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This week readers are commenting on a set of sex toys for self-insemination by design graduate Juliane Kühr and discussing plans for a skyscraper with a large sky garden, designed by ODA in South Korea. Read on for more…

 

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ODA designs skyscraper punctured by "greenery-filled terrarium" in Seoul

"Good luck to the tree roots"

Commenters are sceptical of Terrarium Cheong-Dam, a large sky garden filled with plants, which will be the focal point of a skyscraper designed by ODA in South Korea.

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

"Really beautiful gimmicks"

Readers are captivated by a "decent and humble" home in British Columbia, Canada, featuring concrete pillars made with fabric formwork designed by Bocci lighting brand founder Omer Arbel.

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Vruit vibrator doubles as artificial insemination device

"This sounds like a great idea!"

Design graduate Juliane Kühr has presented a set of sex toys for self-insemination at Dutch Design Week. Readers are in love.

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César Béjar Studio inserts minimal pink house into Mexican street

"I wish there was a bit more colour and texture on the interior"

César Béjar Studio has sandwiched a minimalist pink house between two buildings in Culiacán, Mexico. While commenters love the home's exterior, they aren't as enthusiastic about its interior.

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Trace Architecture Office perches cafe on Jiming Island cliff edge

"Elegant eagle's nest for observation enjoyment"

Readers are dissecting Trace Architecture Office's concrete cafe and guesthouse on a cliff edge on Jiming Island in Weihai, China.

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Henry K Wein designs portable treehouse that can be towed by bicycle

"Unassuming, modest and – at the same time – poetic"

Commenters are discussing a "charming and practical" treehouse that allows its occupant to sleep in a different tree every night and has been created by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Henry K Wein.

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Opsis Architecture "breaks with convention" for mass-timber Idaho arena

"Long-span timber structures are certainly not new or innovative"

Opsis Architecture has completed an arena in Idaho, USA, with a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region's rolling landscape. Readers are underwhelmed.

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Retrofitted Sydney skyscraper named Best Tall Building Worldwide

"Excellently redesigned"

The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, by 3XN and BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's award for best new tall building. Commenters shared their thoughts on the win.

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Modular waste bins by Group Project distributed across New York City

"A cute industrial design will not cut it in NYC"

Readers are analysing modular waste bins designed by Group Projects, which are recyclable and have started to be distributed across New York City's five boroughs to assist sanitation workers.

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Eskew Dumez Ripple clads Connecticut museum in fluted precast-stone facade

"A good-looking building"

Eskew Dumez Ripple has clad a Connecticut museum with a stone facade reminiscent of local quarries and "monolithic massing". Commenters think it's "lacking some balance".

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PulpaTronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags

"Impressive in its simplicity and effectiveness"

Design graduates from London's Royal College of Art have made RFID tags entirely from paper, with no metal or silicon components, in a bid to cut down on waste from single-use electronics. Readers are amazed.

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Omar Gandhi lifts Corten cube for cabin in Nova Scotia

"The living space is well-expressed – a neat solution"

Omar Gandhi Architects' elevated cabin on a forested hillside in Nova Scotia, Canada, has intrigued commenters.

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