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This week readers are commenting on a home in Portugal by architecture practice Pema Studio and discussing the postponement of an exhibition on the Soviet Bauhaus at New York's Cooper Union. Read on for more and join the debate...

 

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Pema Studio designs home in Portugal as "a dense and closed fortress"

"Magnificent and pure"

Readers are sold on a white-rendered home in Santo Tirso, Portugal, by Architecture practice Pema Studio.

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Postponement of Soviet-era exhibition not about "censorship" says Cooper Union

"History is history"

Commenters are split over New York's Cooper Union decision to postpone its Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde exhibition following a controversial opinion article claiming it was inappropriate. 

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Tate Modern loses privacy feud with Neo Bankside residents over viewing platform

"A collective failure by the planners and designers"

Tate Modern has lost its privacy feud with Neo Bankside flat residents. Readers are dissapointed with the ruling, with one labelling it "an incredibly dangerous legal precedent".

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Urlo Studio completes stacked pigmented-concrete complex in Quito

"It looks like it belongs there, like it rose from the ground"

Commenters are amazed by a mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels designed by Urlo Studio in Quito, Ecuador.

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Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame mountain views

"I thought worms did that for free, for decades"

American startup Recompose has opened a funeral home in Seattle where human remains are composted and turned into a nutrient-rich soil. Readers think its an "appealing funeral alternative".

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IDIN Architects uses glass and mirrors to blend Bangkok cafe into garden site

"This is my kind of architecture on every level"

Readers love IDIN Architects' series of "beautiful and intimate" pavilion structures for Nana Coffee Roasters in Bangkok.

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Formafatal creates pair of rammed-earth villas in Costa Rica

"I wonder how it deals with sun, rain, mosquitos and small children?"

Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Commenters are unsure if they are suitable for the climate.

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"An architect who only designs buildings is like a doctor who only prescribes paracetamol" says ProxyAddress founder

"Great initiative!"

Readers are discussing an interview with Chris Hildren about his ProxyAddress social enterprise, which gives people experiencing homelessness a fixed address.

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Citrons et Huîtres oyster bar creates impression of "diving into an aquarium"

"I'd sit at that bar happy as a clam"

Commenters have been inspired by a seafood bar in Paris designed by French interior designer Marion Mailaender.

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MAD designs feather-like terminal for Changchun airport in China

"MAD always deliver on their form promises"

Readers are blown away by architecture studio MAD's design for an airport terminal in China, which is intended to resemble "a feather floating in the breeze".

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Carlos Castanheira adds angular apartments to Quinta da Faísca vineyard

"This brought me a feeling of joy"

Architect Carlos Castanheira has completed a jagged building for a winery in the Douro Valley, Portugal. Commenters are applauding its "exceptional design".

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Golem creates "pleasure-driven" pink interior for Superzoom gallery

"The table makes me want to bite it!"

Readers are overwhelmed by a gallery in Paris designed by local studio Golem that features bubblegum-pink walls, floors and furniture.

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