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This week readers are discussing Selencky Parsons' extension of a Victorian home in London and debating the changing plans from Selldorf Architects for the revamp of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery. Join the debate below...

 

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Selencky Parsons adds pavilion-like extension to The Weathered House in London

"Love the muted colours"

Readers are debating architecture studio Selencky Parsons' extension of a Victorian house in London. The studio added a steel-framed structure and glass doors that link its interior with a large terrace.

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Selldorf Architects revises plans for National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing

"Knock it down and build luxury flats"

New York studio Selldorf Architects has made changes to its planned renovation of the postmodern Sainsbury Wing at London's National Gallery but commenters have their own suggestions for the revamp.

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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint

"Isn't 'design' just a big commercial reach-around?"

Following Seratechs' win of this year's Obel award, Dezeen has rounded up six ways in which researchers and designers are working to decarbonise concrete. Readers have questions.

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Foster + Partners' supertall 50 Hudson Yards skyscraper opens in NYC

"Very strange proportional decisions"

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed a supertall skyscraper in New York City which commenters are describing as a "nostalgic office tower". 

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Melanie Raines designs "weird and funky" interiors for Austin residence

"Very Texan. Very Austin. Enough elbow room to herd your steer through the kitchen"

Interior designer Melanie Raines has applied her experience in hospitality design to create large spaces for this Austin family residnece, which readers have compared to a hotel lobby. 

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OSO completes Vancouver skyscraper modelled on Japanese lanterns

"Insulting to Japanese lanterns"

Commenters aren't enamoured with Tokyo-based architecture studio OSOs' Deloitte Summit skycraper in Vancouver, which the developer claims resembles a set of Japanese lanterns

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Material and spatial contrasts define Barwon Heads House by Adam Kane Architects

"Formally gorgeous, but soulfully dead"

Adam Kane Architects has renovated a cottage on a coastal street in the state of Victoria, Australia. Readers wish it had more warmth. 

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MVRDV creates hill-like housing for "variety of income levels" in France

"The exterior surfacing is depressing"

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created a pair of hill-like buildings on the riverside in Rennes, France. Commenters hope to see more projects like this, which accomodate a variety of income levels. 

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The Circus Canteen interior is a "collage of unwanted items"

"A maximalist's haven"

Local studio Multitude of Sins has created an eclectic restaurant interior in Bangalore out of a mishmash of reclaimed materials. One reader labelled the project as "highly-creatively creative."

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Half Company designs Halfgrid transport network that combines cable cars with AI

"How about a teleportation system as well?"

A network of autonomous cable cars transports people and goods around a city in this concept by transport design studio Half Company. Commenters don't think single-passenger vehicles are the solution. 

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Foster + Partners completes EU’s tallest building in Warsaw

"Underwhelming pile of dinner plates"

Readers are commenting on Foster + Partners' completed Varso Tower in Warsaw, Poland, that measures 310 metres and is now the European Union's tallest building.

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https://www.dezeen.com/2022/10/20/kengo-kuma-whisky-bottle-sculpture-kintsugi/

"This is the scale at which Kuma should always work"

Kengo Kuma has encased a whisky bottle in a 48-piece sculpture informed by kintsugi and commenters aren't convinced. 

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