Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have begun mass-producing disposable face shields for medical workers fighting Covid-19, which come flat-packed and can be folded into shape. More about MIT develops one-piece plastic face shields for coronavirus medics
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More about Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo
UK charity Art Fund's crowdfunding campaign to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's cottage in Dungeness from being sold to a private owner has been successful. More about Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved by Art Fund campaign
Floating Island Restaurant by C+ Architects features a glazed dining room on stilts cantilevering from a hillside overlooking mountains in Chongquing, China. More about C+ Architects perches glass restaurant above dramatic mountain landscape
Bright Nike puffer jackets form cushions on this augmented reality sofa that Crosby Studios created for people to experience while adhering to social distancing guidelines. More about Crosby Studios designs virtual sofa upholstered with green Nike jackets
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Art-activist group The Illuminator has protested the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper. More about Protesters light up New York skyscraper with "Send more ventilators" projection
With people self-isolating around the world, creatives and cultural institutions are using Instagram to entertain their bored followers. Social media assistant Daria Casalini has put together a list of light-hearted design and architecture accounts that offer respite from the news. More about Seven design-related Instagram accounts for a break from coronavirus news
Design studio La Firme has turned a tight, triangular space into a bright and airy cafe in Montreal. More about La Firme transforms cramped space into Montreal's sun-lit Melk Cafe
Fenix I is a steel and concrete apartment block built on top of a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by Dutch practice Mei Architects. More about Mei Architects perches Fenix I apartments on dockside warehouse in Rotterdam
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes converting buildings into hospitals, a public health artwork campaign and an Elon Musk donation. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 2 April
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
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
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
The interior of this São Paulo patisserie is designed by Dezembro Arquitetos to answer the question, how does it feel to be inside a croissant? More about Mintchi Croissant is a São Paulo bakery filled with pastry-inspired details
Australian studio Heliograf's glass Light Soy lamps are designed to emulate the fish-shaped soy sauce bottles found in sushi shops, as a comment on the damaging effects of single-use plastic. More about Heliograf makes playful lamps in the shape of sushi soy sauce bottles
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
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
A rust-coloured leather nightstand and desk with looping wooden legs are among the furniture pieces in this collection by Brooklyn's Bowen Liu Studio. More about Bowen Liu Studio designs furniture collection for imaginary painter
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