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This week, readers are debating Foster + Partners' renovation of San Francisco's modernist Transamerica Pyramid and the "world's lightest" glass whisky bottle, currently being exhibited at the London Design Festival. Read on for more...

 

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Snøhetta adds "weightless" pavilion to Nebraska's largest art museum

"I don't know how Snøhetta could get this so wrong"

The renovation and expansion of Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum by Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, featuring a "weightless" pavilion, has sparked mixed reactions among readers.

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Johnnie Walker sheds 300 grams to make "world's lightest" glass whisky bottle

"Is this container really a bottle when it needs a separate cradle to make it upright on its own?"

Beverage company Diageo has produced what it believes is the world's lightest standard-sized glass spirits bottle for its Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ultra whisky, launching this week at the London Design Festival. Readers who are underwhelmed point out its shortcomings.

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Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco

"The continuity between the ground-level exterior and interior really is convincing"

Commenters are dissecting Foster + Partners' renovation of San Francisco's modernist Transamerica Pyramid.

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Atelier du Pont creates "woodland atmosphere" for timber office at Parc de la Villette in Paris

"It's too regimented to have a 'woodland feel'"

Commenters remain unconvinced by an office building completed by French studio Atelier du Pont for the Parc de la Villette’s operating teams in Paris, which features an exposed gridded timber frame.

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Giant inflatable astronaut looms over stage at MTV VMAs 2024

"A joyful kind of branding"

Readers express delight over an inflatable 18-metre-tall astronaut, designed by production designer Matt Steinbrenner, which towered over the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary.

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Steven Holl winds Meander housing around gardens in Helsinki

"Holl is showing again his mastery of residential housing"

Commenters are hotly debating Meander, a housing project in Helsinki completed by US studio Steven Holl Architects, which features a snaking form that frames gardens and maximises outward views.

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Sabine Marcelis stacks reclaimed onyx slabs for fountain in Amsterdam's Vondelpark

"A beautifully colored natural stone piece of functional art that does not compete with its surroundings"

Readers are "moved" by a water fountain in Amsterdam's largest and most famous park, designed by Sabine Marcelis in collaboration with Dutch stone supplier SolidNature.

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Alex Chinneck unveils loop-the-loop canal boat in Sheffield

"Funny to watch a floating snail quietly sailing along a canal"

British artist Alex Chinneck has crafted a six-metre-high, looped canal boat on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal in England, presenting a "playful distortion of the familiar." Commenters are intrigued.

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Jell-O creates series of inflatable chairs informed by "iconic molds"

"And they're pool safe!"

Readers are relishing four brightly coloured inflatable chairs created by American brand Jell-O, which blend "Y2K nostalgia with modern design".

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