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This week readers are commenting on a refurbished 19th-century Gothic-revival home in Oxford, UK, and discussing an extention to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, Canada. Read on for more and join the debate...

 

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Strang Design tops Miami mansion with slatted volume and planter

"Solid, light and romantic"

Commenters are praising an 8,500-square-foot home with garden terraces and pool created by Strang Design in Miami, Florida.

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KPMB completes pavilion for New Brunswick's public art collection

"A brilliant idea at the wrong site"

KPMB Architects has extended the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, Canada, with a curved colonnade. Readers hope the gallery is "wheelchair accessible".

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Quatrefoil House extension by Hyde + Hyde is a "celebration of ornament"

"Despite not really being my thing, it's very photogenic"

Architecture studio Hyde + Hyde has refurbished a 19th-century Gothic-revival home in Oxford. Some readers think it's "over the top".

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Energy savings from home insulation "vanishing" after four years

"Insulation has been massively successful at mitigating a wide range of bad practices"

Commenters are hotly debating a study by the University of Cambridge which reported that energy savings from home insulation "vanish" after four years.

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Wild animal heads decorate gowns at Schiaparelli couture show

"Seems wildly off-kilter with how we should be celebrating wildlife"

Readers – whether or not they realised the animal heads are fake – have been outraged by fashion house Schiaparelli's latest collection at Paris Couture Week, which they say "glorifies decapitated animals".

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Sweeping facade animates manga artist's house in Tokyo by Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL

"Inside it's less mad than the outside would suggest"

Architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL has created a house and studio in Tokyo, Japan. Commenters are stunned by its "beautiful interiors and woodwork".

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"There are a lot of dangerous myths" about sustainability says Norman Foster

"Are we really looking at his legacy and thinking of nature and craft-based buildings?"

British architect Norman Foster explains his studio's approach towards sustainability and his views on concrete, timber, aviation and Architects Declare in this exclusive interview.

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Marc Newson unveils "trustworthy and sincere" public toilet in Tokyo

"Clean, free and secure toilets are needed all over the word"

Industrial designer Marc Newson has created a public toilet in Shibuya, Japan. Commenters "love the level of thought" in the project.

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Paul Westwood transforms disused garage into light-filled garden office

"I really like these more modest projects"

Architect Paul Westwood has converted his London garage into a workshop and studio. Readers are inspired by the humility of the project, finding it "visually rich with texture and warmth".

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Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's photographs reveal "junkology" architecture built by children

"A complete escape into a world of one's making"

Readers are enjoying Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's previously-unseen photographs, which reveal "junkology" architecture built by children in 1960s Amsterdam

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Biophilic design informs "otherworldly" moss-covered installation at luxury bag store

"I am seduced by the brilliant greens and the wildly-colored slabs of stone"

Commenters are intrigued by a tree-like installation covered in moss, which forms the centrepiece of a flagship outlet for luxury leather brand Braun Büffel in Malaysia.

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Natural materials form "seamless connection" between English woodland and nursery

"Warm and will age gracefully. What's not to love?"

Commenters have described a nursery in Stoke-on-Trent designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios as a "beautiful space for children and discovery".

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