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UK studio Curl la Tourelle Head has designed a concept for tent classrooms that would allow students to return to schools while maintaining social distancing guidelines. Read more View the full article

US architecture studio Hannah has used 3D-printed concrete stilts to elevate this tiny off-grid cabin in Upstate New York, which has walls made from infested ash wood. Read more View the full article

Readers are debating why the Alphabet subsidiary's plans for a waterfront smart city were abandoned and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

New York designer Karim Rashid has won this year's American Prize for Design, which is regarded as "the highest and most prestigious design award in the United States". Read more View the full article

Architect Virginia San Fratello will speak to Dezeen today in this live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape, as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the talk live from 5:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Are you an architect or designer who wants to spread the word about your work? A Virtual Design Festival studio profile is a low-cost way to put your company in front of Dezeen's huge global audience. Read more View the full article

Twelve volumes built with rammed earth form this residence in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, designed by Cherem Arquitectos. Read more View the full article

Clusters of sculptural glass pendants adorn the Armature chandelier, which is one three lighting collections Bocci has launched at the VDF products fair today. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Armature is a contemporary chandelier by Canadian design company Bocci that comprises matte black branches and blown-glass shades. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Customisable floor lamps and ceiling lights make up the Stem Series lighting collection by Canadian design company Bocci. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Canadian design company Bocci has launched a range of table lamps with sculptural glass shades. Read more View the full article

The Ger Innovation Centre is a community centre built from timber and polycarbonate by design group Rural Urban Framework in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Read more View the full article

Child-sized face shields with interchangeable decorations have been designed by Metaform Architects for children going back to school, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. Read more View the full article

Architects Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton discuss Archigram's influential concept for an elevated city of capsule homes in the second instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. Read more View the full article

Aviation consultancy Factorydesign has envisioned how social distancing could be achieved on planes after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic with its Isolation screen divider kit. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Awards judges including Adam Nathaniel Furman and Arthur Mamou-Mani have described what they're hoping to see from entrants ahead of the 2 June entry deadline. Read more View the full article

Blocky concrete plinths dominate lighting brand PSLab's London HQ, which local studio JamesPlumb has designed to evoke "quiet brutalism". Read more View the full article

British designer Faye Toogood discusses her unconventional career path and the story of her latest collection in this video interview as part of our ongoing collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. Read more View the full article

Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social-distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. Read more View the full article

Glass walls and perforated metal screens help to blur the boundaries between inside and outside for this house in Beijing by architecture studio TAOA. Read more View the full article

Architects and designers have been using seesaws, usually found in children's playgrounds, to create installations and make political statements. Here are six of the most engaging. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas has created a short satirical movie set in a future where Western society has suffered a dramatic decline and his works are found gathering dust in his warehouse. Read more View the full article

A vintage El Camino parked outside this house in Austin designed by Texas firm Mark Odom Studio adds to its mid-century modern aesthetic. Read more View the full article

Large offices will become a thing of the past according to interior designer Sevil Peach, who predicts that corporate towers will be replaced by smaller hubs as staff work from home offices and co-working spaces as a result of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. Read more View the full article