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Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including work by Foster + Partners, Daniel Libeskind and Renzo Piano, plus Rem Koolhaas gives us a private tour of OMA/Progress at the Barbican. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Retractable walls and numerous terraces feature in this expansive California home designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Ermenegildo Zegna has unveiled My Claudio, its latest range of personalised trainers available in a striking array of colour combinations. Read more

VDF studio profiles: Ramona Albert Architecture is a New York-based studio that specialises in building and product design, and is driven by nature and contemporary technologies. Read more View the full article

Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has built social housing in Los Angeles featuring a green roof, herb garden, a community centre and retail spaces to foster wellness and community for those in need. Read more

Offset gabled volumes form a new classroom and play area at this infant school in Oxfordshire, England, by local firm Jessop and Cook Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In response to our story highlighting films with interesting architecture to stream during coronavirus self-isolation, Dezeen commenters have recommended 10 more architectural films. Read more View the full article

A Dallas art museum by Thom Mayne, a spiritual retreat at Stanford University and Jeanne Gang's Chicago boathouse are among the 18 recipients of prestigious design awards given by the American Institute of Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a quick and easy face shield for healthcare workers fighting Covid-19, which attaches to the wearer's glasses. Read more View the full article

Miracle material graphene – considered the strongest substance known to science – has been used to make eco-friendly paint by manufacturer Graphenstone. Read more View the full article

Models were suspended in vacuums between plastic sheeting during Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2014 show at Paris Fashion Week. (more...) View the full article

Chinese practice Arch Studio have renovated an abandoned hutong in Beijing, making a house with curving glass walls around internal courtyards. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Naso has built a pale earthen brick house on a sloping site in rural Mexico to replace a property left devastated by the country's deadly 2017 earthquake. Read more View the full article

US studio Atelier Cho Thompson has contrasted soft and bold finishes in this restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Read more View the full article

This movie by Space Popular explores how virtual reality could become as widespread as the video call, allowing our homes to digitally merge with those of our loved ones. Read more View the full article

Slideshow: a Ferrari automotive museum designed by the late Czech architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický has opened in Modena, Italy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Work has halted on the 45 Broad Street skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan by New York architecture firm CetraRuddy, which was expected to become the second tallest building in the area. Read more View the full article

MARGstudio, Alessio Casciano Design and Angeletti Ruzza have designed a colourful, inflatable face shield that could be used to allow people to socialise following the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Foster + Partners in London, Zwimpfer Partner Architekten in Basel and Carlorattiassociati in Turin, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Architonic, Heatherwick Studio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Troubled Scandinavian design retailer Skandium has been acquired by a Danish duo, who have reopened the e-commerce site and plan to open a new showroom on London's Brick Lane next month. Read more

Dezeen Screen: in this interview we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jólan van der Wiel explains how his series of stools are shaped by magnets and gravity. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, we spoke to architect Alison Brooks about the change in housing design after coronavirus and interviewed Killing Eve's set decorator about what it takes to dress a cult classic. Read more View the full article

News: biohacker Tim Cannon has taken wearable technology to a new extreme by implanting a device into his arm so he can monitor his biometric data on a tablet. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Vicostone has launched a collection of ultra-thin quartz surfaces that are available in several colours to suit a variety of purposes in interior design. Read more View the full article