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For our review of year, digital and engagement editor Karen Anderson picks out 10 stories from 2021 where comments from Dezeen readers caught the eye.

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This week we interviewed Frank Gehry about his Luma Arles tower In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, the 92-year-old Canadian-American architect said The Tower responds to concerns about the carbon footprint of architecture. "We fit into it," he said. "But I can't explain it. I respond to every fucking detail of the time we're in with the people we live with, in this place." Baan's photos show the distinctive stainless steel tower rising above the Luma Arles arts campus in the town of Arles. We continued our carbon revolution series with a pair of stories focused on hemp, which can capt...

Jaimie Shorten’s sharks now installed at City Road Basin. - Credit: Polly Hancock Hoxton's singing sharks have found a new temporary home at Islington Boat Club in the City Road Basin. The large singing fibre-glass sharks were removed from Regent’s Canal in Hoxton last year after Hackney council requested a last-minute injunction granted by the High Court. Architect Jamie Shorten, who designed the sharks, said: "I am happy to see all five of the sharks free and together again and in their natural environment, which is Islington." Architect Jaimie Shorten's art installation was the win...

Antepavilion names two winners for 2021 competition as legal battle continues A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London. The Antepavilion competition, which takes place annually in the UK capital, invites experimental designs and structures for construction at Hoxton Docks on Regent's Canal. Above: a visual of AnteChamber by Studio Nima Sardar. Top image: the All Along the Watchtower pavilion This year's brief called for demountable and transportable interpre...