The biggest architecture and design stories of 2020

Next up in our review of 2020, editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's most-read stories, including several responses to the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of inflatable latex trousers and Bjarke Ingels' plan to redesign Earth.
January ? China building 1,000-bed hospital in 10 days to treat coronavirus
The most-read story in January was a sign of things to come as the reports that a 1,000-bed hospital was being built at breakneck speed in China became news around the world.
Named Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the prefabricated, temporary facility was built to treat the growing number of people infected in Wuhan. It was completed in just over a week.
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February ? Harikrishnan's inflatable latex trousers create "anatomically impossible" proportions In February, before coronavirus came to dominate architecture and design news, our most-read story was about inflatable latex trousers.
Designed by Harikrishnan for his graduate collection at the London College of Fashion, the collection of billowing latex trousers were made from of up to 30 individual latex panels.
Find out more about Harikrishnan's inflatable latex trousers ?
March ? Coronavirus offers "a blank page for a new beginning," says Li Edelkoort
By March the coronavirus outbreak had become a pandemic and was impacting people all around the world. In response to the disruption and lockdowns that were accruing trend forecaster L...
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