This week on Dezeen, China began rapidly constructing quarantine hospitals and postponed several design shows in light of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. More about This week, China took action against the coronavirus outbreak
Rotterdam-based Earnest Studio has designed a pair of products for Danish design brand Muuto – a lamp featuring individual lighting units fixed to a metal pole by magnets and a vase with a kinked profile. More about Muuto launches modular lamp and sculptural vase by Earnest Studio
The Miami-Dade Police has worked with architecture students at Florida International University to create a 3D-printed model of the Hard Rock Stadium to use for training ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend. More about Miami police enlist students to create 3D-printed model of the Super Bowl stadium
The first images taken by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) latest solar telescope show the cell-like structures "the size of Texas" that cover the sun's surface. More about Inouye Solar Telescope takes most detailed images of the sun to date
Creative agency Framlab has proposed building modular vertical farms in Brooklyn to provide low-income neighbourhoods with access to fresh produce. More about Framlab proposes modular vertical farms for Brooklyn neighbourhoods
Dezeen promotion: Vicostone has launched ultra-thin quartz surfaces that are available in several colours to suit a variety of purposes in interior design. More about Vicostone introduces versatile Ultrathin Quartz surface collection
Organisers of the Design Shanghai trade fair and the Festival of Design architecture conference have postponed their March 2020 events as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts travel and business in China. More about Design shows in China including Design Shanghai and Festival of Design postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its proposal for four interconnected towers in Shenzhen, China, which will contain the open-plan headquarters for OPPO. More about Zaha Hadid Architects releases visuals of amorphous OPPO Shenzhen headquarters
Italian ceramicist Paola Paronetto has unveiled two new vase designs, created using her distinctive "paper clay" technique. More about Paola Paronetto combines paper and clay to create delicate vessels
Modernism Week in Palm Springs, Stockholm Design Week and the Collect crafts fair and Surface Design Show in London are among the architecture and design events taking place this month and listed on Dezeen Events Guide. More about Architecture and design events in February 2020 from Dezeen Events Guide
Rina Lovko Studio has combined bottle-green surfaces with low lighting to create the moody interior of this drinks bar at the heart of Kyiv's city centre. More about Balthazar is a bottle-green bar beneath a market in Kyiv
Mumbai design studio MuseLAB has prioritised sensual appeal over a singular design language for its debut 13-piece furniture collection. More about MuseLAB's Hedonist collection is "non-conformist and non-contextual"
Architect Arne Algeröd and his artist wife Soile clad their house on a rocky site in Sweden with corrugated fibre cement panels to protect it from the sea's salty spray and harsh winds. More about Architect and artist build their house by the sea in Sweden
New York architects Todd Rouhe and Maria Ibañez de Sendadiano have completed a holiday home in the Catskills, filled with designs from Danish retailers Hay and Vipp. More about Manhattan couple builds themselves Upstate New York holiday home
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Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a 15-storey mixed-use development in Los Angeles comprising an angular white structure cradling a plant-covered glass tower. More about Morphosis unveils contrasting towers for Viper Room nightclub site in Los Angeles
Apple has filed a patent for a desktop computer that would integrate both its keyboard and screen into a single pane of bent glass. More about Apple patents iMac housed in single sheet of curved glass
The UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has recommended urban orchards and incentivising developers by fast-tracking planning for attractive housing. More about Housing commission final report recommends fruit trees and "fast track for beauty"
An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. More about Photos reveal Shigeru Ban's Tainan Art Museum building in Taiwan
Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, has been awarded the Jane Drew Prize 2020 for raising the profile of women in architecture. More about Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari wins the Jane Drew Prize 2020