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This week, readers are debating designs for the California High-Speed Rail line and commenting on a robot created by scientists at the University of Tokyo using living skin. Read on for more...

 

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Marlon Blackwell Architects unveils "sentinel" design for air traffic control tower in Columbus

"Who said Postmodern architecture was dead?"

Readers are dissecting Marlon Blackwell Architects' designs for an air traffic control tower for Columbus Municipal Aiport in Indiana.

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Renovation of historic station among designs unveiled for California's high-speed rail

"The canopy design integrates structure, envelope and solar shading in a single element"

Commenters discuss Foster + Partners, Arup and Page & Turbull's designs for the first four train stations of the California High-Speed Rail line, slated to be the first high-speed rail system in the US.

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Álvaro Siza adds angular concrete extension to renovated monastery in Porto

"Love child of Louis Kahn and Emilio Ambasz, perhaps"

Álvaro Siza has completed a white-concrete extension to a monastery in Porto that Dezeen readers are calling "masterful".

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Architecture is "stressful, painful and terrifying" say Grafton Architects founders

"Interesting observations on how to stay fresh and excited about a sometimes oppressive profession"

Commenters are responding to an interview with Grafton Architects founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, in which they explain how they stay motivated after 46 years in practice.

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Scientists use living skin to create robot that smiles

"Really creepy Frankenskin!"

Lifelike robots could be a step closer to reality with a new development from the University of Tokyo, where scientists have made a prototype with living skin capable of a "natural smile". Readers are intrigued.

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Foster + Partners tops subterranean Apple Store with square dome

"Fascinating, intriguing and wonderful"

Commenters are debating Apple's first store in Kuala Lumpur, which is topped with a dome and designed by Foster + Partners.

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MOFA Studios creates wave-like forms for Indian water sports centre

"Ambitious, but lacking in fit and finish"

Commenters examine architecture practice MOFA Studios' National Institute of Water Sports in India.

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Modul 28 transforms fortified church in Transylvania into guesthouse

"Love the use of common materials in expressive ways"

Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania, transforming it into a guesthouse. Readers are praising the "smart and humble" project.

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Estúdio Campana adds living plant pavilions to São Paulo park

"Fun and intriguing"

Brazilian studio Estúdio Campana has created a park near São Paulo that includes pavilions made with live plants on land once farmed by the founders' grandfather. Readers are eager to pay a visit.

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