Architecture a "powerful tool" for easing strains of migration says Gabriela Carrillo
Walls are the wrong architectural response to mass migration and violence in border cities, says Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo in this interview. More
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"Play can be an act of resistance" says Design of the Year 2020 winner Virginia San Fratello
Following the news that US architecture studio Rael San Fratello has won the Design Museum's Design of the Year award, here's another chance to see our exclusive interview with partner Virginia San Fratello in which she discusses the studio's border-wall-straddling see-saw. More
"Play can be an act of resistance" says US border seesaw architect Virginia San Fratello
The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. More
Five designs that challenge Trump's US-Mexico border wall
Following the installation of seesaws across the US-Mexico border wall, we've pulled together five examples of projects by architects and designers that respond to US president Donald Trump's plans to develop a wall between the two countries. More
Rael San Fratello slots pink seesaws into US-Mexico border wall
Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. More
Trump's border wall could sever Elon Musk's SpaceX Texas launchpad
The SpaceX port that Elon Musk is building in Boca Chica, Texas, for launching commercial rockets to Mars, is at risk of being cut in two by Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall. More
New World Design proposes golden fence around Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort
Architecture studio New World Design has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a golden picket fence around US president Donald Trump's compound in Palm Beach, Florida, to highlight the absurdity of his plans for the Mexico border wall. More
Steel-slat prototype for Trump's Mexican border wall can be sliced by saw
A prototype of the "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier that Donald Trump plans to build along the US border with Mexico can be cut using a saw, leaked imagery reveals. More
Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers
US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers. More
MAGA Building Blocks encourage children to construct toy border wall
Conservative retailer Keep and Bear has launched a Lego-style kit for Donald Trump's border wall, with packaging that social media users are describing as rip-off and racist. More
Cost of Trump's US-Mexico border wall soars to $33 billion
The controversy surrounding President Donald Trump's wall between the US and Mexico continues, as updated plans bring the predicted cost to $33 billion, while a petition has been launched to designate the eight construction prototypes as a national monument. More
Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall
The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America's southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country's president Donald Trump is planning to build. More
Trump wall prototypes pop up near US-Mexico border
Portions of eight proposed designs for the wall that President Donald Trump wants to construct along the US-Mexico border are to be tested over the coming months. More
Installation spins giant candles from yarn the length of Trump's border wall
A candle with a wick made from yarn the same length as US president Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall was unveiled at Jerusalem Design Week earlier this month. More
Trump touts solar-panelled Mexico border wall as cost-saving solution
US President Donald Trump has suggested that his controversial wall proposed for the country's border with Mexico could be covered with solar panels, to provide cheap energy and help foot the bill. More
"Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working on the project is as unethical as it first seemed in this Opinion column. More
Architects and contractors defend ethical decision to bid for Trump wall
Companies from both sides of the US-Mexico border have defended their decision to submit proposals for Donald Trump's wall, saying they do not see any ethical issues. More
No-To-Scale imagines Trump's wall as a 1,954-mile-long dinner table
Malaysian design office No-To-Scale Studio has issued a satirical proposal to President Trump, suggesting a radical means of representing the US-Mexico border: a 1,954 mile-long dining table. More
Trump pledges $2 billion to Mexico border wall in budget proposal
US President Donald Trump's first budget plan includes a sizeable downpayment on his promised wall along the country's southern border with Mexico. More
US-Mexico border wall tender calls for 30-foot-tall concrete barriers
The tender for President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall has been amended, with more details added about the design requirements and the deadline for submissions extended. More