Comments update: "I always thought in times of crisis people would shine"
This week, readers pondered the long-term impact of the coronavirus and shared their opinions of Frank Gehry's twisting tower in France. More
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"Epidemics aren't an opportunity for you to do a quick napkin sketch"
In this week's comments update, readers are baffled by a shield that uses UV light to sterilise itself and protect against coronavirus. More
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"Design is almost always political"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Dezeen's story about Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman being prevented from entering the United States is relevant for an architecture and design magazine. More
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"Suddenly Elon Musk's plan for us all emigrating to Mars doesn't look so crazy"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a suggestion that dams be built around the North Sea in a bid to protect northern Europe from rising sea levels. More
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"Finally getting architecture where it should be again"
In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over the American Institute of Architects publicly protesting against an order that federal buildings be built in "classical architecture style." More
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"A very sad day indeed for architectural education"
In this week's comments update, readers are saddened that the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin will close. More
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"The Great Ward of China"
In this week's comments update, readers are divided over China's decision to rapidly build a hospital for the treatment of patients with suspected coronavirus. More
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"No morals, no shame"
In this week's comments update, readers are annoyed after architect Bjarke Ingels met with the president of Brazil to work on a tourism masterplan for the country. More
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"Good to see apocalypse survivors will have massive resources to spend on housing"
In this week's comments update, readers are mocking designs for the Cyberhouse, a property based on Tesla's Cybertruck and created for apocalypse survivors.
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"Does it come with a fire station next door?"
In this week's comments update, readers are looking forward to the world's first wooden football stadium being completed and are disappointed in Virgil Abloh's fashion collection with Paris's Musée du Louvre. More
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"How to not solve a non-existent problem"
In this week's comment update, readers share their thoughts on the feasibility of suspended shelving in a university library and question the aesthetics of an at-home insemination kit. More
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Dezeen's top 10 controversial stories of 2019
This year had its fair share of provocative stories, from the backlash against concrete to a chair that prevents "manspreading". For our review of the year, digital editor Karen Anderson looks at 10 of the most polarising. More
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"Do we still need girls showing boobs to sell a smartphone?"
In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. More
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"The Lego version is better looking and far more practical"
In this week's comments update, readers are impressed with Lego's take on the Cybertruck, but skeptical about a chair made from a cardboard box. More
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"People laughed at iPhone too, remember?"
In this week's comment update, readers are weighing up the environmental impact of Elon Musk's Cybertruck and a Seattle after-death facility. More
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"Inaccessible areas are inexcusable and non-negotiable"
In this week's comments update, readers are struggling to understand how the Hunters Point library in Long Island City passed building approval with many areas not accessible to people with disabilities. More
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"A bold statement indeed"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating if Sheppard Robson building Europe's largest living wall is merely greenwashing. More
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"There is no future to plastic other than to pollute"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Andrew Morlet's statement that plastic can be used sustainably. More
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"The only architects that are doomed are the ones that won't adapt"
In this week's comments update, readers think Sebastian Errazuriz's claims that architects will be replaced by AI are unfounded. More
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"I presumed that 'Pope' was some new hip, high-tech designer"
In this week's comments update, readers are suspicious of the intentions of wearable praying technology and in agreement that sustainable design terminology needs more scrutiny. More
