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This week readers are commenting on Niall McLaughlin Architects' prefabricated pyramidal home on the Isle of Wight and discussing an interview with Philippe Starck, who says designers should aim for an asexual design language. Read on for more...

 

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates glasshouse-informed steel pavilion on the Isle of Wight

"An exquisitely well-detailed, light structure"

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a prefabricated steel-framed home with a pyramidal copper roof overlooking a tidal saltmarsh on the Isle of Wight. Readers react.

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Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street flagship saved from demolition in "huge victory for heritage"

"Creating is an inherently erotic act"

Commenters respond to an interview with French designer Philippe Starck, who thinks designers need to account for a crisis of sexuality and should aim for an asexual design language.

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Two linked skyscrapers proposed for casino complex in New York City

"You can't make Hudson Yards more grotesque than it already is"

Real estate developer Silverstein Properties has enlisted architecture studio CetraRuddy for a proposed casino complex near New York City's Hudson Yards neighbourhood. Readers are damning.

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SOM unveils black terracotta office block in New York

"Terracotta facades. So hot right now"

Commenters are discussing the local context of architecture studio SOM's office building in Manhattan, clad in black-glazed terracotta

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Job Smeets fills Hermès windows with characters celebrating "dystopian" summer

"Exceptional, fun, fantastic"

Studio Jobs designer Job Smeets's window installation for fashion brand Hermès, displayed in stores across France, divided readers.

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Joana Vasconcelos unveils pastel wedding-cake pavilion

"So eccentric and indulgent, yet fun and playful"

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos has created the 12 -metre-high Wedding Cake pavilion, which is clad in ceramic tiles, at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. Commenters debate the cake.

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Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated "brick veil"

"Simple and fantastic!"

A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to this home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing. Readers have lots of questions.

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Will architects really lose their jobs to AI?

"We'll lose our architecture jobs to global economic collapse driven by climate change first"

As part of our AItopia series exploring how AI will impact architecture and design, Dezeen examines whether the technology will take architects' jobs. Commenters share their thoughts about the future.

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Morphogenesis completes world's largest office building in India

"Like a Serra crossed with a data centre"

Morphogenesis has unveiled the Surat Diamond Bourse in India, which has surpassed the Pentagon to become the world's largest office building. Lots of readers recalled American artist Richard Serra.

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