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This week readers are commenting on news that the Donald Judd foundation is suing Kim Kardashian and debating Diller Scofidio + Renfro's planned extension to The Broad museum in Los Angeles. Read on for more...

 

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Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter draws on traditional log cabins for remote home in Norway

"Are flat roofs a good idea in an area with so much snowfall?"

Readers are examining Årestua, a remote home in an area of Telemark completed by Norwegian studio Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter, referencing traditional log cabins to create a feeling of "natural minimalism".

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Studio Morphogenesis wraps waterside mosque in Bangladesh in perforated pink concrete

"Love how simple, strong geometry was leveraged"

Commenters are reacting to a "gorgeous" waterside mosque by local architecture office Studio Morphogenesis clad in dusty pink coloured concrete in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs "companion" building to The Broad in Los Angeles

"DS+R's transition from artists to starchitects is fascinating"

Readers discuss plans for a grey, sculptural expansion planned at The Broad museum in Los Angeles and revealed by New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

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Madam Architectuur perches green-tiled home extension on curved concrete terrace

"This extension adds to the strangeness of the existing structure"

Brussel-based architecture studio Madam Architectuur has renovated a home in Dilbeek, Belgium, adding a green-tiled extension built on a green-pigmented concrete base. Commenters debate the project.

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Donald Judd foundation sues Kim Kardashian for "false endorsement" of "knockoff" tables

"Judd's work was meant for a specific time and place, like most good work"

The non-profit foundation representing Donald Judd is suing Kim Kardashian for stating that a pair of tables in the office of her SKKN brand were "Donald Judd tables". Readers react.

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Babnimnim Design Studio encloses Kuwait mosque within rotated square forms

"Simultaneously retro and modern"

Kuwait-based Babnimnim Design Studio has created a geometric mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait, that combines classical Islamic motifs with contemporary forms. Commenters join the debate.

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Lamborghini redesigns bull and shield logo after 20 years

"The trend of simplified logos continues"

Readers are underwhelmed by Lamborghini's rebrand which features a flat, simplified logo as part of broader "transformation process" aimed at sustainability and decarbonization.

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SOA Architectes completes "eclectic" social housing in Parisian park

"Fits the locale, does not overpower the park – well done with the right scale"

Commenters find merit in this social housing block in France, realised by the local studio SOA Architectes, drawing inspiration from the 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris.

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Izat Arundell clads remote Outer Hebrides home with local stone

"Wonderful little retreat from the world"

Readers love the thick walls of local stone at this home in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by local practice Izat Arundell designed to "sit respectfully in the landscape".

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Sanjay Puri Architects unveils spiral-shaped Nokha Village Community Centre informed by sand dunes

"Fine project with convincing plays of level differences"

Commenters are admiring a community centre with a sloping green roof in Rajasthan, India, by Mumbai-based Sanjay Puri Architects.

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Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand

"Some really nice work coming out of Thailand right now

Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O'Clock, a "communal hub" topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. Readers are praising the studio for a "very fine job".

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Peterson Rich Office inserts white-cube galleries into converted Detroit church

"Great reuse of a building"

Commenters are debating an early-1900s church in Detroit, which Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted into contemporary art gallery space.

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