Six designers from China have created a series of conceptual products that aim to improve public health in the wake of outbreaks like the coronavirus, from an ultraviolet sterilising lamp to a DIY upper body capsule. More about Chinese designers devise products for protection against coronavirus
The coronavirus epidemic will lead to "a global recession of a magnitude that has not been experienced before" but will eventually allow humanity to reset its values, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort. More about Coronavirus offers "a blank page for a new beginning" says Li Edelkoort
Nut-coloured walls and bronze mirrors feature in the two-tone Buddy Buddy cafe in Brussels, which serves up speciality coffee and nut butters that are made on site. More about HOP Architects completes two-tone nut-butter cafe in Brussels
Thinking about making your next career move? Here are five promising architecture and design job opportunities, including positions at Soho House and India Mahdavi. More about This week's top architecture and design jobs include Soho House and India Mahdavi
British designer Tom Dixon is releasing a series of furniture made from cork that has been charred to give it a rich, deep brown colour reminiscent of rosewood. More about Tom Dixon designs furniture collection from "dream material" cork
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across the Middle East and Africa are invited to submit their entries to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. More about Call for entries to AHEAD MEA awards 2020
Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters. More about Blank metal facade of Tokyo home hides tree-planted courtyard
Argentinian architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac has used folding wooden blinds and a chunky concrete floor slab to provide shade to this house near Buenos Aires. More about Concrete floor splices House L224 by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac in two
American designer Jamie Bush has decked out a New York apartment with 1970s furniture and contemporary pieces to fuse architectural designs that are new and old. More about One Manhattan Square apartment by Jamie Bush features sculptural decor
Bosses of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair will meet this week to "assess the situation" as Lombardy and several northern Italian regions were locked down due to the coronavirus outbreak. More about Salone del Mobile to evaluate situation as Milan, Venice and much of northern Italy sealed off due to coronavirus
Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has converted a 19th-century chocolate factory in the Spanish town of La Bisbal into a family home and studio apartment. More about Anna and Eugeni Bach convert former chocolate factory into home and studio
New York-based studio White Arrow has overhauled this early 20th-century apartment in Berlin, adding in plenty of storage space while carefully preserving the home's original features. More about White Arrow retains original features in overhaul of Berlin's Glogauer Apartment
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara won the Pritzker Architecture Prize this week, so we've updated our Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Pinterest board to feature some of their most important projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. More about Browse all the Pritzker Architecture Prize winners on this week's Pinterest board
Architect Kourosh Asgar-Irani has created a collection of hand-knotted rugs featuring traditional Persian patterns that have been digitally altered to match a room's architectural elements. More about Kourosh Asgar-Irani uses parametric software to distort traditional Persian rug patterns
Montreal firm Natalie Dionne Architecture added a new brick facade to an apartment building in the city to transform it into a light-filled and contemporary home. More about Natalie Dionne Architecture creates Brick House from Montreal apartment building
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler scoured vintage shops to source the eclectic furniture that decorates the living room-style lobby of this hotel in Santa Monica, California. More about Kelly Wearstler designs relaxed and beachy Santa Monica Proper hotel
Projecting windows and a fully glazed gable end provide views of nature from inside the black and white living space of a house in the resort town of Hepburn Springs, Australia. More about House clad in slate shingles by Telha Clarke features glazed gable end
Pavel Míček Architects has built a concrete holiday home in the Beskydy Mountains of eastern Europe. More about Pavel Míček Architects sinks house into a hillside in Czech mountains
This week on Dezeen, architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara became the fourth and fifth women to ever win the prestigious Pritzker ArchitecturePrize. More about This week, the Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara
Swedish studio Atelier Alba has created a compact sofa for Fogia with a chunky wooden frame based on the furniture traditionally found in Swedish family kitchens. More about Atelier Alba's Block sofa contrasts geometric wooden frame with rounded cushions