Trump’s Mexican border wall envisioned as Barragán-inspired pink barrier

The Prison-Wall by Estudio 3.14

Mexican firm Estudio 3.14 has visualised the “gorgeous perversity” of US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the countries’ border. Read more

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This week’s Dezeen Mail features Yves Behar’s self-rocking crib and Apple’s new London store

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Apple’s new central London store by Foster + Partners features in this week’s edition of Dezeen Mail, along with a smart crib for exhausted parents and Juergen Teller riding naked on a donkey. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

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“Building cannot be separated from the economics that drive construction”

Opinion: Mimi on Lisbon

Both Amanda Levete’s MAAT museum and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale opened in the Portuguese capital earlier this month. Together they prove that architecture is physically shaped by its fiscal situation, says Mimi Zeiger in this week’s Opinion. Read more

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Mobile Studio Architects installs giant flip-books in the forests of New Hampshire

Universal Play Machine flipbooks in the forest by Beam Camp

London-based Mobile Studio Architects has collaborated with students at a US summer camp to create a series of oversized flip-books that depict fictional forest tales. Read more

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Martijn van Strien launches print-on-demand laptop sleeves to cut overproduction

Makersleeve kickstarter sustainable sleeve design

Dutch designer Martijn van Strien‘s Makersleeve device cases are designed for production on-demand in any makerspace in the world. Read more

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See inside the kitchens of famous chefs with Miele’s new film series

Chef Inspired Kitchens by Miele

Dezeen promotion: a space-saving white and wooden island forms the centre of the Modern Pantry restaurant founder Anna Hansen’s kitchen, which is revealed in this series of films by Miele. Read more

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Angular brick theatre by Reset Architecture sits in a woodland clearing

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This theatre at a Dutch holiday camp features a pair of differently sized gables and patterned brick cladding that harmonises with the tones of its woodland site. Read more

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Cadaval & Sola-Morales transforms abandoned building in Mexico into apartments and offices

CH-Reurbano by Cadaval & Sola-Morales

Cadaval & Sola-Morales has converted a derelict block in Mexico City‘s La Roma neighbourhood into apartments, offices and shops set around a courtyard with white staircases and trailing planting. Read more

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Native Union’s Anchor cable won’t go sliding off the table

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This charging cable by product design company Native Union uses a weight to stay anchored in place. Read more

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yHa architects converts Japanese sake brewery building into tasting and exhibition space

Fukuchiyo sake brewery by yHa Architects

Japanese studio yHa Architects has inserted a steel cuboid, wall and stairs inside this former rice mill in Saga Prefecture to create a sake tasting and exhibition space. Read more

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