Heatherwick 'isn't involved' in designing national Covid-19 memorialīritish designer Thomas Heatherwick has rejected claims that he is working on creating a coronavirus memorial following a meeting with representatives of the UK government.

The shift to remote working from suburbs and the countryside due to the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge rise in carbon emissions, according to Taylor Francis of decarbonisation platform Watershed.

Urbanism 'is one of the best tools we have' in the fight against climate change.

Students to sue The Glasgow School of Art for 'underprovided education' during pandemicĪ group of architecture and design students plans to sue The Glasgow School of Art over its alleged failure to provide adequate education during the coronavirus pandemic and for cancelling their degree shows.

Flint Collective illuminates New York storefronts to form outdoor street installationĪrt and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021.

Intricate InstaSwab by OPT Industries was designed to enable better medical testingĪdvanced manufacturing company OPT Industries has used computational design techniques to create a medical swab that aims to improve clinical testing during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

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