The most important structure and design tales of 2019
To finish our evaluate of 2019, editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a glance again on the most-read tales for each month this 12 months, together with various designs for Notre-Dame and an interview with Tatiana Bilbao.
January – Drone footage reveals a whole lot of deserted Turkish chateaux
A drone video revealing a growth of a whole lot of deserted chateaux in Turkey was essentially the most learn story in January. In whole over 270,000 individuals learn the article this 12 months.
Positioned half means between Istanbul and Ankara, the Burj Al Babas growth will include 732 an identical mini chateaux whether it is ever accomplished.
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February – IKEA groups up with prime African designers to launch Överallt furnishings assortment
IKEA continued to be massively common with readers this 12 months with this story on its Överallt furnishings assortment essentially the most learn story in February.
The gathering options merchandise made by creatives from 5 African international locations, together with Sengalese designer Selly Raby Kane and South African textile designer Laduma Ngxokolo.
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March – Bugatti’s La Voiture Noire is the “world’s most costly automotive”
Information that Bugatti created the “world’s most costly automotive” captured readers’ consideration in March. The one-off supercar produced from carbon fibre was revealed at this 12 months’s Geneva Motor Present and offered to an nameless collector for €11 million (£9.5 million).
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April – Seven various spires for Notre-Dame Cathedral
The fireplace at Notre-Dame Cathedral was one of many largest structure tales of 2019.
In response to the devastating hearth quite a few architects and designers proposed various visions for rebuilding the cathedral.
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Might – Sport of Thrones season eight “was as intense as you possibly can think about” says manufacturing designer
In Might, Dezeen readers had been caught up in Sport of Thrones fever as the ultimate sequence drew to its conclusion.
Manufacturing designer Deborah Riley informed Dezeen that creating the present was: “as intense as you possibly can think about”.
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June – World’s first 360-degree infinity pool proposed for London skyline
In June, reader loved renders of an idea for a 360-degree infinity pool on prime of a skyscraper in London. If constructed, the skyscraper can be the “solely constructing on the planet to include a 360-degree infinity pool”.
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July – Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant will “merge” people with AI
In 2019 readers continued to be concerned about all-things Elon Musk. On the finish of the 12 months the Tesla founder unveiled the Cybertruck, but it surely was his tech startup Neuralink that proved his hottest story of the 12 months.
The corporate will construct implants that join the human mind with pc interfaces by way of synthetic intelligence.
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August – Pornhub launches Dirtiest Porn Ever marketing campaign to scrub up the world’s oceans
Pornhub’s marketing campaign to scrub up the world’s oceans was the most well-liked story on Dezeen in 2019 with virtually 400,000 views.
For each play of the Dirtiest Porn Ever the grownup video web site will make a donation to non-profit organisation Ocean Polymers.
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September – Noori range “breaks the constraints of a normal barbecue”
As summer time drew to an in depth, in September readers loved this multipurpose range, which was shortlisted for homeware design of the 12 months at Dezeen Awards 2019.
Brazilian model Noori created the range to interrupt “the constraints of a normal barbecue”.
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Banksy launches merchandise with Gross Home Product pop up
October – Banksy launches vary of branded merchandise to keep up custody of his title
Illusive artist Banksy continued to seize headlines in 2019. In July he designed a stab-proof vest for Stormzy’s Glastonbury set, which he later unveiled in a pop-up-shop set up in Croydon.
The set up was constructed to launch a variety of branded merchandise that the artist created to keep up custody of his title.
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November – Zaha Hadid Architects completes Leeza Soho skyscraper with world’s tallest atrium
The Leeza Soho skyscraper in Beijing was essentially the most learn story in November.
The constructing was one among a number of tasks designed by Zaha Hadid that had been accomplished posthumously this 12 months, together with the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar, the Opus resort in Dubai, and Beijing Daxing Worldwide Airport.
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December – “We banned renders” from the design course of says Tatiana Bilbao
Talking to Dezeen in December, Tatiana Bilbao revealed that she had banned renders from the design course of in her studio. The sentiment clearly resonated with readers with over 110,000 individuals having fun with the interview.
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