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Designer Ini Archibong has launched a fundraiser to build a pavilion for the African diaspora to represent people who "don't have a flag to represent us". Read more View the full article

Architect Alex Josephson, co-founder of Toronto studio Partisans, speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime talk sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the broadcast live from 2pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Production designer Mark Digby explains why he selected an inconspicuous 1960s university library as the location for sci-fi series Devs, which was created by Ex Machina and 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland, instead of ultra-futuristic buildings in Silicon Valley like the Apple Park. Read more View the full article

New York showroom DDC NYC is exhibiting three furniture collections at VDF's products fair, including Zanotta's updated model of Carlo Mollino's skeletal Reale table. Read more View the full article

Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects has revealed its design to convert the building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn into a police headquarters. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The Piper 103 sofa by RODA is distinguished by a slender, metallic body that is dressed by woven "belts" of coloured fabric. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Zanotta has released an updated model of the skeletal Reale table by Italian architect, designer and photographer Carlo Mollino. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Elastic belts dressed with colourful yarn decorate Paola Lenti's playful Telar collection of matching outdoor furniture. Read more View the full article

Congested infrastructure and limited public space are among the issues tackled by students from the Caribbean School of Architecture, in the proposals presented here as part of their VDF school show. Read more View the full article

Brothers Tom and Will Butterfield designed a chair-a-day for 19 days during the Covid-19 lockdown, which they plan to pass on to established creatives for them to put their own spin on. Read more View the full article

Grassy gardens top the Maggie's Centre for cancer patients built by Heatherwick Studio in the grounds of St James's University Hospital in Leeds. Read more View the full article

Canadian photographer Philip Jarmain has documented the early 20th-century buildings of Detroit that put the city on "par with New York, Chicago and Paris". Read more View the full article

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Michelle Ogundehin's predictions on how the coronavirus pandemic will influence homes. Read more View the full article

Woods Bagot has created four proposals for workplace design following coronavirus that merge working from home and office life to "strengthen culture and performance". Read more View the full article

As part of their VDF school show, graduates from York St John University are presenting interior designs for the elderly, which tackle loneliness and make life easier for those dealing with dementia or visual impairments. Read more View the full article

A latticed concrete-and-ceramic roof hangs from 10 concrete structures to shade the patio of this house in Brasília designed by local studio Bloco Arquitetos. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: German building-technology supplier Jung has developed the versatile G + I socket that is compatible with plug types from various geographies. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The AR-Studio app by Jung uses augmented reality to help users visualise its range of products and fittings within an interior space. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The flexible Plug & Light fixture by Jung features a magnetic LED that can be rotated, removed and replaced Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: metal chain-link manufacturer Kriskadecor aims to help shared places like offices and hotels adjust to the "new normal" after coronavirus with space dividers made from aluminium links. Read more View the full article

Szczepaniak Astridge has added a rooftop extension to Leaf House, a terrace in south London for architectural photographer Edmund Sumner and writer Yuki Sumner. Read more View the full article

Graffiti artist Banksy has created a sketch for a slavery memorial in Bristol that would incorporate slave-trader Edward Colston and the protesters who tore his statue down. Read more View the full article

Net City will be a car-free urban district for Shenzhen masterplanned by architecture firm NBBJ for Chinese technology company Tencent, which owns social media and messaging company WeChat. Read more View the full article

A chair made from repurposed climbing rope and a SAD lamp that doubles up as a plant pot are featured in this VDF school show of work by York St John University students. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Joris Laarman explains how he aims to use digital technology to create objects that resonate with people on an emotional level in the next talk in our series with Friedman Benda for VDF. Watch live from 11:00am UK time. Read more View the full article