Weston Williamson + Partners has outlined its plans for a social-distancing workplace, with transparent screens around desks, hands-free doors and a barista, to allow employees to safely return to its office following the coronavirus lockdown. More about Weston Williamson + Partners envisions social-distancing office
The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. More about China bans copycat architecture and restricts supertall skyscrapers
In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. More about "There is a practical side to Archigram, it's not just funny drawings," says Dennis Crompton
A medical illustrator behind the first 3D images of the coronavirus particle has spoken to Dezeen about how his team branded an invisible disease that "needed an identity". More about Iconic Covid-19 images designed to create "a feeling of alarm" says CDC medical illustrator Dan Higgins
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is bringing rare natural matter, including a burning sun and a sprightly puffin, into people's homes with his AR Wunderkammer works. More about Olafur Eliasson creates augmented-reality cabinet of curiosities
The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. More about Thomas Geerlings converts canal-side Amsterdam warehouse into contemporary home
Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent. More about "Our first International project came the day after receiving the award" says Dezeen Awards emerging studio winner
Building startup Containerwerk has turned old shipping containers into 21 micro apartments for visitors to the town of Wertheim in Germany. More about Shipping containers turned into micro apartments by Containerwerk
Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. More about Merge Architects builds dark corrugated steel housing facing Boston harbour
In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo. More about "We already had an office before we finished school" says Francine Houben in VDF lecture
Vello is showing three of its folding bicycles at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, including Vello Bike+, which is "the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features" according to the Austrian brand. More about Vello showcases three folding bicycles at VDF products fair
New York studio LTL Architects has designed minimal grey interiors that contrast white neoclassical pillars for the USA's first major museum dedicated to the history of posters. More about New York's Poster House museum by LTL Architects contrasts "the rustic and the refined"
UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Ben van Berkel as part of Virtual Design Festival
In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd's building. More about We entered the Pompidou competition "against my will" says Richard Rogers in VDF lecture
In the first lecture from today's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. More about "I didn't want to become an architect at all" says Reiulf Ramstad in VDF lecture
The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals interiors of ME Dubai hotel at the Opus
Architect Peter Cook explains Archigram's concept for a temporary city that can be set up overnight in the third instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. More about Archigram's Instant City concept enables "a village to become a kind of city for a week" says Peter Cook
Architects are turning to virtual worlds for both working and socialising during the coronavirus pandemic, with everything from site visits to social events happening in cyberspace. More about "Incredible things are happening" in virtual reality say architects in lockdown
Museums should use the disruption caused by coronavirus to fundamentally rethink how they operate and what their purpose is, says Owen Hopkins. More about "Rather than attempt to reconcile museums' contradictions, we should start again"
Short course students at Chelsea College of Arts in London present designs for bars and restaurants developed on their interior design course in this digital student exhibition for Virtual Design Festival. More about Interior design short course students at Chelsea College of Arts present conceptual restaurant and bar designs