"A pornographic Disneyland"

Follow us This week, we filmed the demolition of brutalist housing estate Robin Hood Gardens and featured a whimsical hotel interior by Marcel Wanders. Read on for more of the best stories and comments on Dezeen... "Someone dropped an incredible dome onto the wrong building"   The complex vast dome suspended over Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi doesn't match the pared-back galleries below, say readers. Read the story and comments › "Are we lamenting the destruction of the building or the utopian vision?"   Readers are mourning the loss of brutalist housing estate Robin Hood Gardens, after new footage revealed a large chunk being destroyed. Read the story and comments › "There are always those who want to disparage anything Apple"   One commenter has stuck up for Apple's controversial new headquarters after chief designer Jonathan Ive hit back at critics. Read the story and comments › "A pornographic Disneyland"   Marcel Wanders' eccentric interior for Doha's Mondrian hotel has divided opinion, with readers either loving or hating it. Read the story and comments › "We can't afford to house the homeless, but we can pay for robots to punish them?"   A patrolling robot deployed to ward homeless people off the streets of San Francisco has been so unpopular protestors smeared it with feces. Read the story and comments › "Pantone has lost my respect"   One reader wasn't too pleased with Pantone's choice for colour of the year – a deep purple shade named Ultra Violet. Read the story and comments › "Desk accessory on steroids"   This New York installation comprising a cluster of hollow reflective pipes has led readers to draw unflattering comparisons. Read the story and comments › "Is Phoenix doomed to fall back into the ashes?"   If sprawling desert metropolises like Phoenix are going to survive an increasingly scorching climate, they will require a different kind of sustainable urbanism, says Aaron Betsky. Read his Opinion › "You can't make much profit from something that's reusable"   Readers are sceptical about plans to come up with new ways for drinking water, saying that plastic bottle alternatives already exist. Read the story and comments › "Brilliantly executed"   Alabama architecture students have converted a historic bank into a library for a rural town, and readers want to check it out. Read the story and comments ›           Dezeen Jobs   Last chance to take advantage of the Dezeen Jobs Christmas offer! Save £50 on featured job ads! Post your ad before 15 December and it will also run for an extra week free of charge. Post your ad now › 2017 review   Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design quotes of 2017 › More 2017 roundups › Design Miami 2017   Nine of the best objects showcased at Design Miami 2017 › Most popular   Foster + Partners staggers limestone towers in Beirut › Most liked   Mirrored home by Tatiana Bilbao hides among trees in Mexico › Most tweeted   10 best architecture books of 2017 revealed at Frankfurt Book Fair › Most pinned   Greek mountain home blends ideas from chalets and urban lofts › Most commented   Shigeru Ban unveils interiors for hybrid timber tower in Vancouver › News   RIBA reveals 62 projects vying to become world's best new building › More news › Architecture   Rojkind Arquitectos completes concert hall on the Gulf of Mexico › More architecture › Design   Phil Cuttance creates herringbone objects from Jesmonite material › More design › Interiors   Renovated Alicante apartment references Hay products › More interiors › Technology   MantaDroid offers "graceful" alternative to underwater robots › More technology › Competitions     Win a book that reveals the interiors of tiny homes › More competitions ›

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