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This week, readers are debating a supertall skyscraper in Manhattan by Foster + Partners for JPMorgan Chase and a crystal Cognac bottle created by 50 Cent in collaboration with Lalique.

 

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Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase

"The simplicity of the massing and its articulation is classic New York"

Readers are debating the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan, designed by Foster + Partners for JPMorgan Chase.

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50 Cent and Lalique create cognac bottle that embraces "conscious capitalism"

"An example par excellence of the adage 'money can't buy taste'"

Rapper 50 Cent has collaborated with French glassware brand Lalique to create a hand-crafted crystal bottle for the 505 Edition Branson Cognac by Sire Spirits. Commenters react.

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Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors

"Pretty radical design, with so much potential for always changing exhibitions"

Readers are inspired by Jean Nouvel's transformation of a 19th-century department store adjacent to the Louvre in Paris into a new home for the Fondation Cartier, featuring movable gallery spaces.

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Stacked culinary hub by BIG and Bat Architecture "liberates the ground"

"So much fuss for so little payoff"

Commenters are unconvinced by a food research centre in San Sebastián, Spain, by BIG and Bat Architecture, featuring walkable roof terraces designed as a continuation of the landscape.

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Landmark report finds "blatant and uncompromising sexism" in UK architecture

"The UK architecture industry is fundamentally broken"

A RIBA-commissioned report found that women in architecture are more than twice as likely as UK women overall to feel that having children has harmed their careers. Readers share their thoughts.

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Aldi unveils jacket potato jacket complete with silver foil poncho

"Another half-baked idea"

Commenters are amused by a puffer coat that looks like a giant baked potato, created by Aldi and London fashion brand Agro Studio.

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Everything you need to know about Trump's White House plans

"I don't think we need to know anything about it, do we?"

As US president Donald Trump finishes demolishing the East Wing of the White House to construct a ballroom, we explain everything you need to know about the controversial architectural project. Readers join the debate.

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Photos reveal James Turrell's "largest and most ambitious Skyspace" ahead of opening

"I'd love to immerse myself in it some day..."

Images have been released of James Turrell's soon-to-be-completed Skyspace at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark, set to be the American artist’s largest yet. Commenters call it a "profound work that can truly change you".

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Infill housing centre by Owain Williams Architects is "a public building in miniature"

"An excellent and functional use of a very compact space"

Local studio Owain Williams Architects has transformed a disused garage site in London into the Stroud Green Housing Centre, creating a public drop-in space and office fronted by a large timber gate. Readers are in love with the space.

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