Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills cake shop illustrates how the architect interprets the Japanese vernacular, according to YouTuber Martin van der Linden in the first of a series of videos from Tokyo shared with Virtual Design Festival. More
Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture explain how Japan's culture of bowing instead of hand-shaking may have helped in the fight against coronavirus, in their video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More
Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture spoke to Dezeen live from Tokyo today at 2:00pm UK time as part of Virtual Design Festival's PechaKucha collaboration. More
Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with Dutch architect Martin van der Linden of YouTube channel One Minute Architecture to present a selection of his best short architecture movies. More
Today's VDF collaboration with PechaKucha features this live stream of talks by global creatives plus a live interview with PechaKucha founders Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture. More
Virtual Design Festival has launched with a video featuring self-recorded messages from 35 architects, designers and artists around the world including Stefano Giovannoni, Es Devlin, Ini Archibong, Ben van Berkel and Bec Brittain. More
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort spoke to Dezeen live from Cape Town in our first Screentime conversation of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the interview here or on our YouTube channel. More
With Tinseltown under lockdown due to coronavirus, a new genre of "virus fiction" or "ViFi" could emerge, says speculative architect and director Liam Young in the first of a series of video messages from creatives around the world recorded as part of our Virtual Design Festival. More
Life in Shanghai is slowly getting back to normal, reports curator Aric Chen in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival on his first day in the fresh air after 14 days of home quarantine. More
Apple has unveiled its design for a face shield to protect health workers fighting coronavirus, which it is producing in the millions. More
With hundreds of millions of people currently in isolation or lockdown, Dezeen's India Block has selected 10 feature films that use architecture in exciting ways to watch as a distraction from coronavirus-induced boredom. More
Dezeen has created a short video guide to high-tech architecture from A to Z as the final part of our high-tech architecture series. More
Chinese 3D-printer manufacturer Creality is fabricating thousands of buckles that make face masks less painful to wear for medical workers treating coronavirus patients. More
Steel stilts elevate Narula House, a British dwelling on banks of a River Thames tributary that has been designed by John Pardey Architects to endure flooding. More
Architecture professor Rachel Armstrong, brand consultant Suzanne Livingston and transportation designer Paul Priestman discussed how people will deal with the increasing complexity of future cities at the Dezeen Day conference last year. More
Dezeen promotion: the Axia collection from Australian brand Phoenix is a set of ultra-thin minimalist taps for architecture fans. More
Architectural designers Ivo Tedbury and Freddie Hong have created a 3D-printed device that adapts door handles for hands-free opening, in a bid to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. More
Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed an intensive-care pod within a shipping container that could be added to hospitals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. More
With millions of people across the world in self-isolation or quarantine to slow the spread of coronavirus, content producer Sebastian Jordahn has put together a list of documentaries on architecture and design to stave off isolation boredom. More
Multidisciplinary group Wevolve Labs modelled its pavilion for last year's Burning Man on a bird-like dinosaur, with large wings that lit up at night and shaded seats underneath. More