Tadao Ando’s Meditation Space captured in new photographs by Simone Bossi
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 27 April
Virtual Design Festival week three includes Chris Precht, Gary Hustwit, UNStudio, Paola Antonelli and more
Five handle hacks for hands-free door opening
Ten homes designed for practising yoga and meditation
Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven builds bright red fire station in Antwerp
Ron Arad launches “Smile for our NHS” fundraiser with masks featuring famous artists
Alejandro Sticotti’s holiday home in Uruguay teams weathered wood and textured concrete
This week’s VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
Ten household items redesigned by Japanese studio Nendo
Green and yellow Eames chairs fill Tacofino Ocho restaurant in Vancouver
Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe
“Creativity is the ultimate renewable energy” says Ravi Naidoo in the first reSITE lecture shared with VDF
London apartment by Surman Weston features porthole and custom-made details
Larch-clad house by RX Architects cantilevers over landscape
Luca Fortin constructs concrete passageway for Quebec City park
Raúl Sánchez uses clever cutaways in house at Mas Blanch i Jové winery
Antony Gormley shares seven-day Instagram diary of life in lockdown
Odami creates a furniture collection from one dying tree
Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
“We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography” said Michael Sorkin