"Finally getting architecture where it should be again"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are divided over the AIA opposing Trump's Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again order and Patrik Schumacher and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg were announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2020.     "Finally getting architecture where it should be again" Readers have responded to the AIA opposition of Trump's draft rules to make all new US federal courthouses classical in style. Read more ›   "Gold medal for being hipster" Readers think the colourful skateboarding uniforms that Nike has designed for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are particularly edgy.  Read more ›   Patrik Schumacher to judge Dezeen Awards 2020 Patrik Schumacher, Michelle Ogundehin, Jaime Hayon and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg will join this year's Dezeen Awards judging panel. Read more ›   "Are you fat-shaming this poor house?" A house by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, but one reader isn't sure it's as skinny as it seems.  Read more ›     "No one is going to buy this" Kai-Uwe Bergmann has said that BIG working on tourism projects in Brazil could help alleviate poverty there, but readers aren't convinced.  Read more ›   "I like the possibilities it gives for living simply" An off-the-grid dwelling in Upstate New York by American designer Marc Thorpe has delighted with its "less is more" approach.  Read more ›   "Is it worse to destroy the buildings or the ideas?" A student at Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin claims that its closure marks the end of the architect's way of thinking. Read more ›   "Incredible workmanship and design but creepy" Textile artist Daisy May Collingridge has designed a family of fleshy, fabric bodysuits as "a joyful representation of the human form". Read more ›     "Traditional architecture has frequently been leveraged to support violent political agendas" A draft order by Donald Trump to make all new federal buildings classical is the latest example of how traditional architecture is used to disguise racist agendas, says Phineas Harper. Read more ›   "A pavilion that looks like a pavilion for a change" One reader is pleased with the concept for this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by South African architecture studio Counterspace. Read more ›   "Looks like a trendy bird killer" TOOP Architectuur has designed mobile studios made of repurposed shipping containers clad in mirrors, but are they animal friendly? Read more ›   "Brimming with energy, colour and creativity" Large-scale installations that have been built amidst the canyons of the Al Ula desert in Saudi Arabia have received mixed reviews.  Read more ›   "I dig it! Get it?" Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Interior designer at Adjaye Associates in New York, USA Senior architect at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland Architect at Rodić Davidson Architects in London, UK Graphic designer at Grimshaw 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