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This week, readers are commenting on the finalists for this year's edition of the Mies van der Rohe award and debating the updated version of Brian Eno's light-up turntable. Read on for more...

 

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Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns

"What a joyful product! The world can use more joy"

Commenters are praising music pioneer Brian Eno's updated version of his illuminated record player composed of two eccentric Perspex circles which he exhibited at London's Paul Stolper Gallery.

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Mies van der Rohe Award reveals finalists for 2024

"The convent extension is amazing – it respects the original building"

Readers are reacting to the seven finalists for this year's edition of the Mies van der Rohe award, which include a Czech art gallery, an urban space in Southern Sweden and a copper-clad convent in France.

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Nendo designs beer glass that provides "three different mouthfeels"

"Clever and good looking"

Commenters are enjoying Nendo's glass design for Japan's oldest beer brand, Sapporo, which has a lopsided profile that affects how the beverage interacts with the palate of the drinker. 

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"Fried-egg" canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio

"Joyful, colourful, comfortable: the opposite of dead modernism"

Readers love THISS Studio's reconfiguration of the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, to which they added an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof.

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Spaceworkers frames views through deep concrete reveals at Portuguese house

"Well built, with meticulous details"

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal, recently completed by Spaceworkers. Commenters are commending its "beautiful interiors".

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

"In the age of sustainability, anything that irreversibly changes the earth is not a preferred option"

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying must be overcome, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 feature. Readers react.

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"You're always a football player" to some people, say Bennett brothers

"Rich and interesting approach to materials"

Designers Michael and Martellus Bennett are brothers who both used to play in the NFL, but in this interview they reveal that their creative approaches are vastly different. Commenters share their thoughts.

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​​Fran Silvestre Arquitectos references pathways for winding Sabater House in Spain

"Looks fantastic, but it's totally impractical"

Readers are split over Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos's minimalist white house in Alicante, Spain.

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Pine makes comeback at Stockholm Furniture Fair as designers embrace "underdog" wood

"Bring back pine – an obvious choice for the Nordic region!"

One of the main trends at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair was the use of pine. Readers are welcoming the movement.

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SILO creates Steel Louise house for Charlotte neighbourhood with "dramatic contradictions"

"Lots to like about this aesthetically and spatially"

Commenters discuss US studio SILO's sculptural, metal-clad home in North Carolina, intended to break away from the "suburban-type" development emerging in its historic setting.

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"I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material" says Natalia Petkova

"Stone is also non-renewable and an extractive process"

Stone's reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. Readers debate the topic from both sides, below the line.

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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

"Simple and non-pretentious"

Commenters are discussing a white home, suspended on stilts above a sloped site in Argentina, completed by architect Malvina Zayat.

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