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This week readers are commenting on designs for a skyscraper in Dubai that will have garage-to-penthouse car lifts and discussing EBBA Architects' store design for eyewear brand Cubitts. Read on for more...

 

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Bugatti unveils design for first residential skyscraper

"Another icon for extreme economic disbalance"

Bugatti has revealed its designs for a 42-storey skyscraper in Dubai that will have two garage-to-penthouse car lifts. Readers disapprove.

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EBBA Architects transforms former jellied-eel restaurant into eyewear store

"Someone send this to Wes Anderson's location scout"

EBBA Architects has designed a store for eyewear brand Cubitts that preserves and draws on the building's original 1930s design. Readers are enjoying "the warmth of the interior".

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The Line height "is a bit stupid" says Peter Cook

"Cook can always offer his lifetime of wisdom"

British architect Peter Cook, who is working on the controversial The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia, has reportedly questioned whether the project will be realised according to plan. Commenters responded.

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How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design

"Cars need to fundamentally change; the current design type is criminally wasteful"

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers have told Dezeen. Commenters share their thoughts.

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Herzog & de Meuron transforms derelict Brooklyn power plant into arts centre

"We need more facilities like this in every urban centre"

Readers are applauding the restoration and conversion of a power plant on an industrial site in Brooklyn completed by Herzog & de Meuron.

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Philippe Starck unveils design for Ecuadorian skyscraper

"He still has the mojo"

Developer Uribe Schwarzkopf has unveiled the design for the residential YOO GYE skyscraper in Guayaquil, Ecuador. While some commenters are praising the design, others aren't so keen.

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Recycled plastics often contain more toxic chemicals says Greenpeace

"We really need to dig deep for non-plastic solutions"

The process of recycling can actually make plastics more hazardous to human health, according to a recent Greenpeace report that calls on the United Nations to rule it out as a scalable fix for plastic pollution. Readers hope to see an end to "society's relationship with plastics".

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MVRDV designs demountable office building as "source to harvest materials from"

"The construction details would be interesting to see"

MVRDV has created a laboratory and office building in Amsterdam designed to be dismantled into reusable parts. Readers think the project is a "nice approach to the closed loop in material reuse".

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Taller Héctor Barroso uses rammed earth to create Mexican tennis venue

"Very elegant"

Mexican firm Taller Héctor Barroso has designed the Cabo Sports Complex to host the region's annual tennis tournament. Commenters think the project is "a minimalist achievement".

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James Turrell designs sculptural whisky decanter to celebrate 80th birthday

"Finally we will have cultural drinking parties"

James Turrell has created Eight Decades, a limited-edition glass decanter made with French glassware brand Lalique. Commenters are in awe of the bottles "elegant design".

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Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for "sculptural relief" in San Francisco renovation

"Elegant, refined, pristine – a commitment to excellence"

Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood. Readers think the revamp is a job well done.

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Birch Selsdon hotel takes over 19th-century mansion in Croydon

"The execution here is something to marvel at"

Commenters are discussing an outpost in south London opened by British hotel chain Birch which was restored by designer Sebastian Cox and local studio A-nrd.

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