"In the future home, form will follow infection"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, Herzog & de Meuron's proposal for Canada's tallest skyscraper has sparked debate and Michelle Ogundehin outlined 11 ways the coronavirus pandemic will impact the home. We also extended Virtual Design Festival to 10 July due to strong demand.     "Congratulations on using local, sustainable material" Readers are impressed by this Mexican hotel which was designed with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Read more ›   "In the future home, form will follow infection" Interiors will be designed to mitigate coronavirus, says Michelle Ogundehin, who explains how the pandemic will impact future homes. Read more ›   "I have a bad feeling about this building" Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will be 324-metres high. Read more ›   "They should have removed the roof instead" The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed 500 seats to allow for social distancing, but readers aren't sure this was the best move. Read more ›     "Great artwork – they can't hide from it" Readers are pleased Dallas artist Jammie Holmes flew banners showing the last words of George Floyd above American cities. Read more ›   "Very well done" Charred wood and dark stone were used to create this dark, boxy house in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, and commenters can't get enough. Read more ›   "There will be new ideas of how to make and produce" Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, whose coronavirus predictions went viral, told Dezeen this week that she is hopeful for the future. Read more ›   "Don't paint the whole profession as systemically racist" The Minnesota chapter of the AIA has sparked reader debate by claiming "architects have not done enough to tackle racial inequality". Read more ›     "Please don't call this a park" ODA has designed a residential building in Seattle that contains an elevated private "park", but readers aren't convinced. Read more ›   "Nice the palette moves some way beyond convention" Readers are pleased at least one of the children's bedrooms in this Stockholm apartment ignores traditional colour schemes. Read more ›   "First black wood clad house since the last one" This black wood house in Oregon forest by William Kaven Architecture isn't the first of its kind, according to one commenter. Read more ›   "Can't touch this" CoreDAR has designed a tiny LiDAR device called Glamos that can turn any screen into an interactive, but touchless, touchscreen. Read more ›   "I love everything about it" Feldman Architecture has inserted a glass pavilion between two white stucco volumes to form this residence in San Jose, California. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Press manager at Büro Ole Scheeren in London, UK Experienced architectural assistant at Studio Seilern Architects in London, UK Architect/project architect at Cousins & Cousins in London, UK Press assistant at Zaha Hadid Architects in London, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise