This week on Dezeen, architect Amin Taha faced an order to demolish his RIBA Award-winning home and office in London and it was announced Pablo Escobar's former home in Colombia will be torn down and replaced with a public memorial.
Islington Council issued the order to demolish Taha's six-storey block of flats at 15 Clerkenwell Close, which the architect lives in himself, with claims that the facade's natural stone was not fully detailed in the planning documents.
Taha said he believes the demolition notice is fuelled by personal dislikes of the Dezeen Award-nominated building. He has launched an appeal against the order.
Pablo Escobar's former Medellín home to be torn down
In Medellín, it was announced that the concrete Mónaco building, which once served as a fortress-like home to narcotics baron Pablo Escobar, is to be demolished to make way for a public space that will serve as a memorial to victims of Colombia's drug war.
Nicholas Grimshaw to receive "well overdue" 2019 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
RIBA announced that architect Nicholas Grimshaw is to receive the 2019 Royal Gold Medal for a lifetime of landmark projects, including the famous Eden Project in Cornwall and the International Terminal at London's Waterloo train station.
Dutch graphic designer Anthon Beeke, famous for creating the 1969 Naked Ladies typeface and provocative posters designs, passed away this week aged 78, following a stroke. Beeke is survived by his wife, the trend forecaster Lidewij...