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This week, readers are enjoying our pick of 10 architecture films to stave off boredom and the porch of an Italian villa was converted into a micro-home for isolation. We also announced details of our cultural partners for Virtual Design Festival.

 

University of Cambridge

 

10 films with amazing architecture to stream during coronavirus self-isolation

"Thank you for making lockdown more acceptable"

Readers are enjoying watching our pick of 10 feature films that use architecture in exciting ways to pass the time in lockdown.

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Urban Cabin is a micro apartment in Italy with custom seating and storage

"Useful as a doghouse for recalcitrant husbands"

The porch of an Italian villa has been turned into a micro-apartment suitable for isolation, but commenters have thought of better uses.

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Send us a video message from lockdown for Virtual Design Festival and we'll publish the best ones

"Fantastic idea. Would love to be involved!"

Our Virtual Design Festival launches on 15 April. See details of our programme and partners and find out how to submit a video clip.

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Dyson devises 44 engineering challenges for children during lockdown

"To hell with the kids, I'm doing this"

Dyson has created 44 engineering and science activities for children to try out while at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Samsung competition

 

Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo

"What I love about this house is that it's polemical"

Nendo's design for a family home in Tokyo has sparked reader debate thanks to a huge faux staircase running through the middle. 

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Samsung and Dezeen launch $20,000 Out of the Box Competition

Samsung and Dezeen launch $20,000 Out of the Box Competition

Samsung and Dezeen have launched a contest seeking innovative designs for the home that can be made by repurposing cardboard.

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Working from home "the new normal" for architects and designers

"Architects have never left their work at the office"

Commenters are debating whether coronavirus lockdowns will have a profound impact on how creative businesses work in future.

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"I think of my clothes as shelter" says Roksanda Ilinčić in Dezeen's latest podcast

"I think of my clothes as shelter"

Fashion designer Roksanda Ilinčic describes how she learned about dressmaking in the latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast.

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Foster + Partners designs reusable open-source face shield

"This looks fairly simple and well thought out"

Foster + Partners has created a laser-cut face shield to protect from coronavirus which can be disassembled, sanitised and reused.

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Virtual Design Festival

 

Designers should "seize the moment" to make positive change says Design Justice author Sasha Costanza-Chock

"Designers need to seize the moment"

The coronavirus crisis offers a "great possibility" for community-led change, says MIT associate professor Sasha Costanza-Chock.

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Frank Lloyd Wright sites offer virtual tours during pandemic

"At times like this we need to experience beauty"

Readers are delighted to learn that 12 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed properties are opening their doors to virtual tours.

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Shift Architecture Urbanism designs social distancing into the food market

"I'm all for new designs to solve these challenges"

Shift Architecture Urbanism has developed a model for a street food market where people can buy produce while avoiding contact.

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Eldridge London's trefoil-shaped house has a "sense of the theatrical"

"If you've got it, why not flaunt it?"

Curved walls and metallic details bring drama to this "expensive looking" family house by architecture studio Eldridge London.

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