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This week, readers are debating Tatiana Bilbao's claim that making collages helps her to develop exciting buildings and are shocked by the sexual imagery used by Roberto Escobar to launch a gold folding phone. Read on for more...

 

Design Week Milano

 

"We banned renders" from the design process says Tatiana Bilbao

"The problem is never the instrument"

Readers are divided by Tatiana Bilbao's decision to ban visualisations in her studio and use collages instead.

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Six interiors with pops of Pantone's 2020 colour of the year Classic Blue

"In choosing blue, Pantone has missed the mark"

Pantone played it safe and still missed the mark by picking Classic Blue as its colour of the year for 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin.

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Pablo Escobar's brother launches gold foldable smartphone in a bid to "beat Apple"

"Is it just me who finds this sort of ad unacceptable?"

Readers are furious after Roberto Escobar used a highly sexualised campaign to promote the launch of a gold folding phone.

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Dezeen's top 10 museums and galleries of 2019

"China absolutely smashing it"

For our review of 2019, Semi Han picks out the top 10 museums and galleries that welcomed their first visitors this year.

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We take you to Milan

 

Sunken steel-clad Brexit Bunker built in garden of London house

"Why the ridiculous name?"

Rise Design Studio has sunk a steel-clad extension named the Brexit Bunker in a London garden, but is the name just a PR stunt?

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Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana removed from display

"Harmless fun"

A banana taped to a wall by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was removed from its display at Art Basel, Miami, after someone ate it.

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Takero Shimazaki Architects infuses Barbican flat with Japanese details

"One of the best transformations I've seen"

A client's strong ties to Japan informed the interiors of this Barbican flat, which has been overhauled by Takero Shimazaki Architects.

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Heatherwick Studio unveils glass lobby joining High Line condos Lantern House

"How to ruin a neighbourhood"

Heatherwick Studio has designed a glass lobby to link its High Line-straddling condo towers with a scooped roof, much to readers' dismay.

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WeChat

 

Adam Richards models his home on Roman architecture and Soviet-era science fiction

"Very thought provoking"

Architect Adam Richards has modelled his home in Petwork, England, on the Russian science-fiction film Stalker, and readers are intrigued.

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BIG reveals visuals of gateway building for Milan's CityLife district

"I need to re-visit Milan before this ruins it"

BIG has unveiled visuals of The Portico, two buildings that will be connected by a curved canopy in the CityLife district of Milan.

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Unpaid interns are "used and abused" by Japanese architects says Cameron Sinclair

"I'm glad someone is taking on this issue publicly"

Commenters are discussing Cameron Sinclair's claims that unpaid architecture interns in Japan are exploited by their employers.

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Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach

"Apocalyptic"

Artist Leandro Erlich has created sand-covered sculptures of cars and trucks on Miami Beach to raise awareness of the climate-change crisis.

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Alex Michaelis wraps his London family home with curvy brickwork walls

"I don't get the criticism"

One reader is confused why a home designed by architect Alex Michaelis for his family has recieved so many negative comments. 

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