Dezeen promotion: a conversion of New York's JFK terminal building and a brutalist boutique in the historical centre of Oaxaca, Mexico, are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year's AHEAD Americas awards. More about Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Americas 2020 hospitality awards
Deep red walls and walkways shade the primary-coloured interiors of this school in Rajasthan, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects. More about Towering red beams shade walkways of Rajasthan School in India
Stockholm studio Halleroed has paired carpet floors, dropped ceilings and wood panelling for a New York office evocative of a David Lynch movie. More about Halleroed creates moody New York office with wood panelled walls
With the demolition of Los Angeles County Museum of Art underway for Peter Zumthor's redesign, Mimi Zeiger is concerned about what will be left for the city and its residents following coronavirus lockdown. More about "The cruelness of demolishing LACMA when Angelenos are unable to bear witness should not be ignored"
This exclusive photography by Monica Nouwens captures the razing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of controversial plans to redevelop the site with a Peter Zumthor-designed building. More about Photography reveals LACMA demolition during coronavirus pandemic
Architect Carlo Ratti spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with architect Carlo Ratti as part of Virtual Design Festival
In the most exotic VDF video message we received, interior designer Natalie Papageorgiadis explains how she found herself stranded in the Maldives as the world went into lockdown due to coronavirus. More about Studio Natalie researching local materials for interiors projects after being stranded on coral island
Unparelld'arquitectes has turned four buttresses supporting a party wall in the town of Olot, Spain, into an arched public shelter that aims to "catalyse activity" on the street. More about Unparelld'arquitectes creates Emergency Scenery public performance backdrop in Olot
Dezeen Awards winners and judges including Studio Drift, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sevil Peach will take part in a live drop-in conversation from 1:00pm UK time as part of today's VDF x Dezeen Awards collaboration. More about Live conversation with Dezeen Awards judges and winners including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Sevil Peach as part of VDF
Products database Architonic has acquired architecture news website ArchDaily in a deal thought to be worth around €10 million. More about Architecture news website ArchDaily sold to products platform Architonic
Today's round up of design-related coronavirus stories includes a delay in artist Christo's plans to wrap a Paris landmark in fabric and an invention to open doors with your shoe. More about Philip Watts Design creates Shoe Pull door opener and Christo's Arc de Triomphe artwork delayed
With the entry deadline less than 30 days away, VDF teams up with Dezeen Awards today. Here we present a playlist of 16 Dezeen Awards videos to help you prepare your entries, plus at 1pm we'll speak live to judges and winners in a series of conversations sponsored by design brand Hem. More about 16 videos about Dezeen Awards to help you prepare your entry ahead of the 2 June deadline
Week four of Virtual Design Festival sees collaborations with New York gallery Friedman Benda, a special performance by Studio Drift, a celebration of fashion designer Iris van Herpen, a cocktail masterclass with Milan's Bar Basso and a live tour of a castle. More about Studio Drift, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Carlo Ratti, Sevil Peach and Iris van Herpen feature at VDF this week
Kitchens, bathrooms and storage spaces are slotted behind an MDF "scenography" in these apartments designed by architects Adrià Escolano and David Steegmann. More about Jagged MDF creates entire walls of storage for El Guateque apartments in Barcelona
Ingenhoven Architects has covered the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, Germany, with 30,000 plants to form hedges that would stretch five miles laid end to end. More about Ingenhoven Architects wraps Düsseldorf office with five miles of hedges to create Europe's largest green facade
Architect Bruno Stevens has added a sunken slate-clad ceramics studio to a house on a sloping site in Belgium. More about Architect Bruno Stevens designs slate-covered studio for his ceramist mother
We've rounded up six bakeries and shops for sweet treats that have been designed with cream interiors just as delicious as the goods for sale. More about Six bakeries and sweets shops with delectable interiors
Stone and whitewashed walls surround a holiday home on the Greek island of Mykonos designed by K-studio, which has a tree poking through its shady wooden pergolas. More about K-studio creates stone holiday home on Mykonos overlooking the Aegean Sea
London-based designer Paul Cocksedge's Here Comes the Sun blanket would allow people to "socialise safely and confidently" outdoors once Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been lifted. More about Paul Cocksedge designs social-distancing picnic blanket for life after lockdown
Concrete columns draped in greenery, steel beams filled with books and a small pool feature in this apartment in Quito, Ecuador that local architect Aquiles Jarrín has overhauled for a family of three and their dog. More about Quito apartment A Forest House has a mini indoor pool