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This week, we reveal the best new buildings opening in 2019, while readers get hot under the collar about the design for Trump's border wall. Read on for more details...

 

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12 buildings to look forward to in 2019

"A BIG year for architecture"

Two projects by BIG – a panda enclosure and a twisted museum – are among our pick of the best new buildings set to complete this year.

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

"A monument to Trump's ego"

Readers have a lot to say about the design for Donald Trump's Mexico border wall, with some suggesting people could fit through the gaps.

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Erika Emeren uses Swedish spit-cake technique to create decorative vases

"I thought they were dried paint rollers"

Erika Emeren's ceramic Cake Vases, created using a pastry making technique, remind one reader of something else.

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OMA unveils plans for largest football stadium in the Netherlands

"A very mediocre project"

OMA received a lukewarm response to its plans for the largest football stadium in the Netherlands, for club Feyenoord Rotterdam.

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Seattle Granny Pad by Best Practice provides living space in unused garage

"How does granny like the exposed plywood?

An unused garage in Seattle was converted to create this home called The Granny Pad, but one reader is questioning its style. 

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Leandro Garcia renovates compact flat in Curitiba for hosting guests

"Good use of limited space"

Commenters are impressed by how architect Leandro Garcia has made the most of space inside this 35-square-metre apartment in Brazil.

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10 architecture breakthroughs you might have missed in 2018

"I missed all of them"

A floating university is one of 10 architectural breakthroughs that Phineas Harper thinks you might have missed in 2018.

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John Pawson awarded CBE in Queen's New Year's Honours

"He is one of the best"

John Pawson has been recognised for services to design and architecture with a CBE, and readers agree he deserves the praise.

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Carlo Ratti develops Livingboard prefab housing system for rural India

"Good idea, but wrong market"

Commenters like the concept of Carlo Ratti's low-cost housing, the Livingboard system, but don't think it's suitable for the Indian market.

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Simple vegan cuisine inspires serene Tel Aviv restaurant interior

"Delightfully delicious"

Spanish design studio Masquespacio is behind this "delightful" sushi restaurant in Valencia, which mixes Japanese and Brazilian design.

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Pablo Pita's geometric Forja House nestles amongst trees in Portuguese valley

"A compact, elegant design"

Forja House, a holiday home in Portugal designed by Pablo Pita, has stolen the heart of one reader.

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