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This week, readers are debating the D-Day Museum in France by French studio Atelier Projectiles and an educational hub in Norway by architecture studio Snøhetta. Read on for more...

 

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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

"Quietly respectful"

Readers are debating a glass and concrete building designed by French studio Atelier Projectiles as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France.

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

"Have the British looked at Mediterranean traditions?"

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost, energy-efficient method to cool UK homes during heatwaves. Commenters are curious but also sceptical.

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Snøhetta tops reindeer herding school with sloping wooden roof

"Snøhetta has done it again!"

Readers are discussing the Čoarvemátta education hub in Kautokeino, Norway, for the Sami High School and Reindeer Herding School, as well as the Sami National Theatre Beaivváš, completed by Snøhetta.

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Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet

"Incredible exteriors, lifeless interiors"

Commenters aren't convinced by the interiors of a mountain chalet updated by Swiss studio Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures.

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"The role of smartphones in contemporary life feels increasingly stupid"

"Part of the economy of climate change will be to have common chargers and common batteries"

Smartphone design has been getting worse while the industry itself has become an environmental and humanitarian nightmare, writes Phineas Harper. Readers left lots of long and thoughtful comments.

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Yinka Ilori wraps Piccadilly Circus fountain in bright orange Pegasus-topped plinths

"The sooner it's gone, the better"

Commenters didn't have much time for the latest project from British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori, unveiled at Piccadilly Circus in London.

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University of Stuttgart uses self-shaping timber and woven flax for tower and pavilion

"Gorgeous organic structures!"

Readers admire experimental structures in Germany, designed by students and researchers at the University of Stuttgart and constructed from warped timber and robotically-woven flax.

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Mijoda Dajomi designs rain-harvesting hats for a water scarce future

"The design is so stylish that it could be used in a movie"

Designer Mijoda Dajomi's Daughters of Rain headwear collection, which can harvest rainwater to address potential future water shortages, has sparked a lively discussion amongst commenters.

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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad

"Stunning embodiment of form, aesthetics and tradition"

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of a skyscraper nearing completion in Baghdad. Readers are split over the design.

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