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This week, Sirius was saved and a controversial ring sculpture was halted
This week on Dezeen, one of Sydney's only brutalist buildings was saved from demolition while a proposal for a giant ring-shaped walkway in Wales was put on hold after opposition from locals.
The Sirius building was given a second chance, after a court ruled against the government decision not to heritage list it.
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Architect George King unveiled plans for a huge ring-shaped walkway to be built beside a Welsh castle – but the proposal was soon halted after critics labelled it a "deeply offensive" symbol of oppression.
In US news, a ring-shaped concourse was proposed to extend Los Angeles' Union Station and engineers came up with a potential fix for San Francisco's sinking skyscraper, which has just descended another inch.
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Elizabeth Diller discussed gentrification caused by projects like the High Line in an exclusive interview and we summarised business tips given by executives from BIG and Zaha Hadid Architects during a talk moderated by Dezeen.
The UK announced a ban on the sale of all diesel and petrol vehicles from 2040, while India become the first economy to say no to driverless cars in order to project jobs.
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In other car news, Rolls-Royce unveiled a new version of its luxury Phantom vehicle, which incorporates an art gallery in its dashboard.
The UK also moved to regulate drones this week with a registration scheme and safety-awareness tests, while a US tech company raced into the future by offering to turn employees into cyborgs with microchip implants.
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Popular projects this week included Jim Olsen's additions to a cabin he built 60 years ago, a Malibu home for a Beastie Boys rapper and a brutalist-style London home.
We also continued our coverage of this year's graduate shows, with highlights including a kit for curing smartphone addiction and a proposal to rebrand China.