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This week readers are debating Antony Gormley's "erect phallus" sculpture and commenting on Sam Jacob Studio's entrance to the V&A museum. Read on for more...

 

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Gradient Architecture designs brick home on existing footprint after Hurricane Sandy

"A very liveable house"

Readers debate if the floor plan of Gradient Architecture's home on a very narrow plot in New York City "makes sense".

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Sam Jacob Studio adds glass-tube entrance to London's V&A museum

"Proportional, modern and finely crafted"

Commenters think that Sam Jacob Studio's entrance to London's V&A museum is "superbly well done and very elegant". 

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Students outraged by proposed Antony Gormley sculpture with "erect phallus"

"When did students become so conservative?"

Commenters are dismayed at students' outrage over an Antony Gormley sculpture with an "erect phallus", planned for their campus.

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen opts for yellow concrete at Raem House

"It has an archetypal and timeless quality"

Commenters love Pezo von Ellrichshausen's house in Chile but are unsure about the choice of yellow concrete.

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MVRDV models Skanderbeg Building on head of Albania's national hero

"People are always critical and fearful of new ideas"

Commenters are expressing their views on MVRDV's plans for a building modelled on the head of a Albanian national hero.

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Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world's tallest timber building

"Not every mass-timber tower needs to be sexy"

The world's tallest timber building in Wisconsin has commenters debating the aesthetics of projects that use sustainable materials. 

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Ten interiors with a natural and calming organic modern design

"Some wonderful repurposing"

Commenters are identifying the trends in our latest lookbook of ten interiors with a natural and calming organic modern design.

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ODA's "fractal" skyscraper latest addition to Billionaire's Row

"The Jenga effect"

Commenters are finding creative ways to describe the design of ODA's skyscraper on Billionaire's Row in New York City.

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Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

"What you call vandalism, I call natural"

Readers debate the location of this "seriously beautiful" cement and steel house in a Californian forest by Tom Kundig and Greg Faulkner.

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Photographer captures fantastical snake-like apartment complex in Mexico

"Am I on shrooms?"

This snake-like apartment complex in Mexico has commenters agreeing that "we need more weird projects in the world".

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Herzog & de Meuron reveals mass-timber design in existing Austin street front

"Not for the average shopper"

Readers think Herzog & de Meuron's smart plan for a mass-timber street front in Texas is "a convincing concept and well organized".

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Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island

"Elegant and mindful"

Commenters only have good things to say about Shigeru Ban's "well detailed and rigorously crafted" Zenbo Seinei retreat in Japan.

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