The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes illustrations by graphic designers in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. More about Black Lives Matter illustrations feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian studio Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will rise 324 metres. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs Canada's tallest skyscraper
The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed around 500 of its 700 seats to prepare for reopening in alignment with Germany's social-distancing policies. More about Berliner Ensemble gives glimpse of its socially distanced theatre
The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. More about Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
Recycling-focused studio Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. More about Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital
The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has drawn up plans for a range of prefabricated coronavirus testing centres within shipping containers, named D-Tec. More about Grimshaw designs range of shipping-container coronavirus testing centres
Cities in France are installing outdoor urinals as the coronavirus lockdowns causes a lack of public toilet facilities.
More about Outdoor urinal designers offer solutions to pandemic public toilet problem
The National Organization of Minority Architects has called on the architecture profession to "condemn racism and take an active role in eliminating racial biases" following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More about National Organization of Minority Architects demands end to "deadly and pervasive virus called racism that has plagued America"
Readers are debating Kate Wagner's coining of the term "coronagrifting" to describe outlandish coronavirus-related proposals and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. More about "Even a frivolous design can generate serious thinking" say commenters
Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber higher education building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. More about Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon community college building for Canada
Architects and designers have joined over a million people around the world in posting a black square to Instagram in solidarity with those protesting for racial equality following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More about Architects and designers post black squares on Instagram in support of racial equality
Feminist collective Rebel Architette has created the Women Architects World Map as a tool to "detox" architecture from its dependence on "boys' clubs". More about "No more excuses for male-only panels" says Rebel Architette
Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti and Albanian architecture studio SON-Group have revealed Tirana Riverside, a district in the capital of Albania designed to respond to post-coronavirus needs. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti designs coronavirus-resilient neighbourhood in Tirana
The architecture and design industry has spoken out against racism in America with Bec Brittain, Jessica Walsh and The Future Perfect posting a black square to Instagram, and Harriet Harriss calling for an "an end to this right now". More about Architects and designers declare that "black lives matter" and call for racial justice after George Floyd's death
Week eight of the Virtual Design Festival starts this Monday with a collaboration with ArkDes, Sweden's national centre for architecture and design, taking visitors on a virtual 360-degree tour of the opening of its new exhibition, and much more. More about ArkDes, Ilse Crawford, Alcova and Farshid Moussavi feature at VDF this week
Christo, the Bulgarian artist best known for wrapping buildings including Berlin's Reichstag and the Pont Neuf in Paris, has died of natural causes at the age of 84. More about Christo, the artist famous for wrapping buildings, dies aged 84
This week on Dezeen, Adidas released a face mask, Waugh Thistleton Architects proposed creating mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers and designers were accused of "coronagrifting". More about This week, Adidas released a face mask and designers were accused of "coronagrifting"
NASA will use the Danne & Blackburn-designed "worm" logo for the first time since 1992, while its astronauts will debut SpaceX spacesuits when the Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station launches tomorrow. More about NASA revives "worm" logo and debuts SpaceX spacesuits
Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele has announced that the Italian brand will be disregarding the fashion calendar's "stale" deadlines, holding shows just twice a year instead to reduce waste. More about Gucci abandons "worn-out ritual" of seasonal fashion shows
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a reusable face mask made from a breathable recycled material, which sportswear company Adidas designed to be used by people wanting to reduce their risk of getting or spreading coronavirus. More about Adidas' reusable face mask features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter