AHEAD is announcing the best new hotel designs in the Americas today, in a video ceremony broadcast as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the hospitality awards programme. More about AHEAD Americas 2020 awards winners announced in video ceremony at VDF
The removal of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue provides the opportunity to acknowledge Bristol's history with an appropriate memorial, says Tom Ravenscroft. More about "The long-overdue removal of Colston's statue is now part of Bristol's history"
Barnaba Fornasetti revealed the Italian brand's new Milan showroom and collection with an exclusive live tour and interview as part of a VDF collaboration with Fornasetti. More about Live interview and tour with Barnaba Fornasetti as part of Virtual Design Festival
Architects and designers have created a public Google Docs spreadsheet to highlight design, architecture, engineering or planning studios founded by black, indigenous and people of colour. More about Architects and designers create Google Docs spreadsheet listing black-owned studios
VDF studio profiles: Studio Vincent Eschalier is a French architecture practice that prides itself on its diverse portfolio that features a range of bold housing projects. More about Studio Vincent Eschalier "stands out for its daring housing" schemes
Teresa van Dongen spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime interview sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Teresa van Dongen as part of Virtual Design Festival
Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design. More about Sharon Davis Design builds rammed-earth hospital in Nepal
Alberese stones and Carrara marble are some of the Italian materials architects Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Pietro Todeschini used for the interiors of this Tuscan holiday home. More about Holiday home in Tuscany decked out with Italian stone and marble
Five interior design students from Regent's University London present proposals for the overhaul of a once-vacant Woolworths department store in Margate, UK, in this VDF school show. More about Regent's University London interior design students reimagine former department store in Margate
Designer Yinka Ilori has created a colourful artwork that states "Better days are coming I promise" in support of the work the UK's National Health Service is doing to fight coronavirus. More about Yinka Ilori creates message of hope in support of NHS
Dezeen promotion: New Zealand-based brand Resident has released the minimal Jiro Swivel Chair by British designer John Tree, which aims to challenge the norms of workplace seating. More about John Tree and Resident challenge conventional office design with Jiro Swivel Chair
The Australian Institute of Architects has awarded John Wardle its 2020 Gold Medal. Here he picks 12 key projects that have defined his career. More about Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal winner John Wardle names 12 key projects from his career
Aluminium modules form display cases for this clothing store in London's Covent Garden, which Paris studio Laurent Deroo Architecte designed for French clothing brand APC. More about Laurent Deroo Architecte furnishes APC London store with aluminium "cabin modules"
Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. More about "The novelty of extremely slender structures is wearing off" say commenters
Architects should stop designing jails and prisons, which are representations of systemic racism in the US, if they want to really impact the fight for racial equality, says Michael Ford. More about "Stop working on spaces which disproportionately impact African Americans" says architectural designer Michael Ford
Designers Ini Archibong and Chrissa Amuah spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Ini Archibong and Chrissa Amuah as part of Virtual Design Festival
US architecture firm William Kaven Architecture has stepped a black house with expansive balconies down a wooded ground to overlook an Oregon forest. More about Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house
Architecture students in four different year groups at the University of Kentucky College of Design present projects in this VDF school show. More about University of Kentucky College of Design spotlights 12 student architecture projects from across the school
H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food. More about H&P Architects tops Vietnam house with plantable roof to create "cube of earth"
A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. More about C+ Architects mingles old and new inside Restaurant Ya in Beijing