A virtual-reality trip to Burning Man, the launch of an architectural intervention at Lisbon's MAAT museum and a live foraging tour in a Finnish forest are among the trailblazing events that took place as part of the world's first Virtual Design Festival. More about Five pioneering Virtual Design Festival collaborations
The failure to investigate allegations of bullying and sexism at the Architectural Association have damaged both the school and the architecture profession, according to tutors and alumni. More about Abrupt dismissal of AA director Eva Franch i Gilabert leaves "a cloud over the school"
US firm CallisonRTKL has designed a terminal building for the airport in Guadalajara topped with a perforated wooden ceiling to filter sunlight. More about CallisonRTKL unveils Guadalajara airport terminal informed by Mexico's canyons
Dezeen promotion: Stockholm-based furniture brand Hem takes people behind the scenes of how London designer Max Lamb made his "deceivingly sophisticated" Max Table. More about Hem reveals production process behind Max Lamb's Max Table
Model maker and photographer Frank Kunert explores the "absurdity of life" through his meticulous architectural models with a twist. More about Frank Kunert creates and photographs absurd architectural situations
Danish design studio Space Copenhagen has used subdued shades of green and grey to deck out the dining room of Le Pristine restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium. More about Moody interiors of Le Pristine restaurant by Space Copenhagen take cues from the Old Masters
This VDF school show by the University of Cambridge features 10 student architecture projects, including a school dispersed within Tokyo's "void space" and a subterranean base for the UK's Environment Agency. More about Ten architecture projects by University of Cambridge undergraduate and postgraduate students
Zero is a concept for an incentive-based food-delivery system by PriestmanGoode that could encourage consumers to use and return bioplastic containers to takeaway restaurants. More about PriestmanGoode creates reusable fast food packaging from cocoa bean shells
Architecture studio PILA has designed new facades for Greece's second tallest building, which has never been occupied in the 45 years since it was completed. More about PILA unveils plan to rejuvenate Greece's long-abandoned Piraeus Tower
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"
A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change. More about San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels
Products fair: Humanscale is introducing three collections for the workplace, including desk equipment that aims to boost wellbeing and the ergonomic Freedom Headrest office chair. More about Humanscale presents three collections for the workplace
How do you launch a product where there are no design fairs? Virtual Design Festival provided a new digital platform for brands to unveil their latest collections. Here's a roundup of some of its best brand collaborations and product launches. More about Virtual Design Festival's best brand collaborations and product launches
London-based designer Yinka Ilori has applied his signature vibrant style to the Colorama skate park within the La Condition Publique cultural centre near Lille, France. More about Yinka Ilori creates "joy and excitement" with colourful skate park in Lille
Beta(MSK) by Petit Pli is a washable fabric face mask for the coronavirus pandemic made from recycled plastic bottles with pleats that adjust around the wearer's nose and chin. More about Petit Pli makes expandable and reusable face mask from recycled plastic bottles
Climate change network Architects Declare has stated that it will not denounce founding signatory Foster + Partners, which has come under fire for designing a new airport in Saudi Arabia. More about Architects Declare refuses to "name and shame" following Foster + Partners airport plans
Interior designers Sophie Ashby and Alexandria Dauley have set up United in Design, an organisation that aims to increase racial diversity within the interiors industry. More about United in Design aims to provide a "road map" to make the interiors industry more diverse
Borrowing aesthetics from a range of cultures masks the lack of racial diversity in interior design and it is now time to change this says Bhavin Taylor. More about "Interior design casually borrows from cultures it finds aesthetically pleasing without hiring people from those backgrounds"
Students from the PXL-MAD School of Arts merged traditional craft techniques and new manufacturing technologies to create the eight jewellery collections featured in this VDF school show. More about Projects from PXL-MAD School of Arts treat jewellery as "critical artefacts and cultural symbols"
Artists Camille Benoit and Mariana Gella used the coronavirus lockdown to design architectural models of fantastical cities, made from paper and tools they had at home. More about Invisible Cities project features elaborate architectural models of imaginary cities