genre of "virus fiction" or "ViFi" could emerge, says speculative architect and director Liam Young in the first of a series of video messages from creatives around the world recorded as part of our Virtual Design Festival. More about Los Angeles "is now a live-action dystopia playing out in real time" says Liam Young
Life in Shanghai is slowly getting back to normal, reports curator Aric Chen in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival on his first day in the fresh air after 14 days of home quarantine. More about "I hope this offers a glimmer of hope that things are getting better" says Aric Chen
Architecture firm Shau has built a library in Semarang, Indonesia, featuring a grand staircase, a net floor and a large communal swing. More about Microlibrary Warak Kayu features a hammock-style floor and a swing
These five houses in San Francisco are traditional in the front and have contemporary extensions in the back. More about Five San Francisco house extensions designed to contrast the original architecture
Glasgow studio O'DonnellBrown has designed and built an open-air classroom, which will host learning workshops after the coronavirus shutdown is over. More about O'DonnellBrown promotes outdoor learning with The Community Classroom
Architecture studio 2m26 has completed this small wooden guesthouse with matching furniture in southwestern France. More about La Petite Maison is a tiny guesthouse in France made out of wood
Just in time for Easter, here are eight buildings shaped like eggs, including a golden sauna in Sweden, beach huts in South Korea and a micro home in Slovakia. More about Eight egg-shaped buildings from around the world
Portuguese studio Site Specific Arquitectura has renovated a 1950s school in Lisbon and added a dual-level extension with round openings connecting its outdoor spaces. More about Circular holes connect playgrounds on two levels of a Lisbon school
This office and residential building near Quito, Ecuador was designed by local studio Diez+Muller to enclose a staggered atrium for yoga classes. More about Diez+Muller steps atrium through Natura offices and residences in Ecuador
Coronavirus has changed the relationship between cities and their rural hinterlands, writes Mimi Zeiger, casting new light on the essays accompanying Rem Koolhaas' now-shuttered Countryside exhibition. More about "As dense metropolises become overwhelmed, the countryside is seen as an escape hatch"
Alberto Bologna spotlights 10 key buildings from his book Chinese Brutalism Today, which examines the enduring trend of concrete architecture in China. More about Ten significant concrete buildings featured in Chinese Brutalism Today
Mexican studio Escobedo Soliz has completed a simple house in Mexico City comprising two brick arms that flank a central patio. More about Escobedo Soliz wraps brick house for retired teacher around a patio
Container ships could be converted into giant hospitals that could sail to cities most impacted by coronavirus, under a proposal by UK architecture studio Weston Williamson + Partners. More about Weston Williamson + Partners proposes turning container ships into floating coronavirus hospitals
From designing face shields and flat-pack intensive care units to 3D-printing hands-free door levers and converting buildings to hospitals, architects and designers are tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Here are five ways they are helping. More about Five ways architects and designers are helping the fight against coronavirus
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes magazine covers and movie posters that reflect the pandemic, as well as face shields by Nike, Adidas and Apple. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 9 April
Redbridge School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal is formed of two wood-framed buildings clad with metal, one featuring a playground on its roof. More about School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal features rooftop playground
Weathered cedar covers this Vermont house, which local design-build studio Birdseye Design built into a grassy slope to take cues from nearby barns. More about Birdseye Design integrates Bank Barn house into Vermont hillside
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes quarantine trains, engineering challenges for children and a fundraising auction for a Milan hospital. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 8 April
New photographs reveal that the MVRDV-designed Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is nearing completion in Rotterdam. More about MVRDV's art depot for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen nears completion