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This week, readers are discussing RCR Arquitectes plans for an "unusually narrow" skyscraper in Dubai and debating earplugs made out of mycelium. Read on for more...

 

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Line+ Studio floats doughnut-shaped weather balloon above rural Chinese landscape

"Sheer genius"

Architecture practice Line + Studio has completed a doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and a woven timber tunnel in Zhejiang, China, which commenters have hailed as "sensational".

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RCR Arquitectes unveils plans for "unusually narrow" skyscraper in Dubai

"A house of cards"

Readers are intrigued by Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes' design for the 380-meter-high Muraba Veil skyscraper in downtown Dubai, which will feature a single apartment per floor.

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Stirling shortlisting shows "even modest buildings can be really good" says Clementine Blakemore

"One of the most elegant, well-executed and inspirational projects I've seen in a long time!"

Clementine Blakemore Architects founder describes her shock at her "first proper building commission" being shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in this exclusive interview. Commenters respond.

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Prada and Axiom Space reveal spacesuits for next lunar landing

"Why spend billions of taxpayers' money to go to a dead piece of rock?"

Prada and aerospace company Axiom Space have unveiled designs for NASA's Artemis III spacesuit, set to be worn by the first astronauts to return to the moon in over 50 years. Readers weigh in.

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MAD "cracks open" facade of Denver residential building

"This thing is sick in person – at first, you think you’re seeing things"

MAD Architects' One River North apartment block in Denver, Colorado – featuring a large, canyon-like opening in its main facade – has lit up the comments section with arguments for and against.

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Gob creates single-use mycelium earplugs designed to "feed the soil" after use

"Every little bit helps"

Product company Gob has launched a pair of compostable, mycelium earplugs that were designed as an alternative to the 40 billion plastic earplugs produced each year. Readers share their thoughts.

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Museum of Shakespeare protects archaeological remains of Curtain Playhouse

"Visually quite beautiful – organic"

Commenters are praising the Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch, London, designed by Perkins&Will, which integrates the remains of Shakespeare's 16th-century Curtain Playhouse.

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Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair

"They even look comfortable, as well as being attractive"

Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958. Readers express their views.

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OFIS Arhitekti converts brutalist printworks in Slovenia into offices

"Potentially interesting formally"

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has converted a former brutalist printing house in Ljubljana into an office block, with commenters describing it as "nice, but monotonous".

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