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View online     Gad Line+ Studio perches white cloud-like pavilion to overlook sacred mountain in China White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. Read more ›   VDF's top 10 videos include Chris Precht and Alison Brooks plus Studio Drift's drone performance We're roughly one-third of the way through Virtual Design Festival, having completed 24 days of the 77-day marathon! With the VDF team taking a break today as its a holiday in the UK, here are the ten most popular VDF video posts so far. Read more ›   "The Infinity dress is the most difficult I have ever made" says Iris van Herpen In the last of our three exclusive video interviews for Virtual Design Festival, Iris van Herpen describes how she created the optical illusions in her Hypnosis collection, which includes a dress the Dutch fashion designer describes as her most complicated yet. Read more ›   Milan calls on architects and designers to create social-distancing devices Architects and designers are being asked to devise social-distancing devices to allow Milan's bars, shops  and public spaces to reopen safely following the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more ›   Philippe Malouin designs Lines rug collection for CC-Tapis to celebrate imperfection VDF products fair: designer Philippe Malouin has developed a collection of monochrome rugs for Italian brand CC-Tapis that replicates the irregularities of lines made by crayons. Read more ›   Moxon Architects adds perforated weathering steel extension to Aberdeenshire Council HQ Moxon Architects has restored and converted a listed building and a former police station in Fraserburgh, Scotland, adding a contemporary extension clad in weathering steel. Read more ›   AIA outlines how people can safely return to offices post pandemic The American Institute of Architects has released a tool kit that provides strategies for limiting exposure to coronavirus in buildings as restrictions begin to ease. Read more ›   Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart city during pandemic Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto amid "unprecedented economic uncertainty" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more ›   Dezeen Weekly features films with impressive interiors to watch during lockdown The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes a controversial concrete house in Mexico and films with impressive interiors to watch during lockdown. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › Read more ›   Splayed and stacked white volumes form San Antonio House in Mexico Pockets of greenery are used to contrast the bright "canvas" of this white house that Mexican studio Jaime Juárez R Arquitecto has completed in Morelia. Read more ›   Live interview and cocktail masterclass with Maurizio Stocchetto of Milan's Bar Basso In this special instalment of our Screentime series VDF goes live to Milan, where Bar Basso owner Maurizio Stocchetto tells the story of the design world's favourite drinking spot and shows how to mix the bar's signature cocktail. Read more ›   Leandro Garcia outfits Praia Mansa Apartment with Brazilian marble and local designs Architect Leandro Garcia has renovated an apartment for a family's holiday home near the beach in Matinhos, Brazil and filled it with vintage Brazilian furniture. Read more ›   Virtual Design Festival is "a chance to stay together" says Maurizio Stocchetto of Bar Basso In a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival, the owner of Bar Basso in Milan says the design community has a chance to stay together despite the coronavirus pandemic causing design fairs to be cancelled. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise