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This week readers are debating what will be Miami's first supertall skyscraper, our roundup of 10 statement residential staircase designs and a house on stilts that resembles a treehouse. Read on for more...

 

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Sieger Suarez Architects and Carlos Ott design Miami's first supertall skyscraper

"Another building inspired by Jenga"

Commenters aren't sold on Sieger Suarez Architects and Carlos Ott's design for what aims to be Miami's first supertall skyscraper.

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Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects

"That concrete spiral is fantastic"

Readers are inspired by our roundup of 10 statement residential staircase designs, including a faux staircase sweeping up to the roof.

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Whitten Architects places single-storey Maine home on stilts to "evoke a treehouse"

"This is my dream treehouse"

Commenters are admiring this house in Maine, which Whitten Architects placed on stilts so that the structure resembles a treehouse.

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Frank Gehry frames Battersea Power Station with his first housing project in the UK

"This is Frank's best work"

Readers are divided over architect Frank Gehry's first housing project in the UK – Prospect Place at Battersea Power Station in London.

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"A solution to our global housing and climate problems is hiding in plain sight"

"A solution to our global housing and climate problems is hiding in plain sight"

High-density, low-rise urban housing is the key to accommodating another three billion people over the next 80 years without costing the Earth, writes architect and urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti.

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Ceramics of Italy talk

 

Filipe Pina and David Bilo extend Portuguese farmhouse with gabled concrete forms

"Very sensible and beautiful house"

Commenters approve of Portuguese architects Filipe Pina and David Bilo's extention of the Casa NaMora farmhouse in Guarda, Portugal.

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Ten green living rooms that prove the colour's versatility

"Some of these are very impressive"

Readers are envious of the homes featured in one of our latest lookbooks, which rounds up ten lounge interiors with green elements.

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Less than two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2022

Less than two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2022

There are only 13 days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2022, where you could be named architecture, interior or design studio of the year.

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Architecture for London uses stone to give house extension "a sense of permanence"

"Not convinced that stone works here"

Architecture for London has used stone, concrete and wood to create this rear extension to a house in London. Commenters aren't sold.

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Dezeen's guide to the architecture of the Elizabeth Line

"Forget how pretty they look"

We rounded up the 10 central section stations for London's new Elizabeth Line. Readers are more interested in how they will function.

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El Salvador's president reveals design for volcanic Bitcoin City

"Layer upon layer of ridiculous"

Commenters are flabbergasted after El Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele unveiled FR-EE's designs for a cryptocurrency-funded city.

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OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Center completes in Taiwan

"Definitely designed to get attention"

Readers are discussing Dutch studio OMA's long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan, which features a giant sphere.

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Denizen Works references relics of agricultural buildings for Mannal House on Tiree

"Austere but beautiful"

Commenters are debating a Denizen Works-designed house on the Scottish island of Tiree, featuring a gable-shaped glass wall.

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Rem Koolhaas is the architect who built deconstructivism's legacy

"The greatest polemicist in architecture"

Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture, we profile Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas – the driving force behind OMA.

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Studio MOM creates eco-friendly cycle helmet from mycelium and hemp

"A real life Toad helmet"

One reader has likened a bicycle helmet made from mycelium and hemp to the famous mushroom helmet in gaming series Super Mario.

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DesignAgency creates Ontario wellness retreat for psychedelic therapy

"Probably good they avoided the mirrored building trend"

DesignAgency has released plans for a "psychedelic healing retreat" in Ontario. Commenters think the lack of mirrored facades is wise.

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