This week on Dezeen, IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelter won Design of the Year 2016 and the shortlist for a new UK holocaust memorial was revealed.
IKEA's temporary shelter designed for refugees was named the 2016 Beazley Design of the Year, beating the artwork for David Bowie's final album and a robotic surgeon.
Also this week, David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and Daniel Libeskind were revealed to be among the ten shortlisted teams competing to design the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in London.
Christo cancels monumental Colorado installation in Trump protest
As Donald Trump commenced his first week in the Oval Office, there were protests from the design community.
Yves Behar, Gareth Pugh and Assemble were among industry figures who joined last weekend's women's march, and Bulgarian artist Christo cancelled a monumental Colorado installation. Speaking to Dezeen, British architect David Adjaye said he felt "embarrassed" that women still need to fight for gender equality.
New photos reveal OMA's completed Qatar Foundation Headquarters
In architecture news, OMA revealed its completed building for the Qatar Foundation in Doha and FAAB proposed a "smog-eating" music school for Kraków.
Kengo Kuma's major expansion of an urban Japanese garden in Oregon edged one step closer to completion, and a Los Angeles mansion set the record for the USA's most expensive home.
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