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This week, readers are in love with a brutalist-style house in Bali and shocked by a Gucci jumper resembling blackface. Plus we announced the first judges for Dezeen Awards 2019. Read on for more details...

 

Dezeen Awards

 

Patisandhika and Daniel Mitchell complete A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali

"All the makings of a love story"

A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali, designed by Patisandhika and Dan Mitchell, is the perfect setting for romance, thinks one reader. 

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Gucci "deeply apologises" for balaclava jumper resembling blackface

"No one at Gucci foresaw this?"

Readers can't agree whether it was necessary for Gucci to discontinue a balaclava jumper, after the design was accused of being racist.

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Patricia Urquiola and Yves Behar among first judges revealed for Dezeen Awards 2019

"Even better than last year"

We've named the first 25 judges for Dezeen Awards 2019, which is now open for entries. Among them are Frida Escobedo, Yves Behar, Kunlé Adeyemi and Patricia Urquiola.

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Freddy Mamani's New Andean Architecture adds colour to Bolivian city

"Reminds me of Monument Valley"

Freddy Mamani's bold use of colour in Bolivian city El Alto is reminding readers of computer games, postmodernism and the 1970s.

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Land Art Generator

 

Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai's ruler

"The video is a joke"

Visuals of Burj Jumeira, a Dubai skyscraper that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler, are being mocked. 

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Photos show Mexico City architects' studios of Escobedo, Rojkind and more

"Awesome architecture studios"

Frida Escobedo and Tatiana Bilbao are among 19 "awesome" Mexico City-based architecture offices photographed by Marc Goodwin

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Zaha Hadid Design and Odlo launch activewear collection for women

"You have to wonder how credible something is"

Not all are convinced by Zaha Hadid Design's claims that its Odlo Activewear collection can protect against "the harshest winters."

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Brutalist Welbeck Street car park will definitely be demolished

"It certainly was a fine looking car park"

Readers are saddened by news that London's Welbeck Street car park, designed by Michael Blampied and Partners, will not be saved.

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Design Indaba Festival

 

McCullough Mulvin Architects revives medieval church with lead-clad extensions

"I hope they have good security"

Readers are concerned that the lead cladding on the Medieval Mile Museum in Ireland is likely to be stolen.

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Amphibious Velox robot uses undulating fins to swim and crawl

"A combination of innovative functionality and beauty"

Readers are enjoying an innovative stingray-like robot that can move on land or in water, developed by Pliant Energy Systems.

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Lucas y Hernández Gil trades walls for sliding partitions inside Casa P82

"Incredible design"

Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has impressed by using sliding partitions and bright white surfaces to open up a Madrid apartment.

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Five concrete houses in Argentina by Luciano Kruk Arquitectos

"Concrete jungle where dreams are made of"

Our roundup of five concrete houses in the woods by Argentinian Luciano Kruk is a hit with commenters.

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