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View online     Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. Read more ›   Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of mobile and interactive playground equipment. Read more ›   Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 21 April Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a medical isolation hood, Milan's post-coronavirus plans and rainbow art to raise spirits. Read more ›   VDF x Zoomed In collaborate on a day of talks about architecture photography VDF teams up with architecture imagery festival Zoomed In today to host a day of talks and screenings, starting with a discussion on photographing infrastructure with Anthony Coleman, Dennis Gilbert and Kilian O'Sullivan. Read more ›   Banksy reveals rodent-themed installation inside his own bathroom A pack of mischievous rats cause chaos in this installation by graffiti artist Banksy who, like many, is working from home during the coronavirus lockdown. Read more ›   Raw Color designs Elbow Sock for coronavirus sneezing Dutch design studio Raw Color has suggested using odd socks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more ›   "I am irrational and the work stops me going mad" says John Pawson in Dezeen's latest podcast The latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast features architectural designer John Pawson, who recounts his brief spell as a Buddhist monk, how Calvin Klein changed his life and explains how minimalism helps calm his "untidy mind". Read more ›   Fakro roof windows add light and outdoor space to attic apartments in Virginia Dezeen promotion: Large windows by Fakro punctuate the roof of a multi-family apartment block in Richmond, USA, creating micro balconies for the residents to enjoy. Read more ›   BDR Bureau gives 1960s Italian school a pastel pink makeover A school from the 1960s in Torino, Italy, has been updated with a pink steel and adobe plaster extension designed by architecture studio BDR Bureau. Read more ›   Colourful tiles and Mexican craft feature in Casa Hoyos hotel by AG Studio Mexico City's AG Studio has turned a colonial house in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico into a boutique hotel featuring tiled archways and yellow walls that look like a "large corn cob". Read more ›   "We have a way to go to reach gender parity, but it's not without hope" The Pratt Institute has launched an archival project that pays tribute to women in architecture. Following a celebratory dinner party held in March, the school's dean of architecture Harriet Harriss explains why projects like the Mistresses Archive are vital to achieve gender parity in the profession. Read more ›   Dezeen becomes one of the top 3,500 most popular websites in the world Dezeen hit a major milestone this week, becoming one of the 3,500 most-visited websites in the world, according to ranking service Alexa. Read more ›   "Tokyo has turned its back on its rivers" says Martin van der Linden In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden reveals some of Tokyo's "invisible" waterways, which flow beneath the city's roads and pavements. Read more ›   Coronavirus is an opportunity to create "a new economic model" says Lonneke Gordijn Creative people thrive in difficult situations and can use the coronavirus pandemic to explore new ways to add value, says designer Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more ›   MAAT's video offers a sneak peek of the Currents - Temporary Architectures by SO-IL exhibition The final instalment of VDF's collaboration with MAAT features a video overview of the Currents - Temporary Architectures by SO-IL exhibition that was due to open at the Lisbon museum, plus a text written for the show by Beatrice Galilee. Read more ›   Studio Saxe adds plant-covered athletic centre to Costa Rican hotel Architecture firm Studio Saxe has designed this athletic complex for a Costa Rica hotel to be like "a small village amongst the trees". Read more ›   Live video interview with SO-IL and Beatrice Leanza as part of Virtual Design Festival Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of architecture practice SO-IL and MAAT executive director Beatrice Leanza spoke to Dezeen live as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with MAAT. Read more ›   Lisbon's MAAT museum premieres documentary about SO-IL's temporary work with VDF In this exclusive movie premiere screened as part of VDF's collaboration with MAAT, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain 12 temporary architecture projects that feature in an exhibition at the Lisbon museum. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. 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