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This week readers are commenting on plastic ice-cream and the news that Studio Gang has been selected to renovate and expand the Clinton Presidential Center in Arkansas. Read on for more...

 

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Rural Office creates Arts and Crafts-informed home in Surrey

"Architecture informed by architecture is refreshing"

Commenters are in love with a family home in Surrey which features a steeply-pitched roof covered in red clay tiles, designed by architecture studio Rural Office.

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Eleonora Ortolani recycles plastic into vanilla ice-cream

"Incredible idea!"

Designer Eleonora Ortolani has created what she believes to be the first food made from plastic waste, as part of her final-year project at Central Saint Martins. Readers are blown away.

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Studio Gang to design Clinton Presidential Center expansion in Arkansas

"Reminiscent of a shipping container"

Studio Gang has been selected for extension of the Clinton Presidential Center, a library and museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. Commenters can't resist commenting on the project – and the president.

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Kiln-like lightwells define Danish learning centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

"Unbelievably gorgeous exterior material"

Two pyramidal forms modelled on baker's kilns animate Kornets Hus, a learning centre in Denmark designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. Readers are besotted with the "beautiful structure".

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"Egg chair would not be designed today" say Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd

"Longevity trumps recyclability every single time"

Concave chairs like Arne Jacobsen's Egg and Eero Saarinen's Womb don't meet today's definition of good design, according to the founders of design studio Pearson Lloyd. Commenters disagreed.

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National Museums Liverpool drops Adjaye Associates from International Slavery Museum project

"Cult of personality to persona non grata"

Readers reacted to news that David Adjaye has lost another project following sexual assault allegations against him, as his studio is dropped from the International Slavery Museum redevelopment.

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Eclectic Warsaw apartment interior designed as "elaborate puzzle"

"Boring with a pop of colour"

Polish studio Mistovia has renovated an apartment in Warsaw for an art director and her pet dachshund. Commenters aren't sold.

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Montalba Architects adds sunken garden to Edward Durrell Stone landmark

"Neo-classic minimalism"

Montalba Architects has renovated American architect Edward Durrell Stone's Perpetual Savings and Loan Bank building in Los Angeles. Readers are applauding its "elegant simplicity".

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San Siro saved from demolition due to its cultural significance

"Another case of an irrational attachment to preserving buildings that are ultimately redundant"

San Siro in Milan, which was set to be replaced by a Populous-designed stadium, has been saved from demolition. Readers are unbothered and think the building has had its time.

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Sergison Bates Architects creates courtyard housing block in south London

"It certainly could benefit from some color"

Sergison Bates Architects has designed a grey brick infill housing block in Clapham, London, to promote "neighbourliness". Readers think the development is "a little bit grey".

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Dowen Farmer designs cubic ten-storey tower for ghost kitchens

"Too much of a good thing does exist"

Readers are intrigued by Dowen Farmer Architects' plans for a metal mesh-clad ghost-kitchen in west London that would shuttle food to a public food hall like the "Ministry of Magic".

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