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This week, readers are discussing plans for a housing development created using artificial intelligence and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a redesigned map of New York's subway system.

 

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Tim Fu uses AI as "design collaborator" for Slovenian housing development

"Looking at this, I'd say human architects still have job security"

Designer Tim Fu has unveiled plans for a housing development close to Slovenia's Lake Bled, which he claims is the first architecture project to use AI at all design stages. 

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Diébédo Francis Kéré embraces "aesthetic traditions of African cultures" for Swiss chalet

"Rare that such taste coincides with such wealth"

Commenters are in two minds about a private residence envisioned by creative director Acheson Mimran in collaboration with Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, featuring a spa crowned with a bamboo ceiling.

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New York City releases first new subway map in decades

"Who uses actual maps anymore when you have a route planner in your pocket?"

Though some readers remain sceptical, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway.

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Barcelona power plant to be turned into "land art piece"

"I think they look great – a beautiful brutalist icon"

Architecture studios Garcés de Seta Bonet Arquitectes and Marvel have released visualisations of the E la nave va project, which will transform the Tres Xemeneies power plant in Spain into a culture and media centre. Commenters debate the plans.

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Virginia Tech designers create kid's toolkit for converting compost into paint

"Kids dealing with compost may not be a good idea"

Readers are intrigued by the Sustainable Art Painting toolkit for kids, created by Virginia Tech researchers, which transforms food scraps from US schools into watercolour paint.

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NEXT Architects creates bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Dutch forest

"Meticulous and engaging"

Commenters are making puns about a timber, bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Einderheide forest, the Netherlands, by NEXT Architects.

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Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods

"Call the kids, I need to move the chair"

Readers are enjoying Omar Chakil's furniture collection made from solid marble and alabaster, which references ancient Egyptian gods.

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Marutau Arqui builds Octa House on former car parking space

"Great exterior colour – maybe I should paint my house"

Commenters are inspired by a home with a multi-faceted red facade on a tight plot on Japan's Shikoku Island, designed by architecture studio Marutau Arqui.

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"This certainly won't be the tech bro biennale" says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Carlo Ratti

"A curator with original ideas!"

Italian architect Carlo Ratti explains how people, not technology, will be at the centre of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale in this exclusive interview. Readers respond with their thoughts.

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