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This week readers are commenting on Zaha Hadid Architects' latest plans for a Chinese skyscraper with terraces "echoing mountainside waterfalls" and discussing a flat-pack, corrugated cardboard cat house designed by Tesla. Read on for more...

 

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Ksa Studený completes trapezoidal concrete home overlooking Slovakian forest

"So wrong it must be right – but I just can't see it"

Architecture studio Ksa Studený designed this trapezoidal concrete and glass house to frame views of a forest near the village of Pernek in Slovakia. Readers are in awe.

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Zaha Hadid Architects references "mountainside waterfalls" for Xi'an skyscraper

"Skyscrapers are so passé"

Zaha Hadid Architects has announced its plans for Daxia Tower, a 210-metre-tall skyscraper in China's Xi'an business district with a curved form and planted terraces. Commenters aren't convinced.

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Apollodorus Architecture proposes classical alternative to Bath Rugby stadium

"Pastiche does not exist in architecture"

Readers are split on a concept design by Apollodorus Architecture for a Colosseum-like stadium in Bath, UK, as a response to a proposed redevelopment put forward by Bath Rugby. 

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Tesla releases cardboard cat house informed by Cybertruck in China

"I bet the cat prefers the box it comes in"

Commenters are uninspired by a Tesla design for a flat-pack cat house made of corrugated cardboard, that was modelled on the car brand's controversial electric pickup truck.

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Tate Modern's Corner cafe revamped to be less "Herzog & de Meuron-y"

"Hospitality design needs a major shake-up"

Architecture studio Holland Harvey has overhauled the ground-floor cafe at the Tate Modern in London so it doubles as the gallery's first late-night bar. Readers dissect the revamp.

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Álvaro Siza unveils square watch informed by his Leça swimming pool

"Siza still going strong on the creative projects!"

Pritzker prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza, who recently turned 90, has designed a square watch, which is based on one of his earliest projects and will be his "Sunday watch". Commenters are delighted.

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Elliott Architects arranges textural Hushh House around courtyards

"Great use of materials and forms"

Readers are enjoying the blocky volumes clad in roughly textured materials which surround a series of courtyards at this home designed by Northumberland studio Elliott Architects for a village in Yorkshire.

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Populous set to add hotel to Manchester City's Etihad Stadium

"Certainly uninspired"

Manchester City Football Club has won approval to redevelop a stand at its stadium in Manchester, UK, to increase capacity while adding a museum and hotel. Commenters aren't sold on the Populous design.

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"The Vessel shows us how bad the vampiric ultra-wealthy are at making public space"

"Architects have to care about the city and its people"

Following the two year anniversary of the closure of Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel after a series of suicides, Matt Shaw reflected on what went wrong and Dezeen readers joined the debate.

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Charred-wood beach house sits among Amagansett's dunes

"Great sense of scale and material"

Starling Architecture and Emily Lindberg Design have collaborated on a blackened wood-clad home in the Hamptons village of Amagansett, which contrasts the nearby dunes. Commenters share their thoughts.

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BE_Design uses angular woven screens to shelter leadership centre in Rwanda

"The planning is really well-considered"

Readers are praising this "beautifully executed" centre in Rwandan designed by architecture studio BE_Design, whose angular, woven forms take their cue from local Imigongo art.

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Piles of green-hued books characterise London Aesop store

"This has to be one of the prettiest stores I've ever seen"

The interior of London's most recent Aesop store in Marylebone features bespoke timber cabinetry by furniture designer Sebastian Cox. Commenters are admiring the store's "timeless design".

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