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This week, Trump's border wall was visualised and his handwriting became a typeface
This week, Donald Trump's Mexican border wall was envisioned as a Barragán-inspired pink barrier, and Dezeen was annotated using a typeface based on the US presidential candidate's handwriting.
Estudio 3.14 conceived a giant pink barrier in response to Trump's proposal to build a wall along Mexico's border this week, in the spirit of Pritzer Prize-winning architect Luis Barragán.
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Trump also inspired a typeface that recreates his distinctive handwritten style by BuzzFeed designer Mark Davis, who used it to annotate a Dezeen article.
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In other US news, a geological-themed addition to New York's Natural History museum by Studio Gang was given the green light.
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Construction began on the One Vanderbilt tower in Midtown Manhattan, which will overtake 432 Park Avenue as the second-tallest structure in New York City.
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OMA, MAD and Studio Gang are competing to overhaul Paris' lone skyscraper – the tower that sparked a 42-year skyscraper ban in the city. MAD also released visuals for its new concert hall in Beijing this week.
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In the UK, the Twentieth Century Society sought to block plans by former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs to build a luxury complex in Manchester.
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Ten books were awarded the DAM Architectural Book Award for 2016, including a Frank Lloyd Wright monograph disguised as a children's book and a photo reportage of African modernism shot by Iwan Baan.
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British fashion designer Richard Nicoll died suddenly aged 39, shocking the fashion industry.
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In design news, new car brand Lynk & Co was launched with the aim to help owners start their own sharing business, and Dezeen spoke to the inventor of the G-Shock watch.
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We also reported on the five exhibitions not to miss at Dutch Design Week, which kicks off today, and began our coverage on this year's Istanbul Design Biennial.
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Popular stories this week included a top-heavy block in Seoul with a concrete base, Yves Behar's robotic Snoo crib and Herzog & de Meuron's gabled Feltrinelli Porta Volta building in Milan.