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This week readers are commenting on Rafael Viñoly Architects' plans for a vineyard-topped airport terminal in Florence, Italy, and debating news that Elon Musk's tech company Neuralink has inserted its brain chip into the first human patient. Read on for more...

 

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"Unashamedly contemporary" pavilion designed for Old War Office site in London

"Fantastic intervention"

Readers love a "beautiful little jewel box" pavilion and courtyard, by architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design for the hotel Raffles London at The OWO, which was formerly the Old War Office in London.

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"We need to design for human behaviour if we're ever to get rid of single-use plastics"

"Plastic is not a problem, proper disposal is"

Packaging designs aimed at boosting recycling rates and reducing the prevalence of single-use plastics are destined to fail unless they help to change people's behaviour, writes Matt Millington. Commenters react.

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Rafael Viñoly Architects unveils plans for vineyard-covered airport terminal

"Can't wait to pour myself a glass of Château-Control-Tower"

Readers are having fun following news that Rafael Viñoly Architects' has designed an international terminal at Florence Airport in Italy that will be crowned with a 7.7-hectare vineyard.

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Memo Architectuur organises Belgian home renovation around concrete spiral staircase

"There can be some joy and discovery in the unorthodox"

Commenters are split over this renovation of a dilapidated row house in Mortsel, Belgium, designed by local studio Memo Architectuur. 

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Brutalism is "very simple and honest architecture" says Ludwig Godefroy

"You can't equal wood and concrete in terms of CO2 emissions"

French architect Ludwig Godefroy discusses how working in Mexico has helped him to develop his concrete-heavy style in this exclusive interview. Readers responded. 

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Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip into first human patient

"What are the risks of this technology?"

Commenters are apprehensive about news that Elon Musk's technology company Neuralink has implanted its brain chip in a human patient for the first time as part of a clinical trial.

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NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil "quiet supersonic" jet

"A long-awaited solution to a problem of urgent significance"

Readers debate NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental supersonic jet, which has been designed to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom.

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KPF releases images of 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan

"Can we declare this day the end of messianic Miesianism?

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has released images of an in-progress supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan wrapped in arched windows. Commenters consider the project's wider impact.

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First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden

"Hopefully we'll have enough trees left for future windmilling"

The world's first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. Readers are "fascinated" by the design.

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UNStudio reveals plans for world's tallest Ferris wheel in Seoul

"This looks fantastic – hope it gets built"

Commenters appreciate the design of the Seoul Twin Eye spokeless Ferris wheel in Seoul, created by the Dutch firm UNStudio, calling it "a very original concept and visually appealing".

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SOM completes supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City

"SOM makes it back to its glorious 1960s and '70s days"

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed the final supertall skyscraper of a development in Midtown Manhattan. Readers are "liking the clean, straight lines and curved edges".

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OMA arranges trio of hotels around "exclusive sanctuary resort" at Neom

"Just what I want to see in a wildlife park – a looming tower and intrusive hotels"

Commenters are disapproving of Zardun, a wildlife park surrounded by three hotels and a visitor center, which Neom has unveiled as its latest mega-project region.

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