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This week readers are commenting on a staggered housing project in Japan by Kengo Kuma and discussing a brick museum in Ireland by Niall McLaughlin Architects. Read on for more and join the debate...

 

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Kengo Kuma nestles staggered housing complex on Japanese hillside

"Tadao Ando did it best"

Readers are puzzled by a staggered housing development in Japan by Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates.

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates red-brick beacon for International Rugby Experience in Ireland

"A tour de force in brickwork"

Commenters are debating a seven-storey museum in Limerick, Ireland, which Niall McLaughlin Architects designed to "reflect the forces found in rugby".

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Pepsi unveils "unapologetic" logo focused on brand's heritage

"For a house called Suncatcher, I am not seeing a whole lot of sun"

Francesco Pierazzi Architects has extended a suburban house in Croydon, adding two volumes with carefully-positioned openings that follow the path of the sun. Readers are underwhelmed.

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Wulf Architekten creates "strong, yet elegant" police station in Bavaria

"Austerity is magnified by naked concrete"

police station in Germany by Wulf Architekten is making some commenters "want to behave really badly".

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Gender pay gap worsens at biggest UK architecture studios

"You can't just pay the same rate because of gender"

Dezeen analysis of official data shows the average gender pay gap across the UK's largest architecture studios has widened in the past year. Readers are reacting to the findings.

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Video reveals Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

"Wonderful to see Ai WeiWei back on show in London!"

Commenters are enjoying Dezeen's video preview of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's first design-focused exhibition at the Design Museum.

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Design Ni Dukaan wraps "citadel-like" house in curved concrete wall

"The Corb is strong in this one"

Readers think a concrete house by multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan in Gujarat, India, is "simultaneously lavish and restrained".

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Wurck designs underwater parking garage for 7,000 bicycles in Amsterdam

"Where did I leave the damn bike?"

Readers are inspired by a bicycle park, designed by Dutch studio Wurck, which is nine metres beneath an Amsterdam canal and can accomodate 7,000 bikes.

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City cars could become smaller thanks to electrification says Peugeot head of concepts

"Feels like someone designed the car after playing too much Cyberpunk 2077"

The "global footprint of the automotive in big cities" could shrink thanks to advances in car technology, Peugeot's Philippe-Emmanuel Jean told Dezeen at the European unveiling of the brand's Inception Concept electric vehicle. Commenters share their opinions.

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Manuel Cervantes develops "assisted self-production" housing in Mexico

"Architecture for the people"

Readers are praising a DIY home that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies completed by Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio.

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MVRDV releases visuals of inaugural Van Gogh Homeland festival

"The connection to Van Gogh is super flimsy"

Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals of Van Gogh Homeland, an architecture and sustainability biennale launching in the Netherlands. Commenters aren't sold.

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Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower

"Not very elegant or delicate"

Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht's city centre. Readers are unimpressed.

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