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This week readers are debating a plant-covered hotel in Paris by  Philippe Starck and commenting on a report that found a "toxic learning and teaching culture" at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Read on for more...

 

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Plant-covered Villa M by Triptyque and Philippe Starck "brings nature back to the city"

"Bye-bye to architecture, hello to arboriculture"

Commenters aren't sold on Triptyque and Philippe Starck's plant-covered Villa M hotel in Paris' Montparnasse neighbourhood. 

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Bartlett report exposing toxic culture "both shocking and completely unsurprising" say architects

"London architecture schools operate like fiefdoms"

Readers are discussing an investigation that found a "toxic learning and teaching culture" at London's Bartlett School of Architecture

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Eight of Thomas Heatherwick's most controversial projects

"Heatherwick is a mannered and calculating stylist"

Our round up of Thomas Heatherwick's most controversial projects, from London buses to tree-covered sculptures and buildings, has provoked much debate among commenters.

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MIT researchers propose using Space Bubble shield to reflect the sun

"This kind of thing always goes so well in the movies"

MIT researchers have proposed fighting climate change with Space Bubble shields that reflect the sun. Readers are sceptical.

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D'Arcy Jones creates sculptural residential complex for changing Victoria neighbourhood

"Has all the hallmarks of a future classic"

Commenters are impressed by a sculptural residential complex in British Columbia by Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects

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Stufish creates "world's largest demountable venue" for ABBA virtual show in London

"Very un-ABBA"

Stufish's hexagonal ABBA Arena in east London lacks the Swedish pop group's trademark "glitz and fun", according to commenters.

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New Designers

 

Ten homes filled with pottery and decorative ceramics

"Ceramic pottery is cool"

Readers are enjoying our latest lookbook, which spotlights ten homes with interiors that make use of pottery and decorative ceramics.

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Colleen Healey adorns restored Maryland carriage house with colourful facades

"Looks so... European!"

Colleen Healey has restored an early 20th-century carriage house in Maryland with colourful facades. Commenters are wowed. 

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AI creates "repulsive and strangely compelling" Serpentine Pavilion

"Machines can't replace human brains"

An AI-generated proposal for next year's Serpentine Pavilion has sparked debate in our comments section. 

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3 Days of Design Copenhagen

 

Samira Rathod creates House of Concrete Experiments in India

"If this house was music it would be brutal jazz"

Readers are captivated by the sculptural elements of Samira Rathod's House of Concrete Experiments in India. 

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"Using street votes to fix the housing crisis is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic"

"Using street votes to fix the housing crisis is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic"

The UK government's plan to encourage "gentle densification" of neighbourhoods by promising financial benefits and neo-Georgian aesthetics will not help solve the housing crisis, writes Anna Minton.

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Pasturebird introduces solar-powered robot chicken coop

"Best idea I have seen this year"

Pasturebird's solar-powered robot chicken coop, which allows the animals to "live their best life", is a commenter favourite. 

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