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This week, readers are debating the winner of the medal for best overall contribution to the 2025 London Design Biennale, and are discussing the Al-Mujadilah Centre and Mosque for Women, completed by American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro in Qatar.

 

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Headline: Tuckey Design Studio renovates historic recording studio in Somerset

"A really fine, gentle piece of restoration, preservation and rehabilitation"

Readers react to Tuckey Design Studio's conversion of Grade II-listed The Wool Hall in Somerset, UK, into a home and recording studio.

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Headline: Collective urns designed to "remove ego" from funeral process

"As long as you're remembered, you don't die"

Commenters debate this year's London Design Biennale, where the Malta pavilion presents an expandable spherical urn designed to enshrine the ashes of multiple people together.

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Headline: Sculptural roof tops women's mosque in Qatar by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

"The overlap of programs cheapens the experience"

Completed by American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a women's centre and mosque in Qatar that combines social, educational and religious spaces has brought Dezeen readers to the comments section.

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Headline: Reclaimed aluminium furniture and mussel-fibre textiles feature in Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 exhibition

"Very little of it is practical"

The eight edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize and its accompanying exhibition of 30 finalists in Madrid has prompted commenters to debate if contemporary craft should be functional.

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Headline: Rotterdam's first mass-timber apartment building is homage to its post-war housing blocks

"Sustainability is leading the way to a new aesthetics"

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has completed a mass-timber block of affordable apartments in Rotterdam. Readers respond.

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Headline: Nendo designs bell-shaped beer glass to produce "the perfect cheers" sound

"Nice one. It's a pity that you will find the lower cup filled with water when you open the dishwasher."

Commenters are enjoying a quirky set of beer glasses by design studio Nendo, which feature bell-shaped bases that make a resonant tone when clinked together, producing "the perfect cheers".

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Headline: Egypt "ready to implement" bridge to Saudi Arabia over Red Sea

"Wouldn't a couple of ferries be cheaper?"

Egypt's transport minister Kamel al-Wazir has announced that plans are progressing for a bridge connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia across the Red Sea. Dezeen readers have questions.

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Headlines: Rimowa and Vitra collaborate on aluminium stool and toolbox

"These are really cool – do they come in clan tartan?"

Commenters are loving a toolbox that doubles as a mobile storage stool from German luggage manufacturer Rimowa in collaboration with Swiss design company Vitra.

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Headline: "Usonia aesthetics" inform Frank Lloyd Wright Airstream trailer

"Beautifully executed concept"

Readers are in favour of a project between the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Airstream, who have created a trailer with an interior informed by the architect's design principles.

What do you think? ›

 

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