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This week readers are discussing the first US private-sector architecture studio to unionize and debating the use of bright green on a David Kohn residential project in Dorset, UK. Read on for more...

 

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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset

"Paint out that green"

Commenters have strong feelings about the colour choice for the trimming of David Kohn's Red House in Dorset.

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Nameless Architecture creates "artificial valley" at base of Gyeryongsan Mountain

"Did a skater design this?"

Commenters are having skateboarding dreams in response to Nameless Architecture's Café Teri bakery in Daejeon, South Korea, which features a pair of buildings that flow into a central courtyard.

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BIG designs 50 Queens installation to highlight "importance of gender equality"

"It's difficult to pay a symbolic tribute to a queen"

Readers are debating the sucess of BIG's 50 Queens installation, designed to mark Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's 50th Jubilee.

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Bernheimer Architecture becomes first US private-sector architecture studio to unionize

"We give away way too much work for free"

Readers are discussing the pros and cons of unionzsation after Bernheimer Architecture became the first US private-sector architecture studio to unionize.

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Hybrid uses wood and weathering steel for Oak & Alder duplex in Seattle

"This is zoning-minded architecture at its finest"

Commenters are praising a weathered steel duplex in Seattle that was designed with a "missing middle" to help densify the neighbourhood. 

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Fifteen supertall skyscrapers being built around the world

"Looks really good considering it's a skyscraper"

Readers are on the fence about the projects included in our round up of supertall skyscrapers that are set to be built around the world.

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BIG designs necklace for the Queen of Denmark to "be part of history for years to come"

"I hope it is to her taste and not the designer's"

BIG's installation wasn't their only project commemorating Queen Margrethe of Denmark's jubilee this week. Commenters had a mixed reaction to a necklace the studio designed to mark the event.

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Bill Gates and Samsung develop toilet that combusts waste "into ashes"

Gives new meaning to "ashes to ashes".

A Bill Gates and Samsung-designed toilet that combusts waste "into ashes" has caused a stir among commenters. 

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"We need to move on from just having the conversation" says ex-RIBA inclusion boss Marsha Ramroop

"A diversity of people inevitably births a diversity of thought"

Readers are discussing an interview with ex-RIBA inclusion boss Marsha Ramroop, who cautioned architecture firms against mistaking "tokenism" for true inclusivity. 

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Hebra Arquitectos perches Apfel House on hill overlooking a Chilean valley

"Beautiful. But... six toilets?"

Commenters think that a Hebra Arquitectos-designed house that overlooks a Chilean valley is "geared more towards the Airbnb crowd". 

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Norman Kelley remodels Chicago apartment to showcase chair collection

"Playful yet elegant"

Readers are admiring the appropriately named Apartment for Chairs, a remodelled apartment in Chicago by Norman Kelley

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Atelier38 reworks furniture store into home for Czech Radio

"Oh mama, I love atriums"

Atelier38 has reworked a former furniture store into a new home for Czech Radio. Commenters are remarking on its "beautiful atrium". 

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