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This week, readers are discussing Foster + Partners designs for a beachfront hotel and residence in Brazil and a brick apartment block in London by Gort Scott. Read on for more and join the debate! |
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"Forget the design, the biggest concern is where this is being built"Commenters have concerns about Foster + Partners' plans for a hotel and apartments in lush landscape by the beach on an island in Brazil. |
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"What a treat of sophisticated simplicity"This hotel in Kyoto, designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates, is being lauded by commenters for its beautiful timber joinery. |
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"That frontage is almost perfect"Readers are praising a "superb" brick apartment block in Walthamstow, London, by Gort Scott, inspired by the area's 20th-century Arts and Crafts heritage. |
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"Some colour and playfulness would make life a little better for the residents" |
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"Although it looks outdated, it's so fun – almost camp"A metro station in Shenzhen, China, transformed into a coastal-themed transit hub by architecture studios Chetwoods and J&A, has sparked mixed reactions among commenters. |
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"My friends who can't keep a houseplant alive now get to have plants in their homes"Readers react to an AI-powered smart planter unveiled by technology brand Leafypod at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). |
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"A giant tombstone" |
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"Now this is sustainability; harnessing local materials" |
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"Elegant functional design that's confident enough to be visually quiet"Commenters are "amazed" by a range of modular bent-metal storage units that are just 1.6 millimetres thick yet can support the weight of a baby elephant. |
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"Who is going to be bold enough to call an end to these pointless, wasteful junkets?"London studio Woo Architects has redeveloped its design for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, with one reader calling it "still the worst UK pavilion design of all time". |
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"Manages to look both bemused and nervous at its own lack of identity – fitting"Readers respond to the UK mascot for Expo 2025 Osaka, which is named PIX and can be transformed into various shapes. |
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"I'm an archiporn addict and I don't remember this!"We have been continuing our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years, 25 Buildings series, stirring up much debate in the comments section.
Among other controversial choices, readers considered the significance of Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove, named as the most significant building of 2009. |
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