"The Great Ward of China"
In this week's comments update, readers are divided over China's decision to rapidly build a hospital for the treatment of patients with suspected coronavirus. More
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"No morals, no shame"
In this week's comments update, readers are annoyed after architect Bjarke Ingels met with the president of Brazil to work on a tourism masterplan for the country. More
"Good to see apocalypse survivors will have massive resources to spend on housing"
In this week's comments update, readers are mocking designs for the Cyberhouse, a property based on Tesla's Cybertruck and created for apocalypse survivors.
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"Does it come with a fire station next door?"
In this week's comments update, readers are looking forward to the world's first wooden football stadium being completed and are disappointed in Virgil Abloh's fashion collection with Paris's Musée du Louvre. More
"How to not solve a non-existent problem"
In this week's comment update, readers share their thoughts on the feasibility of suspended shelving in a university library and question the aesthetics of an at-home insemination kit. More
Dezeen's top 10 controversial stories of 2019
This year had its fair share of provocative stories, from the backlash against concrete to a chair that prevents "manspreading". For our review of the year, digital editor Karen Anderson looks at 10 of the most polarising. More
"Do we still need girls showing boobs to sell a smartphone?"
In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. More
"The Lego version is better looking and far more practical"
In this week's comments update, readers are impressed with Lego's take on the Cybertruck, but skeptical about a chair made from a cardboard box. More
"People laughed at iPhone too, remember?"
In this week's comment update, readers are weighing up the environmental impact of Elon Musk's Cybertruck and a Seattle after-death facility. More
"Inaccessible areas are inexcusable and non-negotiable"
In this week's comments update, readers are struggling to understand how the Hunters Point library in Long Island City passed building approval with many areas not accessible to people with disabilities. More
"A bold statement indeed"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating if Sheppard Robson building Europe's largest living wall is merely greenwashing. More
"There is no future to plastic other than to pollute"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Andrew Morlet's statement that plastic can be used sustainably. More
"The only architects that are doomed are the ones that won't adapt"
In this week's comments update, readers think Sebastian Errazuriz's claims that architects will be replaced by AI are unfounded. More
"I presumed that 'Pope' was some new hip, high-tech designer"
In this week's comments update, readers are suspicious of the intentions of wearable praying technology and in agreement that sustainable design terminology needs more scrutiny. More
"Plebs shouldn't be able to own their own homes"
In this week's comments update, readers disagree with Vivienne Westwood that there should be a ban on private land ownership. More
"Shame on them for turning a tragedy into an ego trip"
In this week's comments update, readers are frustrated with design proposals for a memorial to honour victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. More
"We live in a finite world with finite resources"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Phineas Harper's claims that the pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown. More
"What a self-centred bridge"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether The Twist art gallery by BIG is silly or sophisticated. More
"As a vegan, this saddens and repulses me"
In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. More
"A perfect place for a person with lots to think about"
This week, commenters are debating if John Pawson has taken minimalism too far in an apartment interior and think designers' role in improving safety needs defining. More