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Join the debate! View online This week, readers are discussing the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago's new facade by architecture studio Jahn and AIA's announcement of the longest "ongoing slump" for architecture revenues.   Read on for more and join the debate!     "It reminds me of Darth Vader's helmet shield." The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago has been given a new facade as part of a renovation for tech company Google by architecture studio Jahn. What do you think? ›   "Thank American lawlessness and corruption." The American Institute of Architecture has announced the longest ever slump in architecture revenues in the US measured by the ABI index, citing "macroeconomic uncertainty" associated with rising oil prices. Read the story ›   "That's a genius way to preserve a classic structure!" A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. Share your thoughts ›   Latest Dezeen Showroom products Velo chair by Layer for Andreu World Marmoleum Cocoa flooring by Forbo Flooring Contemporary Room Dividing Screens by Fold Studio Flo wall light by Soktas   "I wouldn't be surprised if Ferrari just sold the car to themselves for the publicity." The first production model of the electric Ferrari designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson has sold for $40 million – a record price for a new vehicle at auction. Join the debate ›   "Is the building deliberately designed to tilt on one side? That is disturbing!" Architecture studios Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun have designed a 12-storey mass-timber office block in Bellevue, Washington. Join the conversation ›   "Thank you Heinz, thank you for everything." US food company Kraft Heinz has created an adjustable cap for its ketchup bottles that allows users to snap it into different positions to control the rate of flow. What do you reckon? ›     "Funky, different and exciting. I like it." Toronto architecture studio UUfie has expanded and renovated a 1970s chalet in Ontario to conform to its steep, wooded site with a net that serves as an internal barrier and a hammock. Have you had your say? ›   "This could be very good or interminably bad." American actor Brad Pitt has joined German filmmaker Wim Wenders on the production of a documentary exploring the works of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Share your thoughts ›   "Wondering why I haven’t heard of it before… Already planning to visit." With a renewed focus on contemporary art, Groninger Museum artistic director Roos Gortzak is seeking closer connection between the extraordinary postmodern building, she says in this interview. What do you think? ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Interior designer at Studio Seilern Architects Sales acccount and showroom manager at Stellar Works Project architect at Richard Parr Associates Architect, Part 2 architectural assistant or architectural technologist at AR Design Studio Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Debate, which was formerly called Dezeen Weekly. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

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Thatched-wall tower | Shigeru Ban coastal retreat | Open-air temple home

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View online     Open-air temple sits beneath granite farmhouse on Kerala hillside Indian studio Evolving Radical Aesthetics has completed Ushas, a farmhouse built into a steep Kerala hillside with an open-air temple carved into a retaining wall. Read more ›   Shigeru Ban unveils coastal wellness retreat on Awaji Island Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed a wellness hotel on Awaji Island, Japan. Read more ›   Cella Collective and Mitre & Mondays cloak tower with thatched walls at Houghton Festival Design studios Cella Collective and Mitre & Mondays have designed a timber-framed installation for this year's Houghton Festival in Norfolk, England, covering its walls with thatch sourced from sustainable reedbeds. Read more ›   Yarlington Lodge at The Newt in Somerset blends "little snippets of history with life today" British studio Richard Parr Associates has renovated a trio of 19th-century buildings at The Newt in Somerset hotel in England, restoring their interiors to nod to the site's past. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise