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This week readers are commenting on MVRDV's 2100 vision for Vancouver's waterfront and are discussing a house by Mecanoo in the Netherlands covered in pearlescent tiles. Read on for more and join the debate...

 

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MVRDV envisions Vancouver in 2100 with predicted sea level rise

"An awfully idyllic response to climate change"

Commenters are questioning a study released by architecture studio MVRDV that aims to offer solutions to urban planning in the face of rising sea levels by reimagining the Vancouver waterfront.

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Mecanoo cloaks Dutch house in pearlescent ceramic tiles

"Smashing roofline! Design is delightful"

Readers are "swooning" over a house in the Dutch village of Schoorl designed by architecture studio Mecanoo, which features glossy ceramic tiles in shades of green and blue.

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MIT study finds huge carbon cost to self-driving cars

"Better start learning how to drive your own car"

Commenters are discussing the findings of a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which has said emissions from self-driving cars could become an "enormous problem".

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Rezvani Motors unveils "world's most aggressive SUV"

"Perfect for the school run"

Rezvani Motors has launched a car with security features that are more commonly found on military vehicles or in video games. Readers are unsettled.

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Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame mountain views

"Urban bubble trucked into a pristine forest"

Leckie studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Due to frequent forest fires in the area, commenters are questioning if the home is fire resistant.

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"The architecture does matter in the storming of the National Congress"

"The vision behind the design of BrasiIa was extraordinary"

The bemusement of the rioters who made their way into Brasília's National Congress this month pointed to an increasing disaffection with architectural symbols of power, writes Will Wiles.

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Indonesia set to begin construction on new capital this year

"Appalling desecration of the natural environment"

Indonesia has announced plans to begin the first stage of development of its new capital Nusantara. Readers think "retrofitting Jakarta" would be a better option.

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Design, Bitches creates Venice Beach bungalow that shows "resilience of archetypes"

"Lovely to see a project with so much personality"

Commenters are in love with a southern California home completed by architecture studio Design, Bitches.

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Adjaye Associates, Coop Himmelb(l)au and Morphosis named among architects working on The Line

"All our heroes are dead now"

Readers are disappointed to learn of more architecture studios, including Adjaye Asssociates and Morphosis, who have been named in a Riyadh exhibition as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia

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Hebra Arquitectos lifts Quilanto House above forested site in Chile

"Fuss-free and loaded chock-full with creativity"

Commenters have described an elevated, wood-and-glass cabin designed by Hebra Arquitectos as a "unique response to residential modernism".

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Tiny Glasgow apartment transformed into playful pied-à-terre

"This is what architecture is all about"

Architect Lee Ivett, designer Simon Harlow and developer Duncan Blackmore have turned a 25-square-metre apartment in Glasgow into a brightly coloured space. Readers "absolutely love it".

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Piuarch tops Fendi factory with green roof to blend into Tuscan landscape

"Simple and beautiful"

Commenters are praising a production factory completed by Italian architecture studio Piuarch for fashion brand Fendi in Florence.

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