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This week readers are commenting on an opinion piece by Dezeen editor Tom Ravescroft on the Venice Architecture Biennale and Neom's Zero Gravity Urbanism exhibition and discussing an all-white stucco home in Mexico by HW Studio Arquitectos. Read on for more... |
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"The exterior walls make an excellent canvas for Banksy"Readers have mixed opinions on an all-white stucco home in Morelia, Mexico, by HW Studio Arquitectos whose hermetic design serves as a haven for the residents. |
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"Honestly, beautiful"Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has created a glulam structure named À Table for the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion in central London. Readers are noting the forms "cosy and comfitting" interior. |
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"The gender imbalance is staggering. Is this indicative of the industry?"The Venice Architecture Biennale and Neom's Zero Gravity Urbanism exhibition presented two alternative visions for the future, writes Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft. Commenters share their thoughts. |
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"Interesting, elegant design"American artist James Turrell has created a limited-edition glass decanter made with French glassware brand Lalique that draws on "Egyptian forms". Commenters are intrigued. |
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"Clean plan, amazing open living space"Commenters are underwhelmed by Laxus, a home formed by two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. |
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"People have been building arches just like this for thousands of years"SOM has worked with Princeton University's Form Finding Lab to create a self-balancing brick arch that was built using augmented-reality goggles. Readers are unsure. |
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"This shows paint's transformative impact and how it can (inexpensively) lift people up"Commenters have been inspired by California studio Kadre Architects' transformation of a dilapidated motel into a homeless shelter. |
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"A beautiful house, sensitively done"An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. Readers have questions. |
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"Hopefully it will continue to be refined and feel a bit more unified"Commenters are discussing design for the Qatar Preparatory School revealed by French designer Philippe Starck at an exhbition of upcoming buildings in Qatar during the Venice Architecture Biennale. |
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"The same architects are always presented as Africa's finest"Readers are discussing the Central Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale which brings together 16 architects, including David Adjaye and Diébédo Francis Kéré. |
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"Mostly wise words, which is rare for an architect"Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Shigeru Ban explains why he is tired of seeing architects use mass timber and how he wants to design a building that "changes its clothes" in this interview. Commenters appreciate his wise words. |
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"The ingredients that make architecture are often outside the field itself"Placing the Global South at the centre of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale created a spirit of openness and sincerity, write Ewa Effiom, Krish Nathaniel and Aoi Phillips in this review of the event. Readers responded. |
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