This year had its fair share of provocative stories, from a proposal for a gigantic space blanket to an installation that saw Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye sunk in a Danish fjord. For our review of the year, digital editor Karen Anderson looks at the 10 that were the most polarising.

Massive NASA space blanket proposed as billowing Burning Man installation
The story that received the most comments this year was a proposal by Russian artist Alexander Shtanuk to create an enormous artwork at Burning Man festival using NASA's metallic emergency blankets.
Readers pointed out a long list of potential problems that the object could cause. "It looks like a giant, flabby Hindenberg," suggested one commenter.
In the end, Shtanuk didn't reach his crowdfunding target. It is unclear if he ever went through with the idea. Find out more about The Blanket ›

Unfettered capitalism "can solve the housing crisis" says Patrik Schumacher
Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher is no stranger to controversy, but he caused a particularly big stir when he published an essay titled "Only capitalism can solve the housing crisis".
Commenters were shocked by his suggestion that height restrictions, space standards and rent controls should be scrapped.
"Somebody please gift him a monopoly game for Christmas so he can see what unfettered capitalism does to all players except for the winner," said one.
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