While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director of health at HKS's firm in Dallas. Here he explains how. More about "A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a hospital"
The coronavirus has exposed fundamental problems with our healthcare systems that we should not forget once the pandemic passes, warns Reinier de Graaf in a letter to the present from the future. More about "The current crisis has exposed the structural shortcomings of our healthcare systems"
The Pratt Institute has launched an archival project that pays tribute to women in architecture. Following a celebratory dinner party held in March, the school's dean of architecture Harriet Harriss explains why projects like the Mistresses Archive are vital to achieve gender parity in the profession. More about "We have a way to go to reach gender parity, but it's not without hope"
Two new graphic novels, which a Le Corbusier figure makes an appearance in, depict the uncomfortable side of modern architecture, writes Owen Hatherley. More about "Some comics have been more nuanced about modern architecture than a lot of the published histories"
Coronavirus has changed the relationship between cities and their rural hinterlands, writes Mimi Zeiger, casting new light on the essays accompanying Rem Koolhaas' now-shuttered Countryside exhibition. More about "As dense metropolises become overwhelmed, the countryside is seen as an escape hatch"
As people around the world face the realities of self isolation, Ukrainian architect Sergey Makhno predicts how our homes will change once the coronavirus pandemic is over. More about Life after coronavirus: how will the pandemic affect our homes?
The mass work-from-home experiment imposed on us by coronavirus could finally force companies to embrace remote working, says Tom Ravenscroft. More about "The great work-from-home experiment could have far reaching positive impacts on our office culture"
Aaron Betsky, president of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin, is leaving the post after a bitter fight to save the experimental institution. Here he details the behind-the-scenes battle to save the school. More about "The Frank Lloyd Wright foundation has done its best to stymie our vision and spirit"
Last week, we announced plans for an online design week called Virtual Milan. Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs explains why this was the wrong thing to do, and what we intend to do about it. More about "I want to apologise to our Italian friends"
The Countryside, The Future exhibition at the Guggenheim says more about the shortcomings of its curator Rem Koolhaas than it does about the countryside, argues architecture critic Inga Saffron. More about "The latest indulgence of the architect and self-proclaimed visionary"
Jane Hall's Breaking Ground aims to rectify gender inequality by singling out female architects from their male counterparts. But, ahead of International Women's Day this year, Mimi Zeiger argues this corrective project could do more harm than good. More about Breaking Ground book on buildings by women "is both needed and problematic"
The upset caused by the resignation of Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann is the least of the design museum's problems, says Aaron Betsky. More about "I hope the Smithsonian uses this whole debacle to rethink the Cooper Hewitt"
A draft order by Donald Trump to make all new federal buildings classical is the latest example of how traditional architecture is used to disguise racist agendas, says Phineas Harper. More about "Traditional architecture has frequently been leveraged to support violent political agendas"
Following the news that Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin will close this year, first-year student Alex Martinec reflects on how it marks not just the end of a physical institution, but the architect's way of thinking. More about "Is it a greater offense to destroy all of the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, or the ideas he established?"
The emotional and economic impacts of cities are closely connected, but this is lost in a proliferation of meaningless phrases like "healthy placemaking" and "human-centric design", says Reinier de Graaf. More about "Too much is at stake to leave architecture to architects"
Interior design will evolve, innovate, adapt and improve in 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes provocative collaborations, Ukrainian design and a rejection of digital technology. More about Sexy eco, monochrome and plus-size furniture: interior design trends for 2020
As the 2020s begins, Aaron Betsky predicts that architects in the new decade will focus on reuse, flexible spaces and earthy materials. More about The 2020s "will see the return of the real" argues Aaron Betsky
High-tech architecture aligned with the revival of Victorian values in the 1980s, but did not end up producing the factories of a new period of British creativity, says Owen Hatherley. More about "High-tech now looks very much like another post-imperial delusion"
Holly Brockwell is unimpressed by the sexist advertising for the gold folding phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother, but is not surprised. More about "Sexist advertising for the Escobar phone is everything tech wishes it could still get away with"
Pantone played it safe and still missed the mark by picking Classic Blue as its colour of the year for 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. More about "In choosing blue, Pantone has missed the mark once more"