"Painfully hideous design"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers think David Chipperfield's Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in China is "elephantine", and are shocked by a hotel inside a quarry. Read on for more details...     "Monumentally oppressive" The monolithic exhibition galleries of David Chipperfield's soon-to-open Zhejiang Museum of Natural History have divided readers. Read more ›   "They use Lego-compatible dials" The best thing about Teenage Engineering's modular synthesiser system, according to one reader, is that you can hack it with Lego. Read more ›   "Painfully hideous design" The Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental hotel, built in an abandoned quarry in China, is a missed opportunity say commenters. Read more ›   "Very handsome" Readers are delighted by Tiny Holiday Home in Amsterdam, which i29 and Chris Collaris designed to be like a sculpture.  Read more ›     "A fabulously visually lively and animated space" The winner of this year's Don't Move, Improve! award, The Chapel, has impressed with its vaulted ceiling designed by Craftworks. Read more ›   "Art deco with a contemporary twist" Iris Van Herpen's Shift Soul collection, which draws on advances in DNA engineering, has an art-deco feel, says one reader. Read more ›   "London has an ambition for quality public housing design not seen since the 1970s" London is entering a confident era of public housing, says Paul Karakusevic, thanks to projects with pioneering financial models. Read more ›   "Not everyone's cup of tea" This museum in China by Bernard Tschumi Architects proved controverial among readers thanks to its giant chimney structures. Read more ›     "They all look the same now" Commenters think that Gensler's proposal for Tower Fifth, which would become Manhattan's tallest skyscraper, is far from unique. Read more ›   "What do the wings do?" The design of Boeing's prototype passenger drone, which just completed a test flight, has confused one reader. Read more ›   "Gorgeous" Oppenheim Architecture has impressed by coating a water-treatment plant in clay, so the building resembles natural rock. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Architectural designer at Handel Architects in New York, USA Team PA/office assistant at Adjaye Associates in London, UK 3D architectural visualiser at UNStudio in Shanghai, China Senior architect at ODOS Architects in New York, USA 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

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View online     Espen Surnevik elevates pair of treetop cabins on stilts in Norwegian forest Oslo-based architect Espen Surnevik has nestled the PAN Treetop Cabins on slender stilts among the treetops of Finnskogen, a woodland in east Norway. Read more ›   10 hotels, restaurants and other places to visit in Stockholm With Stockholm Design Week just around the corner, here's a travel guide featuring our pick of the city's top places to eat, drink, sleep and explore, including a pared-back bistro and a revamped brutalist hotel. Read more ›   Grenfell Tower fire wouldn't have happened "if it hadn't been so ugly" says Roger Scruton Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, says that bad design was behind the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people. Read more ›   V&A exhibition explores the "all-pervasive" legacy of Christian Dior An exhibition exploring the work and enduring legacy of fashion designer Christian Dior opens on Saturday at London's V&A museum. Read more ›   Careers guide: Stufish design director Ray Winkler reveals his path into set design for rock stars Today Dezeen Jobs launches a careers guide profiling people with inspiring jobs in architecture, interiors and design. First we interview Ray Winkler, design director at entertainment architecture studio Stufish, which creates stages for musicians like the Rolling Stones and U2. Read more ›   Archways appear throughout Penthouse in Barcelona by PMAA Partitions punctuated with arched openings divide the living spaces inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by architecture studio PMAA. Read more ›   Volvo creates Living Seawall to combat pollution and promote biodiversity Volvo has installed an environmentally friendly seawall along the coast of Sydney's harbour that aims to improve biodiversity and water quality in the area. Read more ›   Charged Voids builds stone-clad Chandigarh home Residence 145 around courtyard Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Chandigarh are distributed around a full-height courtyard that allows natural light and breezes to reach rooms arranged around its perimeter. Read more ›   ISA's Tiny Tower residence fills leftover plot in Philadelphia Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA has designed a slender five-storey house in a developing Philadelphia neighbourhood, as a housing prototype for tiny vacant lots. Read more ›   AIA selects best buildings by American architects in 2019 Honor Awards The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Honor Awards, which include David Adjaye's African American history museum, a preserved university building in Virginia, and BIG's adaptive reuse of a second-world-war bunker. Read more ›   The Verso, Rima and Pausa pieces by Peca are based on poetic devices Mexican design studio Peca has created a collection of furniture with structures based on the patterns found in poetry. Read more ›   Concrete and glass form Luciano Kruk's Casa BLQ in Buenos Aires Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has created a family home that follows Mies van Der Rohe's "conception of architecture as the expression of structure". Read more ›   "Soon the smartphone will no longer be our primary digital device" The iPhone's reign of supremacy is ending, but its successor won't be a single device, says Owen Hopkins. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise