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This week readers are commenting on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's decision to refuse planning for the MSG Sphere music venue and debating a robot that can build three-dimensional volumes out of wool created by Christien Meindertsma. Read on for more…

 

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Moxon Architects converts trio of highland outbuildings into guesthouse and artist's studio

"Good integration of the new with the old"

Moxon Architects has repurposed a small cluster of farm buildings in Scotland, into a guesthouse, glasshouse and private artist's studio. The "idyllic" project has garnered nothing but praise from readers.

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Atelier 9.81 models Calais port tower on stack of pebbles

"Calais citizens now have a great architectural icon"

Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master's office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. Commenters debated the project below the line.

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Christien Meindertsma invents technique for 3D printing with wool

"Pretty amazing – I'd love to touch a sample"

Readers are intrigued by a robot that can build 3D volumes out of wool, created by Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma.

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Sadiq Khan rejects plans for MSG Sphere in east London

"Idiotic-scale behemoth"

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has refused a planning application for the Populous-designed spherical music venue MSG Sphere London, as it would have caused "unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents". Commenters were pleased with the decision.

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Las Vegas Sphere represents the "iPhone-ification" of tour design says Es Devlin

"I hate to say this but, the MSG Sphere is the most exciting building I've seen in a very long time"

The Las Vegas Sphere could set a new standard for tour design much like the iPhone did for mobile phones, set designer Es Devlin tells Dezeen in this interview. Readers shared their thoughts.

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Studio Prototype completes Edge House in experimental Amsterdam neighbourhood

"It looks like a delicate box left to be ravaged by the elements"

Commenters are examining a house with a hexagonal footprint in an area of Amsterdam with relaxed planning regulations by Dutch architecture office Studio Prototype.

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Bird wings inform design of Dapi Mountain Restaurant in China

"Modern and contextualized – it's not hard to achieve"

Readers are enjoying the sweeping roof of this "calm and serene" restaurant, which Chinese studio Galaxy Arch has created on the grounds of an ancient temple on Dapi Mountain, China

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Tom Dixon launches Portable lamps to make homes more flexible

"Perfect product for the affluent fingerprint aficionado"

Designer Tom Dixon's eponymous homeware brand has created rechargeable battery-powered versions of three of its most popular lamps. Commenters are in love.

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If designers don't embrace AI the world "will be designed without them" says AirBnb founder

"I'm struggling to understand what role AI will have in architecture?"

Designers need to participate in the development of AI or face having the future world designed without them, warns Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky in this exclusive interview. Readers reacted.

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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

"They haven't taken a holistic approach to environmental design"

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that aim to cool the interior and exterior of this building they have designed in Houston, Texas. Commenters aren't sure.

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Provencher Roy mixes recycled glass into concrete of sculptural Quebec bridge

"A beautiful solution"

Readers think a curved concrete bridge outside Montreal is a success, when "it could have been a dark and dank four-lane underpass".

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Void installs rippling "rivers" of light in Oslo neighbourhood

"I admire the craftsmanship in melding different materials"

Commenters are enjoying Void studio's snaking rivers of lighting embedded through the alleyways of a development in Oslo, Norway.

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