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This week readers are discussing Junya Ishigami's below-ground concrete and mud restaurant and debating King Charles III's impact on British architecture when he was Prince of Wales. Read on for more...

 

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Junya Ishigami hides mud-covered house and restaurant below ground level in Japan

"The strength of the novelty nullifies the concrete crime"

Architect Junya Ishigami crafted this restaurant in Japan by pouring concrete into holes in the ground. Readers have given it "five stars".

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King Charles III's impact on British architecture

"Charles deprived us of what would have been Mies van der Rohe's best urban intervention"

Our roundup of six ways in which King Charles III impacted British architecture has separated the modernists from the classicists. 

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PMA Madhushala wraps Indian home in perforated wall of brick and stone

"Stone work on point"

Commenters are swooning over Gadi House, a home in India with a perforated brick and stone wall, by local practice PMA Madhushala. 

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João Mendes Ribeiro creates "elegant shelter" around a chestnut tree

"Like a glove"

Readers are praising the "groovy design" of João Mendes Ribeiro's black timber-clad Chestnut House in Vale Flor, Portugal. 

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Architectural "touchstones" make The Rings of Power world look real, says production designer

"A pity that production designers don't get a chance to design our cities"

Commenters are enjoying our interview with Ramsey Avery, the production designer behind Amazon's The Rings of Power TV series.

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Moon-shaped resort proposed for Dubai to provide "space tourism for all"

"Surely this must be a spoof?"

A moon-shaped resort intended to provide "space tourism for all" has been proposed for Dubai. Readers can't quite believe their eyes.

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Ten beautiful brutalist interiors with a surprisingly welcoming feel

"Welcome to my nightmare"

Our latest lookbook, which collects ten brutalist interiors with a surprisingly welcoming feel, has sparked debate among commenters.

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MVRDV's angular Valley skyscraper opens in Amsterdam

"I'd live there if I was rich"

Readers are discussing MVRDV's mountain-like Valley skyscraper, which has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Buro Happold and Cookfox Architects develop living facade for birds and insects

"Sexy looking and very expensive ... pity it wont work!"

Buro Happold and Cookfox Architects have developed a living facade to encourage birds and insects to nest. Commenters have their doubts.

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Plan Architect designs apartment block for nurses with zigzagging facade

"Something new that isn't glass – super creative!"

Commenters are assessing Thai studio Plan Architect's nurses dormitory block at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok.

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GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"

"What is the purpose of the outer glass veil?"

GRAAM Architecture has wrapped a French office building in a timber exoskeleton and "glass veil" and readers are scratching their heads.

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Jean Prouvé's designs "more relevant today" says daughter Catherine Prouvé

"For modernists, time stands still"

Readers are debating Jean Prouvé's daughter re-releasing designs from her father's archive, like the 1948 Fauteuil Kangourou chair.

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