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This week readers are commenting on an opinion piece by Reinier de Graaf in which he discusses the term "placemaking" and a minimalist bridge in Prague by architects Petr Tej and Marek Blank. Read on for more... |
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"An experiment in geometry"Commenters are enjoying a "fun and quirky" dwelling in South Africa designed by architect Gregory Katz, which features a collision of geometric forms in contrasting brick and concrete. |
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"I don't think anyone really knows what 'placemaking' is"Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of "placemaking" but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. Readers joined the debate. |
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"A stunning series of buildings!"Commenters feel favourably towards an office complex in Suzhou designed by OLI Architecture for a biotechnology company, which features decorative facades designed by parametric technology. |
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"A manifesto of modernity in a city famous for its Baroque architecture" |
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"The 1975 are hardly breaking new ground with this set"Relying on social media algorithms for visual inspiration has led to stage designs becoming increasingly repetitive according to Tobias Rylander, the designer behind The 1975's viral set depicting a house. Commenters shared their thoughts. |
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"The RIBA is not the right vehicle if you want change"The inauguration of Muyiwa Oki as RIBA president must become a moment of real, positive change in British architecture, writes Marsha Ramroop. Readers responded to the appointment. |
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"A well laid out plan and cute exterior"Commenters are pleased by a "nicely detailed" compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, created by Studio KUNZ. |
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"I would like to know what 'local and natural materials' are being prioritised for the project"Neighbourhoods constructed with local materials will define Sultan Haitham City, a metropolis for 100,000 residents that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing in Oman. Readers have questions |
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"The low frequency whimsy of the modern and PoMo forms is refreshing"The concrete-framed "industrial relic" of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. Commenters are in love. |
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"I would have preferred a metal roof over wood battens"Readers are debating a home in Dorset, UK, that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape by London studio Coffey Architects. |
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"A pleasant and surprising building for Melbourne"Readers are captivated by this office building in Melbourne, which features a stepped frontage of perforated red-brick columns designed by Australian architecture studio Carr. |
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"If it is planned to be built for the post-war Ukraine, the program is not reassuring"Commenters aren't sold on Zikzak Architects' design for the first Ronald McDonald House in Ukraine, which will provide temporary housing to children receiving treatment at Kyiv's Okhmatdyt hospital and their families. |
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