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This week readers are commenting on Elon Musk's launch of an AI startup and discussing a running shoe that helps to spread plants and seeds by graduate Kiki Grammatopoulos. Read on for more...

 

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Monolithic New York museum pavilion features "perfect cube" gallery

"Brutalism outside, minimalism inside – nice combo"

Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo have collaborated on an art museum in New York. Some commenters love it more than others.

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Elon Musk launches xAI startup "to understand reality"

"An anthropocentric paradigm has given us the tragic world we are now experiencing"

Readers debate Elon Musk's plans to launch an AI startup that he says will take a new approach to making the technology safe. 

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Rewilding trainer lets people disperse plants as they run

"An amazing idea for humans to help nature"

Central Saint Martins graduate Kiki Grammatopoulos has created a chunky, bristly running shoe outsole that helps to spread plants and seeds in cities. Readers are fascinated by the concept. 

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"Bomb blast" window cut into world war two bunker holiday home

"There's no need to pretend it was ever bombed"

Corstorphine & Wright has converted a world war two bunker in Dorset, UK, into a holiday home with a blast-shaped window cut in its front. Commenters are questioning the sensitivity of the project.

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The Line will "keep proving" critics wrong says Saudi crown prince

"The most twisted straight line ever"

Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has dismissed scepticism of The Line in a recent documentary, saying it will "keep proving" critics wrong. Commenters had a united, criticial response.

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People's Architecture Office creates amorphous Amoeba Public Restroom for all genders

"The form is not suited for its function"

Readers are are not convinced by an amoeba-shaped public restroom in Beijing, China, designed by People's Architecture Office "with inclusivity as a priority".

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"Only by embracing AI can you be involved in controlling it" says LookX founder Wanyu He

"One of the biggest hurdles in AI is how to train it"

AI will liberate architects from repetition and allow them to concentrate on things that add value to society, claims the CEO of LookX, a tech company seeking to revolutionise the process of designing buildings. Commenters joined the conversation.

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Jan Kattein Architects converts garages into studios for young entrepreneurs

"This is fine, fine work"

Jan Kattein Architects has created a community of 35 affordable workspaces in outer north London, by adapting a group of derelict garages. Commenters think the project is a "wonderful solution".

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Marlon Blackwell to design Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington DC

"I had to double take when I saw this news"

Marlon Blackwell has been selected to design the Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington DC. Readers are incredulous.

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ConForm adds "restrained yet rich" all-marble extension to Victorian house

"Such brave, finely detailed designs"

London studio ConForm has added an all-marble side extension to a Victorian terraced house in Hampstead, London. Readers are enjoying the home's "wonderful proportions and detailing".

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Fame "forces you to constantly reflect on your impact and motivation" says Bjarke Ingels

"Wouldn't renting an existing office space be the more sustainable way?"

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels spoke to Dezeen from the offices of his architecture practice, BIG, which they have designed for themselves in Copenhagen. Readers had questions about the new concrete HQ.

 

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Studio Onu draws on vernacular architecture for home in Polish forest

"A cute, cozy, regionally sourced, reasonably ecological and organic weekend house"

Studio Onu has blended local craft and materials with an agricultural aesthetic to create this home on a working farm in Poland. Readers are in love with the "successful project".

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