"The pandemic is a handy excuse"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers aren't convinced economic uncertainty is to blame for Sidewalk Labs cancelling its smart neighbourhood in Toronto. We also asked the Dezeen Awards judges to share what they are expecting this year as we approach the entry deadline on 2 June.     "The pandemic is a handy excuse" Commenters are debating why Sidewalk Labs has abandoned plans to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada.  Read more ›   "Sheer eccentricity" Readers think these eight houses which have been designed to showcase their owners' beloved cars are over the top.  Read more ›   "Her work is incredible and she's so inspiring" Our series of exclusive interviews with Iris van Herpen, filmed as part of Virtual Design Festival, has been blowing readers' minds. Week four also featured Bar Basso, Studio Drift, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Sevil Peach, Bureau Spectacular and Arthur Mamou-Mani. Read more ›   "I want one" Plastique Fantastique has created a face shield shaped like a fish bowl to protect wearers against coronavirus and readers want in. Read more ›     "Frames its landscape wonderfully" Architect Nic Brunsdon has been given the thumbs up for the rugged concrete and bamboo walls he designed for this boutique hotel in Bali.  Read more ›   "It's going to be like a tsunami of amazingness" Dezeen Awards judges have described what they're hoping to see from entrants ahead of the 2 June entry deadline. Read more ›   "Damn you unfavourable investment climate" Readers are annoyed that planning permission for Herzog & de Meuron to update Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium has expired. Read more ›   "Elegant, to scale, and right use of materials" Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian houses. Read more ›   "At first, almost nobody took any notice of Archigram" Peter Cook recounts how influential avant-garde architecture group Archigram rose to prominence in the 1960s in this video for VDF. Read more ›     "Great spaces for learning and play" Readers are delighted by the renovation of a lightning-struck library in Pittsburgh, USA, which has re-opened as a museum for children. Read more ›   Last chance to enter Samsung and Dezeen's contest for innovative recycled cardboard designs There are under three weeks left to enter the Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box Competition to design household objects made from repurposed cardboard packaging. Read more ›   "Tour de force" Readers are impressed by a house in Virginia designed to reference a modernist Mies van der Rohe residence and neighbouring plantation. Read more ›   "Seriously impressed" MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York, in just a few days. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise