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This week, readers are divided over renders of the Guangzhou Show Theatre in China and intrigued by a cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet. We also announced the winners of the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote. Read on for more...

 

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Steven Chilton Architects reveals visuals of silk-informed theatre in Guangzhou

"An honest and dystopian depiction"

Commenters are debating brutally realistic visuals of the Guangzhou Show Theatre, which is currently under construction in China.

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Karl Lagerfeld's pet Choupette collaborates with LucyBalu on Swing cat bed

"Working for cats can be very demanding"

Readers are amused by a collaboration between LucyBalu and Choupette, the cat who belonged to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld

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Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote winners announced

Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote winners announced

The winners of the architecture, interiors and design categories for the first ever Dezeen Awards public vote have been announced.

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Space of Mind is a modular cabin designed to be built anywhere

"Still have to crap in the woods"

Studio Puisto has designed an adaptable, prefabricated cabin that can be built anywhere, but readers are concerned that it has no toilet.

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Mobius

 

Enzo Mari and his wife Lea Vergine died of "complications related to Covid-19"

"It's just so sad"

Italian curator and art critic Lea Vergine has died from coronavirus just a day after the death of her husband, Italian designer Enzo Mari.

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Seven bedrooms with eye-catching statement walls

"I'd never leave the bedroom"

We rounded up seven examples of bedrooms with striking surfaces including hand-painted wallpaper and commenters can't get enough.

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Julien de Smedt designs range of recycled-plastic houses

"Imagine if the houses themselves were recyclable"

Architect Julien de Smedt is working on a range of modular houses that will be constructed largely from recycled plastic, but is it enough?

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Gardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes

"Beautiful plan"

Readers admire this black house in Washington by Wittman Estes, which was inspired by ancient Chinese landscape paintings.

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Showroom

 

Powerhouse Company tops reception building with undulating Loop of Wisdom walking trail

"Looks more like a slide in a water park"

Commenters aren't convinced by a reception building topped with a circular walking trail as part of a development in Chengdu, China.

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Sim-Plex Design Studio creates a four-bedroom smart home in Hong Kong

"Creative and offers many solutions for urban living"

Space-saving furniture helped turn a two-bedroom home in Hong Kong into a four-bedroom apartment, and readers are impressed.

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Netha Goldberg designs shoes with attachments for tampons and matches

"Where are the shoes to hold my lunch?"

Commenters are baffled by Netha Goldberg's design for shoes, which can carry tampons, matches and charging ports – but not food.

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Rockwell Group completes luxury residents-only leisure club for New York's Waterline Square

"Daylight is for plebs"

Readers noticed this private leisure club for residents of New York's Waterline Square development has everything – except for windows.

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Lina Ghotmeh's Stone Garden apartment block survives Beirut explosion

"So happy it survived the bomb"

Commenters are relieved to learn that an apartment block designed by Lina Ghotmeh still stands after the explosion in Beirut this summer.

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