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"
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes delays to work on Notre-Dame Cathedral and an intensive care unit in a shipping container. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 22 April
Research and design platform Livable has created a rattan frame that is worn over the head and body to increase awareness of the need for social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. More about Livable's Well-Distance-Being project encourages social distancing with wearable rattan cages
Curator Beatrice Galilee of The World Around has curated a celebration of Earth Day for VDF, which will be streamed later today. In this video message, she questions the role of the creative industries during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Everyone in the creative industries is "wondering what our role is" says Beatrice Galilee
Artists and designers including Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane and Wolfgang Tillmans have created protest-style posters about coronavirus for Dazed Media. More about Vivviene Westwood and Christopher Kane create hopeful coronavirus posters
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is a spiral-shaped building rising up out of the landscape of Vallée de Joux in Switzerland designed by BIG for the watchmaker to house its collection of timepieces. More about BIG creates spiral museum for Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains
Next up in our series of roundups of houses from each US state we're looking at Michigan, where residences are designed to make the most of its abundance of shoreline. More about Five of the best houses in Michigan on Dezeen
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden explains the different types of torii gates found at Japanese Shinto temples, in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More about Shinto temple gates are "symbolic entrances into a new world" says Martin van der Linden
This week, some readers are envious of architect Timothee Mercier's parents after he converted an unused farm building in France into a new home for them. More about "Perfect timing for your parents. Stay home!"
In the final part of VDF's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, we broadcasted a discussion with architectural photographers Dennis Gilbert and Jim Stephenson, who screened films from their personal archives. More about VDF x Zoomed In present two live architectural film screenings
In the third part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, we streamed a discussion on architectural photography in the media with Anthony Coleman, Edmund Sumner, James Brittain and Robert Torday. More about VDF x Zoomed In present live talk on architectural photography in the media
Hospitals "desperately need designers" to improve everything from the way they tackle coronavirus to the layout of operating theatres and the design of medical charts, according to a senior US doctor. More about Lack of design input in healthcare is putting both patients and doctors at risk, says physician
Monolithic concrete colonnades wrap around a pool in this studio and gallery that Mexican architect Arcadio Marín has designed for his sculptor brother Javier. More about Arcadio and Javier Marín design Mexican art gallery to be an "inhabitable sculpture"
In the second part of VDF's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre explains his journey from photojournalism to architectural photography. The lecture will be live-streamed at 2pm UK time. More about VDF x Zoomed In present live lecture with photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. More about Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital
Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of mobile and interactive playground equipment. More about Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a medical isolation hood, Milan's post-coronavirus plans and rainbow art to raise spirits. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 21 April
VDF teamed up with architecture imagery festival Zoomed In to host a day of talks and screenings, starting with a discussion on photographing infrastructure with Anthony Coleman, Dennis Gilbert and Kilian O'Sullivan. More about VDF x Zoomed In collaborate on a day of talks about architecture photography
A pack of mischievous rats cause chaos in this installation by graffiti artist Banksy who, like many, is working from home during the coronavirus lockdown. More about Banksy reveals rodent-themed installation inside his own bathroom
Dutch design studio Raw Color has suggested using odd socks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. More about Raw Color designs Elbow Sock for coronavirus sneezing