Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three
An electrical fire has caused smoke to billow from the roof of Donald Trump's skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and has injured three people. More
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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
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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
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AIA urges Trump to continue UNESCO's architecture and design initiatives after withdrawal
The American Institute of Architects has declared its support for UNESCO after the US announced it is pulling out of the organisation, and encouraged President Donald Trump's administration to preserve initiatives that "reinforce the value and importance of architecture and design". More
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Emma King rewrites George Orwell's 1984 using Donald Trump's tweets
London-based graphic designer Emma King has rewritten the first chapter of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four using US President Donald Trump's tweets More
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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
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Mike Mitchell bases Trump protest logo on anti-Nazi symbols
Artist Mike Mitchell has created a symbol of protest against US president Donald Trump, which features the number 45 turned on its side to resemble a swastika. More
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The New Yorker, Economist and Time reflect on rise of race hate in America with illustrated covers
Major US magazines have dedicated their front covers to recent political events with illustrations that reference Donald Trump, the Nazi Party and the KKK. More
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Trump touts solar-panelled Mexico border wall as cost-saving solution
US President Donald Trump has suggested that his controversial wall proposed for the country's border with Mexico could be covered with solar panels, to provide cheap energy and help foot the bill. More
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US architecture organisations declare opposition to Trump's climate treaty withdrawal
The American Institute of Architects and the US Green Building Council have condemned US president Donald Trump for his decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement, and have vowed to continue battling climate change. More
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Colony reacts to US political landscape with Lightness exhibition in New York
An illuminated alabaster totem pole and a marble disk that appears to balance on a neon string feature in New York design collective Colony's politically charged furniture and lighting installation. More
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Ivanka Trump's clothing line secretly being sold under pseudonym
Ivanka Trump's self-titled clothing line has been relabelled and sold off under the name of Adrienne Vittadini, after the brand was dropped by a number of major retailers following her father's election as US president. More
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"Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working on the project is as unethical as it first seemed in this Opinion column. More
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Architects and contractors defend ethical decision to bid for Trump wall
Companies from both sides of the US-Mexico border have defended their decision to submit proposals for Donald Trump's wall, saying they do not see any ethical issues. More
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No-To-Scale imagines Trump's wall as a 1,954-mile-long dinner table
Malaysian design office No-To-Scale Studio has issued a satirical proposal to President Trump, suggesting a radical means of representing the US-Mexico border: a 1,954 mile-long dining table. More
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Trump pledges $2 billion to Mexico border wall in budget proposal
US President Donald Trump's first budget plan includes a sizeable downpayment on his promised wall along the country's southern border with Mexico. More
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US-Mexico border wall tender calls for 30-foot-tall concrete barriers
The tender for President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall has been amended, with more details added about the design requirements and the deadline for submissions extended. More
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Architects encouraged to walk out in Trump wall protest
US organisation The Architecture Lobby is proposing a national day of action this Friday in opposition of the Mexican border wall planned by president Donald Trump. More
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Architects will have five days to submit proposals for Trump's border wall
US president Donald Trump is speeding ahead with his plans to build the controversial wall along the country's border with Mexico, with a deadline for prototype proposals set for early next month. More
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AIA calls for "fair and impartial immigration policies"
The American Institute of Architects has expressed "deep concern" that US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions are damaging the country's architecture and construction industries. More
