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The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. Read more View the full article

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. Read more View the full article

A medical illustrator behind the first 3D images of the coronavirus particle has spoken to Dezeen about how his team branded an invisible disease that "needed an identity". Read more View the full article

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is bringing rare natural matter, including a burning sun and a sprightly puffin, into people's homes with his AR Wunderkammer works. Read more View the full article

The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. Read more View the full article

Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent. Read more View the full article

Building startup Containerwerk has turned old shipping containers into 21 micro apartments for visitors to the town of Wertheim in Germany. Read more View the full article

Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. Read more View the full article

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. Read more View the full article

Vello is showing three of its folding bicycles at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, including Vello Bike+, which is "the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features" according to the Austrian brand. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Vello Bike is an ultra-light bicycle developed by Valentin Vodev, which can be folded into a portable size in seconds. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Product designer Valentin Vodev has developed a foldable electric bike for Vello that charges as it travels. Read more View the full article

New York studio LTL Architects has designed minimal grey interiors that contrast white neoclassical pillars for the USA's first major museum dedicated to the history of posters. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Vello's ultra-light and foldable Speedster racing bike has been designed by Valentin Vodev for city dwellers who prefer a fast commute. Read more View the full article

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel will speak to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it here live from 3:30pm UK time. Read more View the full article

In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd's building. Read more View the full article

In the first lecture from today's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. Read more View the full article

The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. Read more View the full article

Architect Peter Cook explains Archigram's concept for a temporary city that can be set up overnight in the third instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. Read more View the full article

Architects are turning to virtual worlds for both working and socialising during the coronavirus pandemic, with everything from site visits to social events happening in cyberspace. Read more View the full article

Museums should use the disruption caused by coronavirus to fundamentally rethink how they operate and what their purpose is, says Owen Hopkins. Read more View the full article

Students at Chelsea College of Arts in London present designs for bars and restaurants developed on their interior design course in this digital student exhibition for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Split-level flooring and slim wooden blinds separate the living spaces of this multi-generational home in the Australian city of Newcastle, New South Wales. Read more View the full article

With just 20 days to go until entries for Dezeen Awards 2020 close, there's limited time left to enter one of our studio categories at a lower price! Read more View the full article

Filipino graphic designer Julius Raymund Advincula sat half-naked in front of a mirror looking for letters and numbers in the folds of his skin and limbs to make up this Body Type typeface. Read more View the full article