"Like the Bauhaus itself, elegant"

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This week, readers enjoyed Bauhaus-inspired clothing by COS and debated architecture's long-hours culture after Patrik Schumacher defended it at Dezeen Day. We also launched our high-tech architecture series. Read on for more...

 

Salon Art and Design

 

COS unveils fashion collection based on Bauhaus design principles

"Like the Bauhaus itself, elegant"

Fashion brand COS has created a collection of clothing and accessories commemorating the Bauhaus movement and readers can't get enough.

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Dezeen's guide to high-tech architecture

"High-tech was simply exaggerating and showing off"

We kicked off our series exploring the high-tech movement, the last major architecture style of the 20th century.

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Pharrell Williams designs Untitled residences for Toronto

"What exactly did Pharrell do?"

Readers are questioning musician Pharrell Williams' involvement in designing a residential development in Toronto, Canada.

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Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clash over long-hours culture at Dezeen Day

"How long a student works is entirely his own decision"

Patrik Schumacher defended architecture's long-hours culture at Dezeen Day last week, sparking debate amongst readers. 

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Stockholm Furniture Fair

 

Enota encloses pool in Slovenia with geometric roof

"Creates its own new topography"

Ljubljana-based studio Enota has replaced an outdoor swimming pool with a pool covered in a rugged landscape of geometric roof structures.

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Nike paints Los Angeles running track in pride flag colours

"Can't one just appreciate the bright colours?"

Commenters are divided after Nike painted the running lanes of a track at Los Angeles City College the colours of the pride flag.

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Recycled tyres form pavement that self-repairs when it rains

"Superb idea"

Commenters are impressed by Israel Antonio Briseño Carmona who has invented a tyre-based pavement that repairs itself when it rains.

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Peter Marino channels happiness for renovation of Louis Vuitton store in west London

"Peter Marino is the master"

Peter Marino used artwork by Tracy Emin and the Campana Brothers to animate the interior of Louis Vuitton's New Bond Street store.

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Dezeen Recruit

 

Facebook rebrands to "create visual distinction" between company and social app

"When will you rebrand into a company with morals?"

Facebook has launched a new branding for its subsidiary companies – an all-capital typeface that changes colour depending on the service.

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"The traditional model of philanthropic support is an ongoing act of self-harm"

"The traditional model of philanthropic support is an ongoing act of self-harm"

In the wake of recent controversies surrounding the funding of major institutions we must rethink the system for supporting culture, says Forensic Architecture researcher Robert Trafford.

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Rocco Design Architects creates skyscraper church in Hong Kong

"Resources that can be used to help the poor"

Not everyone is convinced that building the 21-storey Wesleyan House Methodist International Church in Hong Kong was money well spent. 

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David Rockwell and Joyce Wang team up for first Equinox Hotel in New York

"Over-designed to the point of stuffiness"

Fitness brand Equinox has chosen New York's Hudson Yards as the location for its first hotel, but readers aren't crazy about its interior.

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Manea Kella converts art-nouveau house in Romania into boutique hotel Casa Popeea

"Exquisite execution"

A house on the verge of collapse in Romania has been given a new lease of life by London-based architecture studio Manea Kella.

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