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This week readers are commenting on Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign, which features "boring" versions of UK landmarks, and debating the findings of a report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway. Read on for more... |
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"I'd be more than happy to spend time in this place"Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". Readers discuss its merits. |
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"Campaigning against globally anonymous 'boxitecture' – I can't see why that's so contentious"Creative agency Uncommon Creative Studio has made "boring" versions of UK landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle for Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign. Commenters are critiquing the project. |
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"I can't see how an architect can be at fault – we have to obey the engineers"An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. Readers are probing into the failures behind the project. |
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"You'd almost have to wrap the entire complex to make it successful"Commenters are discussing a handsewn installation of a pink cloth covering at London's Barbican Centre by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, made in collaboration with hundreds of craftspeople. |
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"A watch only makes sense on a wrist – it's like analysing a building without the context"Readers debate a snake-inspired watch designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando, which serves as the newest addition to Bulgari's Serpenti range. |
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"She is right: the only way to fix that is to have your own practice"People of colour and women working as architects are often actively discouraged from following their design instincts, FAME Collective founder Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows tells Dezeen in this interview. Commenters shared their thoughts. |
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"Very strange decisions made on this one"Readers are analysing a prefabricatd home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted elements on the interior, created by Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc. |
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"This tower embodies a powerful symbol of stable economic health"Opinions among commenters are divided regarding the recently topped-out skyscraper designed by New York's SHoP Architects as part of Detroit's Hudson's Detroit development, now standing as the city's second tallest building. |
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"Downright strange but 10 out of 10 for originality!"British artist-designer Leo Maher has created sculptural lights that tell stories about homosexuality, set to feature in the Alcova exhibition during Milan design week. Readers debate the design. |
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