"Socially and politically brilliant as usual"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, commenters are cheering Banksy's suggestion for replacing a statue of a slave trader and debating a mirrored house near the Joshua Tree National Park. Read on for more...     "Socially and politically brilliant as usual" Readers applaud Banksy's proposal for a memorial that would incorporate Edward Colston and the protesters who toppled his statue. Read more ›   "One of the best Maggie's Centres yet" Commenters are impressed by the Maggie's Centre at a hospital in Leeds, which was designed by Heatherwick Studio. Read more ›   "Total disregard for the local birds" Readers think a mirrored house near Joshua Tree National Park in California is criminal thanks to its potential threat to birds. Read more ›   "As Brutalist as you can get in the twenty-first century" Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations in Copenhagen. Read more ›     "Lots of nice texture and pattern" Crafted Works has designed a timber cabin in the Netherlands, which has a structural frame that is exposed throughout its interior. Read more ›   "Let's talk about diversity" We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin. Read more ›   "A public library would have been more appropriate" The inn where Adolf Hitler was born is being converted into a police headquarters, but not everyone thinks it's the best use of the space. Read more ›   "Brilliant design inspired by Japanese joinery" Impressive interlocking cypress-wood planks form the roof of the Mikuni Izukogen restaurant by Kengo Kuma in Honshū, Japan. Read more ›     "An incredible engineering feat" Sinuous spruce-wood walls wind around this cosy cave-like suite that Tenon Architecture has created for a resort hotel in southern Greece. Read more ›   "All statues of historical figures should be removed" The removal of slave trader Edward Colston's statue provides the opportunity to acknowledge the city of Bristol's history with a more appropriate memorial, says Dezeen's editor Tom Ravenscroft. Read more ›   "That's the opposite of preservation" Machado Silvetti's proposal to preserve a home in Virginia once owned by a signator of the Declaration of Independence has divided readers. Read more ›   "I would spend my entire day in the bath" A wooden bath at the end of a bed has stolen the show in this rooftop extension to a terrace in London, designed by Szczepaniak Astridge. Read more ›   "The facade is incredible" Commenters have gone dizzy for Skigard Hytte, a cabin in Norway designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects and made entirely from wood. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs 3D visualiser at David Chipperfield Architects in London, UK Senior designer at Martha Schwartz Partners in London, UK Senior marketing manager at Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill in San Francisco, USA Project manager at Studio Link-Arc in New York, USA 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