"Looks like a pile of dirty dishes"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are comparing the National Museum of Qatar to dinner plates, and debating Patrik Schumacher's plans for the future of Zaha Hadid Architects. We also caught up with last year's Dezeen Awards winners. Read on for more...     "Looks like a pile of dirty dishes" Readers think that the National Museum of Qatar designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel looks like crockery.  Read more ›   "Never work for free" Karim Rashid has riled commenters by defending the use of unpaid internships, following a string of controversies over the practice.  Read more ›   "If only The Tulip had been a joke" We've rounded up this year's best architecture and design April fools, including plans for a gondola in Edinburgh and a dog-walking drone. Read more ›   "Winning has opened doors to another level of business" Last year's Dezeen Awards winners have spoken about the transformative impact the accolade has had on their studios. Read more ›     "Well that's rather fun!" A giant 3D optical illusion that imagined the iconic pyramid at the Musée du Louvre in Paris continuing underground delighted readers.  Read more ›   "He is doing what he needs to do" In this exclusive interview, Zaha Hadid Architects' principal Patrik Schumacher talks about controversial plans for the studio's future. Read more ›   "This is what Sony is for" Sony has taken the smartwatch a step further by launching the Wena, an intelligent watch strap that can be attached to any analogue face. Read more ›   "I'm a little annoyed that it's for Alessi" Commenters are confused that David Chipperfield is modernising the Moka Express, invented in the 1930s by Alfonso Bialetti, for Alessi.  Read more ›     "The world feels a little better with architects like these" Readers are inspired by a London end-of-terrace designed by Amin Taha's studio to resemble a building lost in the second world war. Read more ›   "It's time for architects to choose ethics over aesthetics" Architects can limit the environmental impact that construction has on our climate using their power as specifiers, says Christine Murray. Read more ›   "A possible carbuncle cup contender" Not everyone agrees with City of London's decision to approve Norman Foster's 305.3-metre-high tourist attraction, The Tulip.  Read more ›   "We tried to use raw materials" In this video interview, Frida Escobedo describes her first public project, La Tallera, an art gallery in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Read more ›   "This is modernism at its best" Stone sourced from a nearby quarry was used to build this exemplary modernist house in Mexico, designed by PPAA Arquitectos. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Project architect at Kevin Daly Architects in Los Angeles, USA Project designer at Starbucks in London, UK Part 2 architectural assistant at Alison Brooks Architects in London, UK Senior designer at Studio O+A in San Francisco, USA 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