Video
Dezeen's video guide to high-tech architecture
Dezeen has created a short video guide to high-tech architecture from A to Z as the final part of our high-tech architecture series. More about Dezeen's video guide to high-tech architecture
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Design
Dezeen announces Virtual Design Festival starting 15 April
Dezeen announces Virtual Design Festival, the world's first online design festival, taking place from Wednesday 15 April onwards. More about Dezeen announces Virtual Design Festival starting 15 April
Architecture
ExCel centre "obvious choice" to convert into coronavirus hospital says BDP
Converting convention centres into coronavirus hospitals is the most efficient way to increase intensive-care capacity, according to James Hepburn of architecture and engineering firm BDP, which helped convert London's ExCel centre into the 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale. More about ExCel centre "obvious choice" to convert into coronavirus hospital says BDP
Architecture
Basic House in Bangkok exhibits owner's car collection
A glass-walled garage and courtyard form the focal point of Basic House, a residence by Brownhouses in Bangkok that is designed to be deliberately simple. More about Basic House in Bangkok exhibits owner's car collection
Architecture
Opposite Office proposes converting Berlin's Brandenburg airport into superhospital
German studio Opposite Office has proposed creating a temporary Covid-19 superhospital inside Berlin's unfinished Brandenburg airport during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Opposite Office proposes converting Berlin's Brandenburg airport into superhospital
Architecture
Angular "boulders" form Amanali house in Mexico by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mexico City's Rojkind Arquitectos has designed a weekend home near a lakeside town in Mexico to comprise five prismatic volumes covered in dark stone. More about Angular "boulders" form Amanali house in Mexico by Rojkind Arquitectos
Architecture
Daydreamers Design creates flame-coloured pavilion from recycled plastic bricks
Dezeen promotion: Hong Kong studio Daydreamers Design has reinterpreted a traditional Chinese burning tower as a spiralling pavilion made from recycled plastic around a geometric flame sculpture. More about Daydreamers Design creates flame-coloured pavilion from recycled plastic bricks
Architecture
UNStudio creates pixelated facade for Louis Vuitton store from glass and steel bricks
Dutch architecture practice UNStudio has recreated a typical Dutch townhouse's facade in bricks made from stainless steel and glass for Louis Vuitton's store on Amsterdam shopping street PC Hooftstraat. More about UNStudio creates pixelated facade for Louis Vuitton store from glass and steel bricks
News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 1 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a low-cost ventilator, a hospital in Central Park, Salone del Mobile mask collection and brands including IKEA promoting staying at home. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 1 April
News
Working from home "the new normal" for architects and designers
Coronavirus lockdowns will have a profound impact on how creative businesses work in future, according to architects and designers including Carlo Ratti Associati, BIG, Snøhetta and Pearson Lloyd. More about Working from home "the new normal" for architects and designers
Architecture
Riverside visitor centre in China built around existing trees
A visitor centre for the village of Xiahuangyu, China, is formed of interconnected pavilions built around existing pine trees by DnA_Design and Architecture. More about Riverside visitor centre in China built around existing trees
Architecture
Lever Architecture designs CLT extension for The Nature Conservancy's Portland office
Weathered steel and juniper siding clad the cross-laminated timber community centre that Lever Architecture has added to the Oregon outpost of The Nature Conservancy. More about Lever Architecture designs CLT extension for The Nature Conservancy's Portland office
News
RIBA president Alan Jones unexpectedly steps down
The president of the Royal Institute of British Architects has temporarily stepped down from his role due to personal reasons. More about RIBA president Alan Jones unexpectedly steps down
Architecture
Walker Warner creates House of Flowers tasting room for California winery
California firm Walker Warner Architects has transformed a warehouse into a visitor centre for a winery with redwood, cypress and rammed earth. More about Walker Warner creates House of Flowers tasting room for California winery
Architecture
The Parchment Works house extension built inside ruined stone walls
The ruins of a 17th-century parchment factory and old cattle shed form part of a residential extension by Will Gamble Architects in Northamptonshire, UK. More about The Parchment Works house extension built inside ruined stone walls
Podcasts
"I feel like a bit of a fake" says David Chipperfield in Dezeen's latest podcast
Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with British architect David Chipperfield, who describes growing up on a farm, struggling at school, how Zaha Hadid saved him from failing his architecture diploma – and why he still suffers from imposter syndrome. More about "I feel like a bit of a fake" says David Chipperfield in Dezeen's latest podcast
Architecture
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 31 March
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes news on Dubai Expo 2020, how Covid-19 hospitals are built, Sam Jacob's design academy and an F1 team making a breathing aid. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 31 March
Architecture
SheltAir gridshell pods inflate in eight hours to isolate coronavirus patients
Architectural engineer Gregory Quinn has developed SheltAir, domed bio-containment pods erected using inflatable cushions that could help coronavirus patients isolate. More about SheltAir gridshell pods inflate in eight hours to isolate coronavirus patients
Architecture
Jaimie Shorten wins Antepavilion competition with "anti-authoritarian" shark installation
Architect Jaimie Shorten will install six singing shark sculptures in a London canal after winning this year's Antepavilion competition organised by the Architecture Foundation. More about Jaimie Shorten wins Antepavilion competition with "anti-authoritarian" shark installation
Architecture
Deltastudio converts concrete warehouse into minimalist family home
Architecture practice Deltastudio has turned a former agricultural warehouse in Italy into a house with a balcony framed with white curtains. More about Deltastudio converts concrete warehouse into minimalist family home