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This week, readers are debating Diébédo Francis Kéré's plans for an art museum in Las Vegas and Goettsch Partners' design for the tallest building in Nashville, Tennessee. Read on for more...

 

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David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium

"The proportions are magic"

Readers debate a housing complex in Leuven, Belgium, by David Chipperfield Architects, with varying interconnected brick-clad forms.

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Diébédo Francis Kéré set to design Las Vegas Museum of Art

"Is this his first major commission outside of Africa? Call it the Serpentine effect"

Commenters are intrigued by plans unveiled for an art museum in Las Vegas, USA, by Pritzker Prize-winning Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who also designed the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion.

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Goettsch Partners designs Nashville's tallest skyscraper with "subtle" facets

"Looks very dated"

Readers are divided over the design for a skyscraper by Goettsch Partners, which, if completed, will be the tallest building in Nashville.

What do you think? ›

 

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S2B Studio separates levels of London home with slatted floor

"Love the idea, but the pragmatics of an open floor seem horrible"

Commenters hotly debate the slatted floors of this London home, self-designed by the founders of local practice S2B Studio.

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Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls

"Wow, I was actually in the market for a six foot-long bench for two that includes numerous choking hazards"

Readers are have issues with a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on a plane of steel bearing balls, featured at the Collectible design fair in New York City.

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SOM unveils renderings of Hudson Yards West skyscraper and casino development

"If in doubt, build a casino"

The developer Related Companies has unveiled additional images of the SOM-designed Hudson Yards West development in New York City, sparking debate among commenters.

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High Line "under threat" from proposed skyscrapers and casino say Friends of the High Line founders

"Amazing how nimbyism has so grasped the throat of New York"

The rezoning of land in New York City for skyscrapers and a casino puts the experience of the city's High Line "under threat" according to the founders of Friends of the High Line. Readers react.

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Gustaf Westman and Swedish Stockings transform nylon tights into "terrazzo-like" tables

"Nordic design at its best"

Commenters are delighted by a limited-edition collection of tables made from recycled tights designed in collaboration with hoisery brand Swedish Stockings and Swedish designer Gustaf Westman.

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Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes that architect "bears a very significant degree of responsibility"

"I'm failing to understand why the blame is on the architect here..."

The architecture studio that refurbished Grenfell Tower has been harshly criticised in the final report of the lengthy public inquiry into the devastating 2017 fire. Readers are discussing the findings.

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