Why we’re obsessed with Zoom backdrops: from Anna Wintour to Meryl Streep

The pandemic has forced us to make our private spaces into public ones. Here’s how to get it right

The world’s top 10 new architecture projects

Making a virtue out of global lockdown, our critic takes a virtual tour of the world’s best new architecture projects – from a rural Vietnamese preschool to a Belgian folly and a synagogue in Paraguay

20 apps to up your skills

Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims

Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge has opted for a virtual version

    For yachting fans the meeting is still on, behind computer screens, from 30th June to 4 th July 2020, lifting the veil on what’s new at this highly anticipated 7th Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge. Given the coronavirus crisis situation and to continue supporting the hard work already put in by teams, … Read more

Framing the horizon: dwellings that blend with the desert

Part fantasy escape and part futuristic vision, these desirable desert designs are a stunning blend of structure and landscape

‘It’s great if you’re bored with Netflix’: video art flourishes in lockdown

From dogs’ plums to death metal shrieks, video artworks are finding a new audience hungry for culture that is accessible, original and bizarre