This week on Dezeen, the architecture industry and the public reacted to the housing manifesto set out by Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher, with Hadid's closest confidantes disowning the architect's words.
Patrik Schumacher took to Facebook to state his embarrassment at the "Mr Nasty image" created after his now-infamous speech, in which he called for social housing to be scrapped and public space privatised.
Zaha Hadid's friends and family disown Patrick Schumacher's statements
Zaha Hadid's friends and family distanced themselves from the architect's ideas, while Zaha Hadid Architects released an open letter disowning Schumacher's statement. Later in the week, the firm's office was picketed by angry protestors. Dezeen columnists waded into the debate on both sides, with Phineas Harper claiming that Schumacher's opinion should be ignored and Austin Williams arguing that the architect should not be pressured into silence.
Eric Parry gets go ahead for City of London's tallest skyscraper
In London, planning permission was granted for 1 Undershaft ? which will become the tallest tower in the capital's financial district ? and a pair of skyscrapers were proposed for Blackfriars Bridge.
Amanda Levete's firm proposes multi-storey football pitches for central London
Amanda Levete and her London-based studio AL_A proposed stackable football pitches across the capital, which could be built on disused or temporarily empty plots.
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