The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. More about Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
Recycling-focused studio Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. More about Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital
Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. More about Monte Uzulu is a boutique hotel in the Oaxacan jungle by Taller Lu'um and At-te
The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has drawn up plans for a range of prefabricated coronavirus testing centres within shipping containers, named D-Tec. More about Grimshaw designs range of shipping-container coronavirus testing centres
Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. More about Plants cover grey steel of Hotel Click Clack Medellín by Plan:b Arquitectos
The National Organization of Minority Architects has called on the architecture profession to "condemn racism and take an active role in eliminating racial biases" following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More about National Organization of Minority Architects demands end to "deadly and pervasive virus called racism that has plagued America"
Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber higher education building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. More about Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon community college building for Canada
Architects and designers have joined over a million people around the world in posting a black square to Instagram in solidarity with those protesting for racial equality following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More about Architects and designers post black squares on Instagram in support of racial equality
Perforated metal screens decorate this residential extension built by architecture studio Welsh + Major in a three-metre-wide gap next to a converted grain mill. More about Welsh + Major uses patterned window screens for residential extension in Sydney
Feminist collective Rebel Architette has created the Women Architects World Map as a tool to "detox" architecture from its dependence on "boys' clubs". More about "No more excuses for male-only panels" says Rebel Architette
Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti and Albanian architecture studio SON-Group have revealed Tirana Riverside, a district in the capital of Albania designed to respond to post-coronavirus needs. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti designs coronavirus-resilient neighbourhood in Tirana
In this Virtual Design Festival school show, architecture and design graduates from Spain's IE University share projects ranging from a delivery robot to the branding for a fictitious dictatorship. More about Ten projects from IE University's design and architecture graduates
Spanish architecture practice Studio Wet has built a linear house behind a ceramic brick facade and under a single mono-pitched roof in the village of Alosno. More about Studio Wet creates 40-metre-long linear house in Spanish village of Alosno
Italian architect Antonio Citterio has completed an apartment building with stone and glass balconies that overlook Miami Beach. More about Stacked balconies wrap Antonio Citterio's Arte tower in Miami Beach
The architecture and design industry has spoken out against racism in America with Bec Brittain, Jessica Walsh and The Future Perfect posting a black square to Instagram, and Harriet Harriss calling for an "an end to this right now". More about Architects and designers declare that "black lives matter" and call for racial justice after George Floyd's death
The next part of today's VDF collaboration with ArkDes features a video interview with Australian artist Linda Tegg, who has temporarily rewilded the car park outside Sweden's national centre for architecture and design. More about Artist Linda Tegg transforms car park in Stockholm into biodiverse meadow for ArkDes
Following the sad news that Christo has died, here are eight key projects by the Bulgarian artist and his late partner Jeanne Claude. More about Eight key projects by Christo and Jeanne Claude
As part of today's collaboration with ArkDes for Virtual Design Festival, curator and editor Carlos Mínguez Carrasco explains how the architecture centre's idea for its book Kiruna Forever came about and why Kiruna's history is so fascinating. More about Kiruna Forever book by ArkDes illuminates the relocation of the northern Swedish city
French studio Tracks Architectes has built a cinema fronted by an irregular arched colonnade in the grounds of a former convent in the town of Riom, central France. More about Tracks Architectes creates colonnaded cinema in former French convent
US architecture firm Studio Dwell has stacked a rectangular volume clad with black zinc on top of a pale brick structure to form this residence on a corner lot in Chicago. More about Studio Dwell stacks black volume onto brick structure to form top-heavy Hermitage Residence