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This week readers are commenting on the prospect of multiple supertall skyscrapers being built in Austin and debating an outdoor social space designed by George Fisher for a homeless hostel in London. Read on for more…

 

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Austin Maynard Architects adds five gardens to Melbourne terrace house

"Don't move – improve"

Readers are impressed by this renovated house in Melbourne, designed by Austin Maynard Architects which features an "urban farm" rooftop garden, planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium.

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Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit

"I've been waiting for something like this"

Readers are fascinated by a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric created by Australian design student Alexander Burton.

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Austin supertalls "not really dealing with the problems" of the city

"Why should Austin escape modernism's insidious malignant expansion?"

Rapidly growing Austin is set to see its skyline transformed by the emergence of several supertall skyscrapers in the coming years, but is this a cause for celebration or concern? Commenters shared their thoughts.

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MVRDV transforms Shenzhen skyscraper into colourful women and children's centre

"Sweet as a bag of skittles"

MVRDV has added a colourful gridded facade to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, to create a hotel and centre dedicated to the welfare of women and children. Commenters reacted to the "really fun project".

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Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna

"I don't know if putting waste-plastic products where UV light can disintegrate them is such a good idea"

Readers are sceptical of a project by a group of students from the University of Applied Arts, which has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award. The design is aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials.

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Neom releases renders of Zaha Hadid Architects' crystalline skyscraper

"I wonder how this will contribute to degrading the surrounding nature?"

Readers are unconvinced by renders of a supertall skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia.

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Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence

"Delightful!"

Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. Commenters are acclaiming the "absolutely gorgeous" project.

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Neon lighting illuminates Strip Joint Chicken by Amanda Hamilton

"Here's hoping this heralds a full Memphis revival"

Amanda Hamilton Interior Design has used bold colour-blocking and neon lighting to give this Calgary chicken shop a "1990s meets Memphis" feel. Commenters are pleasantly surprised.

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George Fisher creates modular social space for homeless hostel in London

"A perfect addition to our current efforts to feed and house the homeless"

Readers are celebrating an outdoor social space which architectural designer George Fisher has created for a homeless hostel in London, using the modular U-Build system developed by Studio Bark.

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Max Lamb turns cardboard boxes into furniture that "can be infinitely repaired"

"There is a lot of wood, steel, and plywood vintage furniture out there already that needs a home"

Commenters are analysing an exhibition by British designer Max Lamb at London's Gallery Fumi, where he presents three different furniture pieces made using cardboard waste from his own studio.

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Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios

"This complex is clearly being shown the love!"

Readers are delighted by Mexican architecture studio Productora's transformation of a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office.

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Digital House is an aluminium-clad micro home in Germany

"Simply gorgeous!"

Commenters are sold on Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws by German designers Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper.

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