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  • Gabriella Carrillo portrait

    Architecture a "powerful tool" for easing strains of migration says Gabriela Carrillo

    Walls are the wrong architectural response to mass migration and violence in border cities, says Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo in this interview. More about Architecture a "powerful tool" for easing strains of migration says Gabriela Carrillo

    Ben Dreith | 14 June 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Overland Partners Border Park Laredo

    Overland Partners designs binational park "as a prototype for border cities"

    San Antonio-based firm Overland Partners has released plans for a binational border park between Mexico and the United States that will be built along the Rio Grande. More about Overland Partners designs binational park "as a prototype for border cities"

    Ben Dreith | 9 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Us-Mexico border seesaws by Rael San Fratello is Design of the Year 2020

    Pink seesaws that straddled US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020

    An installation by architecture studio Rael San Fratello, which connected children in the US and Mexico via a trio of seesaws slotted into the countries' border wall, has been crowned the Design of the Year. More about Pink seesaws that straddled US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020

    Jennifer Hahn | 19 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • "Play can be an act of resistance" says US border seesaw architect Virginia San Fratello

    The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. More about "Play can be an act of resistance" says US border seesaw architect Virginia San Fratello

    Jennifer Hahn | 29 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Greece condemned for floating sea border wall to deter refugees

    Greece plans floating sea barrier to keep out refugees

    Greece has been criticised for plans to erect a floating barrier of nets on the border with Turkey in the Aegean Sea to deter people crossing by boat. More about Greece plans floating sea barrier to keep out refugees

    India Block | 10 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Five designs that challenge Trump's US-Mexico border wall

    Following the installation of seesaws across the US-Mexico border wall, we've pulled together five examples of projects by architects and designers that respond to US president Donald Trump's plans to develop a wall between the two countries. More about Five designs that challenge Trump's US-Mexico border wall

    Eleanor Gibson | 30 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Teeter Totter wall by Rael San Fratello at US-Mexico border

    Rael San Fratello slots pink seesaws into US-Mexico border wall

    Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. More about Rael San Fratello slots pink seesaws into US-Mexico border wall

    Eleanor Gibson | 30 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Artist's depiction of SpaceX Texas launch pad

    Trump's border wall could sever Elon Musk's SpaceX Texas launchpad

    The SpaceX port that Elon Musk is building in Boca Chica, Texas, for launching commercial rockets to Mars, is at risk of being cut in two by Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall. More about Trump's border wall could sever Elon Musk's SpaceX Texas launchpad

    Eleanor Gibson | 13 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Steel-slat Mexican border prototype sliced by saw

    Steel-slat prototype for Trump's Mexican border wall can be sliced by saw

    A prototype of the "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier that Donald Trump plans to build along the US border with Mexico can be cut using a saw, leaked imagery reveals. More about Steel-slat prototype for Trump's Mexican border wall can be sliced by saw

    Eleanor Gibson | 11 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Visualisation of Donald Trump's proposed Steel Slat Barrier for the US-Mexico border

    Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

    US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers. More about Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

    Marcus Fairs | 24 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • MAGA Building Blocks

    MAGA Building Blocks encourage children to construct toy border wall

    Conservative retailer Keep and Bear has launched a Lego-style kit for Donald Trump's border wall, with packaging that social media users are describing as rip-off and racist. More about MAGA Building Blocks encourage children to construct toy border wall

    Dan Howarth | 14 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Trump’s border wall "will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator"

    The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the start of a global rush to create physical barriers, according to a new book illustrating how tyrants use architecture and design to control populations. More about Trump’s border wall "will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator"

    India Block | 2 February 2018 | 14 comments
  • Cost of Trump's US-Mexico border wall soars to $33 billion

    The controversy surrounding President Donald Trump's wall between the US and Mexico continues, as updated plans bring the predicted cost to $33 billion, while a petition has been launched to designate the eight construction prototypes as a national monument. More about Cost of Trump's US-Mexico border wall soars to billion

    Eleanor Gibson | 8 January 2018 | 8 comments
  • US-Mexico border wall prototype construction

    Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall

    The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America's southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country's president Donald Trump is planning to build. More about Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall

    Dan Howarth | 16 November 2017 | 3 comments
  • Trump wall prototypes pop up near US-Mexico border

    Portions of eight proposed designs for the wall that President Donald Trump wants to construct along the US-Mexico border are to be tested over the coming months. More about Trump wall prototypes pop up near US-Mexico border

    Dan Howarth | 24 October 2017 | 25 comments
  • Fences by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures. More about Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Eleanor Gibson | 11 October 2017 | 19 comments
  • JR Dreamer installation at the US-Mexico border

    Artist responds to Dreamers repeal with giant US-Mexico border installation

    Artist JR has erected a huge billboard-style image of a child peering over the border fence dividing the US and Mexico, in response to American president Donald Trump's proposed repeal of the DACA programme that protects children of undocumented immigrants. More about Artist responds to Dreamers repeal with giant US-Mexico border installation

    Dan Howarth | 11 September 2017 | 2 comments
  • Borderline by Erez Nevi Pana and Marlene Huissoud at Jerusalem Design Week

    Installation spins giant candles from yarn the length of Trump's border wall

    A candle with a wick made from yarn the same length as US president Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall was unveiled at Jerusalem Design Week earlier this month. More about Installation spins giant candles from yarn the length of Trump's border wall

    Ali Morris | 1 July 2017 | 6 comments
  • Turkey completes first phase of 900km wall along Syrian border

    As Donald Trump prepares to build a wall between the USA and Mexico, Turkey has announced the completion of a three-metre high fortification along its border with Syria to prevent refugees and smugglers entering the country. More about Turkey completes first phase of 900km wall along Syrian border

    Marcus Fairs | 25 April 2017 | 80 comments
  • Banksy opens art-filled Walled Off Hotel on Israeli West Bank barrier

    The artist Banksy has opened an "all-inclusive vandals resort" in Bethlehem, five metres from the wall that separates Israel from the Palestinian West Bank. More about Banksy opens art-filled Walled Off Hotel on Israeli West Bank barrier

    Alice Morby | 13 March 2017 | 24 comments

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  2. 2Unknown Architects sinks timber cabin into dune-filled Dutch island
  3. 3Aaltos' Paimio Sanatorium set to be turned into "future-oriented" hotel by Snøhetta
  4. 4Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten cloaks Longhouse Farm with black timber and metal
  5. 5Gaudí's "ghost of an alternative New York" visualised by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur
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  7. Unknown Architects sinks timber cabin into dune-filled Dutch island
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  1. 1Gaudí's "ghost of an alternative New York" visualised by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur
  2. 2CookFox Architects completes Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music
  3. 3Snøhetta designs mesh-covered office building for Miami Design District
  4. 4Patrik Schumacher removes Zaha Hadid's name as studio rebrands to ZHA
  5. 5BIG designs "new kind of urban university" for Bentonville
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Rosa María House by Delavegacanolasso

Anastasiia Tempynska transforms former embassy into "gallery-like" Kyiv showroom

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Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics

Salty Fairy Ring ceramic vessel by Jiyhun Kim

"Quietly magical" Toronto cafe provides family-friendly third place

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