"A huge loss"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers reacted to Junya Ishigami's design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion, and lamented the loss of Alessandro Mendini and Karl Lagerfeld. Plus, we announced more prestigious judges for this year's Dezeen Awards. Read on for more details...     "A huge loss" Readers are saddened by news that Italian architect and key figure in the 1960s radical design movement, Alessandro Mendini, has died. Read more ›   "The only difference is that the roof is now slate" Japanese architect Junya Ishigami's design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion has been likened to SANAA's 2009 version. Read more ›   "Very impressive line-up" Winy Maas, Kelly Hoppen, Ini Archibong and Imogen Heap have joined the "impressive" judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2019. Read more ›   "Fantastic example of adaptive reuse" The conversion of the Eero Saarinen-designed terminal at New York's John F Kennedy airport into a hotel has commenters flying high. Read more ›     "I'd love to see more like this" Our round-up of 10 floor-plans that ignore convention and are shaped like sausages, stars and even eyeballs, has delighted commenters. Read more ›   "A remarkably talented man" Praise for Karl Lagerfeld, the prolific fashion designer who turned around the fortunes of Chanel, has flooded in following his death. Read more ›   "One of the best ideas BIG has ever had" Readers approve of BIG's decision to put a ski slope on top of the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen. Read more ›   "Where is their famous Viking spirit?" One commenter thinks that the relocation of the Swedish town of Kiruna is not that big a deal. Read more ›     "Passengers still have to share armrests" Layer's prototype for Airbus seating, featuring technology that would allow passengers to control their seat conditions, hasn't taken off. Read more ›   "Let's knock down some old stuff" Pull down some of London's Georgian terraces rather than demolish Amin Taha's stone-framed housing block, says Sean Griffiths. Read more ›   "Who let the robo dogs out?" Our Dezeen Debrief movie rounds up the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show, including mechanical delivery dogs. Read more ›   "What brilliant thoughtful work" Every staircase designed by Geoffrey Bawa is unique says David Robson, the leading expert on Sri Lanka's best-known architect. Read more ›   "An excellent no-nonsense little house" Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has impressed with its design for Black Shed house, featuring fir interiors and a black tin exterior. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Project manager at Henning Larsen in Copenhagen, Denmark Junior interior architect at Starck Network Agency in Paris, France Interior architect at Gachot Studios in New York, USA Architectural assistant at Studio Bark in London, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise