"It's tack-o-licious and I Iove it!"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, David Adjaye was awarded the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal 2021 and readers debated the merits of a cognac bottle designed by Frank Gehry. Plus we revealed the latest figures in the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote. Read on for more...     "It takes b*lls to build something like that" Zaha Hadid Architects has released renders of a Hong Kong skyscraper with a glass facade, and one reader is saluting its bravery. Read more ›   "Great news! I love Adjaye's work!" British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architect's Royal Gold Medal 2021. Read more ›   Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote update With just over a week left to vote for your favourite Dezeen Awards 2020 projects and studios, we reveal who is currently in the lead. Read more ›   "It's tack-o-licious and I Iove it!" Readers are divided by Frank Gehry's limited-edition, 24-carat gold-dipped bronze bottle design for Hennessy's X.O cognac. Read more ›     "Great material treatment and detailing" The steel staircase, seaweed-coloured joinery and marble surfaces in this apartment in Belgium have impressed readers. Read more ›   "This kind of aesthetic is a welcome relief" We've rounded up seven interiors projects where designers featured wood in the kitchen, a look commenters find aesthetically pleasing. Read more ›   "It is a plant pot, yes?" The bowl-like shape and "rooftop forest" of MVRDV's Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam's Museumpark has confused one reader. Read more ›   "Stop listening to the angry few who are too entitled" Dezeen spoke to councillor Jon Burke, whose net-zero emissions programme in Hackney, London, has angered local motorists. Read more ›   "Looks absolutely suitable for sipping a Bramble" Readers can picture themselves in this cosy bar for gin-enthusiasts, which features juniper berry-blue furniture and blackened walls. Read more ›     "Simply the most unusable kitchen sink ever created" This London residential extension is designed around a "concrete sculpture", but it's the kitchen sink that's caught readers' attention. Read more ›   "Incredible line of thinking" A patent-pending technology designed to capture synthetic rubber particles from car tyres has won this year's James Dyson Award. Read more ›   "It's a box that's afraid to be a box" The geometric shape of the Tencent Beijing Headquarters building by OMA has proved difficult for commenters to describe. Read more ›   "Beautiful, wonderfully intimate" Readers are impressed by Shma Company's aim to fit as much greenery as possible into a small urban plot in Bangkok. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs FF&E procurement manager at Martin Brudnizki Design Studio in London, UK Bid and communications assistant at Gort Scott in London, UK Middleweight graphic designer at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in London, UK Senior landscape architect at Grant Associates in Bath, UK 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