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Weston Williamson + Partners envisions social-distancing office

Weston Williamson + Partners has outlined its plans for a social-distancing workplace, with transparent screens around desks, hands-free doors and a barista, to allow employees to safely return to its office following the coronavirus lockdown.

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China bans copycat architecture and restricts supertall skyscrapers

The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers.

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"There is a practical side to Archigram, it's not just funny drawings," says Dennis Crompton

In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo.

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Iconic Covid-19 images designed to create "a feeling of alarm" says CDC medical illustrator Dan Higgins

A medical illustrator behind the first 3D images of the coronavirus particle has spoken to Dezeen about how his team branded an invisible disease that "needed an identity".

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Olafur Eliasson creates augmented-reality cabinet of curiosities

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is bringing rare natural matter, including a burning sun and a sprightly puffin, into people's homes with his AR Wunderkammer works.

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Thomas Geerlings converts canal-side Amsterdam warehouse into contemporary home

The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children.

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"Our first International project came the day after receiving the award" says Dezeen Awards emerging studio winner

Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent.

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Shipping containers turned into micro apartments by Containerwerk

Building startup Containerwerk has turned old shipping containers into 21 micro apartments for visitors to the town of Wertheim in Germany.

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Merge Architects builds bronze-coloured corrugated steel housing facing Boston harbour

Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour.

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"We already had an office before we finished school" says Francine Houben in VDF lecture

In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo.

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Vello showcases three folding bicycles at VDF products fair

Vello is showing three of its folding bicycles at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, including Vello Bike+, which is "the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features" according to the Austrian brand.

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New York's Poster House museum by LTL Architects contrasts "the rustic and the refined"

New York studio LTL Architects has designed minimal grey interiors that contrast white neoclassical pillars for the USA's first major museum dedicated to the history of posters.

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Live interview with Ben van Berkel as part of Virtual Design Festival

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival.

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We entered the Pompidou competition "against my will" says Richard Rogers in VDF lecture

In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd's building.

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"I didn't want to become an architect at all" says Reiulf Ramstad in VDF lecture

In the first lecture from today's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect.

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