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This week readers are commenting on a flat-pack mini electric car and discussing an angular timber viewing tower in the Tyrolean Alps by Snøhetta. Read on for more and join the debate...

 

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Luvly develops flat-pack mini EV to be "significantly more energy-efficient"

"The future of urban transport is better public transit"

Stockholm tech company Luvly is set to launch Luvly O, a flat-pack mini electric car that it claims could be the future of urban transport. Readers think they have missed the mark.

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Snøhetta places shingle-clad viewing tower on mountain peak in Austria

"Isn't the picture showing snow on windows proof of bad design?"

Commenters are unsure about Snøhetta's angular timber viewing tower in a popular skiing area in the Tyrolean Alps.

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WAVR designs 3D-printed wave-energy collector

"A new door has been opened in the world of energy"

Readers are split over Hawaii-based company WAVR's prototype for a modular technology that floats on top of the ocean waves to gather energy from the motion of the water. 

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"Even if naively, Charles is entangled in the far-right's weaponisation of architecture"

"The power of architecture is the fact that it does not speak"

Robert Bevan reflects on the cultural and political implications of  Charles III's vocal love for traditional architecture. Commenters react.

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Wooden logs frame Forest Office in Japan by Tomoaki Uno Architects

"Poetic, theatrical, and inexplicable"

Tomoaki Uno Architects has created an office in Japan made from thick wooden logs. Some readers think the building is "a stunning use of timber," whereas others think it is "a terrible waste".

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Fog-collecting jacket by Pavels Hedström wins Lexus Design Award

"My favourite drink is jacket water – delicious!"

Commenters were delighted by Fog X, a jacket that can make drinking water from fog, which has won the first public vote in the Lexus Design Awards recognising prototypes aiming to build a better future.

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Renzo Piano wraps Istanbul Modern in facade "evocative of fish scales"

"Simple and elegant – classic Piano"

Readers are discussing the Istanbul Modern museum in Turkey completed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

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Featherbottom & Partners redesigns London skyscrapers to mark King Charles III's coronation

"l love the Brit's dry sense of humour"

Commenters enjoyed modernist City of London landmarks being given a traditionalist makeover in honour of King Charles III's coronation.

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UN Human Rights Council experts "express alarm" over imminent executions connected to Neom

"I don't think anyone needs to be an 'expert' to denounce what's happening here"

The United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a statement denouncing the planned executions of three people for reportedly opposing the Neom mega project in Saudi Arabia. Readers respond.

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Nendo designs beer can with two pull tabs to "create an ideal foam"

"Not the product we thought we needed..."

Commenters are intrigued by an alternative beer car with two angled pull tabs designed by Nendo that have been manufactured to control the level of foam produced by opening the can. 

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(W)rapper Tower in Los Angeles has "eternal" lifecycle says Eric Owen Moss

"Absolutely brilliant! So evocative of the urban detritus that is LA"

The (W)rapper office tower in Los Angeles by American architect Eric Owen Moss, which was named for a structural support system that covers the facade, has sparked debate amongst readers.

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Coffey Architects uses "serious architectural element" to create playful dog kennel

"Why does an indoor kennel need a roof?"

Commenters are debating Fetch, an architectural kennel created by Coffey Architects for its office dog, Lucky, which is made from a green gabion basket and filled with hundreds of tennis balls.

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