Virtual Design Festival's top 10 most popular videos
Since VDF launched on 15 April, we have broadcast nearly 200 videos, which have been viewed more than two million times. Here are the 10 most-watched movies. More
BIG designs furniture factory for Vestre in Norwegian forest
Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a factory for furniture manufacturer Vestre in a Norwegian forest, which the brand claims will be the "world's most eco-friendly furniture factory". More
University of Indonesia architecture students investigate relationship between environmental crises and global economy
This VDF school show curated by the Architecture Department of the University of Indonesia includes a conceptual city masterplan modelled on neurons, and a museum memorial in Wuhan for reflecting on the coronavirus pandemic. More
"Diamond in the Desert" stadium completes ahead of 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Fenwick-Iribarren Architects and Pattern Design have unveiled the Education City Stadium near Doha, which is the third and largest of the venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be completed so far. More
Mirror-clad Invisible House reflects its desert surrounds
Designer Tomas Osinsk and Los Angeles film producer Chris Hanley have created a mirrored house near Joshua Tree National Park, designed to look like a New York skyscraper on its side. More
Arthur Mamou-Mani shares unseen drone footage of Burning Man project Galaxia at VDF
As part of today's VDF collaboration with Arthur Mamou-Mani, the French architect speaks about his Galaxia temple at the 2018 Burning Man festival and shares previously unseen aerial footage of it. More
ArkDes' exhibition Kiruna Forever premieres with 360-degree tour on Virtual Design Festival
ArkDes, Sweden's national centre for architecture and design, hosts a virtual 360-degree vernissage for the premiere of its new exhibition Kiruna Forever in the first part of today's VDF x ArkDes collaboration. Tune in from 11:00am UK time for the tour. More
Short film Walmer Yard: Architecture for the senses is "an exploration of the incredible light that passes through the buildings"
The final film from Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson is a meditative look at the Peter Salter-designed Walmer Yard. More
Invisible Studio "started as a voyage of self-build discovery" says Piers Taylor in film for VDF
In the second part of our VDF collaboration with film-makers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson, we screen the first episode of the duo's Practice series, in which architect Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio explains why he built his own house in the woods. More
Live interview with architect Kulapat Yantrasast as part of Virtual Design Festival
Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast spoke to Dezeen in this live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
VDF premieres Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson's film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná
Today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and filmmakers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson sees the launch of their film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná. More
"Will we work in a completely digital environment, like characters in a game?" asks Martin van der Linden
Following the popularity of his series of video blogs for VDF, Tokyo architect Martin van der Linden has created a special movie about the post-coronavirus office, in which he wonders whether physical workspaces will become entirely digital. More
Pedestrianisation of cities can be tool of exclusion says Interboro in VDF lecture
The final talk for Virtual Design Festival's partnership with CAMP sees Brooklyn and Detroit-based architecture studio Interboro share its views on public space interventions and urban planning. More
Cobe's Thomas Krarup discusses making Copenhagen into an "urban living room" in VDF lecture
As part of today's collaboration with CAMP, VDF is showing this lecture where Danish architecture studio Cobe explains how it helped make Copenhagen one of the most liveable cities in the world. More
Snøhetta "managed to push the world forward through architecture" says Jenny B Osuldsen in VDF talk
In this lecture, part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with CAMP, Snøhetta partner Jenny B Osuldsen discusses the architecture studio's core values and projects, including Times Square and the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture. More
Watch architect Kengo Kuma live from Japan for Virtual Design Festival and CAMP
Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. More
Live interview with Standard Architecture as part of Virtual Design Festival
Standard Architecture spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
"There is a practical side to Archigram, it's not just funny drawings," says Dennis Crompton
In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. More
"We already had an office before we finished school" says Francine Houben in VDF lecture
In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo. More
Live interview with Ben van Berkel as part of Virtual Design Festival
UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
