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This week, readers are embarrassed by the lack of privacy in Le Corbusier's Paris apartment, and are anticipating drama as a legal battle over Zaha Hadid's estate begins. Read on for more of the best stories and comments on Dezeen...

 

Velux skylights illuminate copper spiral staircase

 

Le Corbusier's Paris home reopens its doors to the public

"Relax, it is not a toilet"

The Paris apartment where Le Corbusier lived has reopened its doors to the public – but some commenters think one feature is too open.

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Patrik Schumacher launches High Court bid to control Zaha Hadid's £70 million estate

"You can sell the story to Netflix"

Readers are ready to binge-watch as Patrik Schumacher bids to become sole executor of the late Zaha Hadid's estate.

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Gianni Botsford Architects tops House in a Garden with sweeping copper roof

"Needlessly opulent, but man the results are beautiful"

Readers think the copper roof and kitchen of this west London home are wonderfully over the top.

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Anni and Josef Albers: the married misfits of the Bauhaus

"The married misfits of the Bauhaus"

As part of our Bauhaus 100 series, we explore the works and legacy of influential designers Anni and Josef Albers who met at the school. 

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Vola

 

OMA's prefabricated concrete tower has "echoes of brutalist architecture"

"So long as no one forces me to look at it, or live in it"

OMA's Innovationen Tower – a 125-metre-high concrete housing development in Stockholm – has not gone down well with readers.

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Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2018: architects and designers

Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2018: architects and designers

On the hunt for the ideal Christmas present? We've picked out 15 gifts for architects and designers, including midnight-blue watches.

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Samsung unveils Infinity Flex smartphone that unfolds to become a tablet

"And, we're back to the flip phone"

One reader would rather use a retro device than Samsung's prototype for its long-awaited foldable smartphone. 

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"The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"

"The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"

The historicism of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission is no laughing matter, says Sam Jacob.

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Nowa Paris

 

Harley-Davidson debuts motorcycle "that just happens to be electric"

"Why be so apologetic about it being electric?"

Readers don't understand why Harley-Davidson isn't making more noise about launching its first electric motorcycle.

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Stockholm blocks Chipperfield's Nobel Center, Foster's Apple Store and city's Olympic bid

"They don't need those buildings"

Stockholm's council is halting development of Foster + Partners' Apple Store and Chipperfield's Nobel Centre, much to the joy of readers. 

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BIG's prefabricated timber housing in Stockholm is designed to be "manmade hillside"

"More architecture should be like this"

Commenters want to move into BIG's modular 79 & Park apartment block in Stockholm, which looks like a verdant wooden hillside.

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