Sarah Buckley . Articles MVRDV’s urban living room With a project that focuses on sustainability, MVRDV has been awarded first prize in an international competition to design a new mixed-use center in Shenzhen‘s Universiade New Town. OMA’s rural Melbourne culture complex OMA have proposed Wollert Neighbourhood centre, for the town of Whittlesea, Australia, to be made up of retail and cultural facilities. Australia: An unbuilt storey If cities didn’t have their iconic landmarks, such as Sydney’s infamous Opera House, or Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station, would they have an all-new identity? Or would it just be the same thumb, but a different fingerprint? Copper is antibacterial, so why aren't we using it? Fantasilandia in Chile, one of Latin America’s largest theme parks, has replaced its most frequently touched surfaces with copper to help reduce the spread of germs and protect the health of its visitors. Tokyo Olympics postponed due to COVID-19 The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss COVID-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Studios in China reopen As China recorded its first day with no new coronavirus cases, architecture and design studios in the country have said they are gradually returning to normality.