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This week, readers are questioning Brad Pitt's architecture credentials and hoping that Notre-Dame Cathedral will be tastefully rebuilt after it was damaged during a fire. We also shared the Dezeen Awards 2018 winners' "shelfies". Read on for more... 

 

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Brad Pitt hails Peter Zumthor as "master of light and shadow" as LACMA gets approved

"Thanks Brad Pitt"

Readers are glad Brad Pitt is a fan of Peter Zumthor's plans for Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but unsure why he is getting involved.

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Bauhaus architecture and design from A to Z

"Warmed an old architect's heart"

One reader is especially fond of our A to Z round up of everything you need to know about the Bauhaus, in celebration of its centenary. 

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France to launch competition to design a new spire for Notre-Dame

"I hope they go conservative with this"

France is planning a competition to design a replacement spire for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the old one fell during the fire.

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"The Dezeen Awards trophy gets many favourable comments from visitors to the office"

"The trophy gets many favourable comments"

How would you display your trophy if you won a Dezeen Award? We asked some of the 2018 winners to share their "shelfies".

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Bioplastics could be "just as bad if not worse" for the planet than fossil-fuel plastics

"Bioplastics are not the solution"

Readers agree with recycling expert Arthur Huang's view that bioplastics could be worse for the environment than regular plastics.

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MAD imagines sinuous black East 34th skyscraper to "soften" New York's skyline

"Sex toy design is reaching new heights"

MAD's vision for a skyscraper twisting up beside the Empire State Building in New York resembles something else, according to some. 

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Vitra and Panasonic collaborate to create glass cabinet that is actually a TV

"What is it with this new trend?"

Vitra, Panasonic and Daniel Rybakken have joined forces to create the concealed Vitrine television, but commenters aren't sure why. 

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Safdie Architects completes world's tallest indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport

"Like something out of the future"

One reader thinks the indoor forest at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport, designed by Safdie Architects, is futuristic.

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Philippe Starck, Kartell and Autodesk unveil "world's first production chair designed with artificial intelligence"

"World's first production chair designed with A.I."

This video shows Philippe Starck's chair for Kartell which the company claims is the first chair designed using A.I. to be put into production. 

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"At first I was enchanted by off-grid living. But the hardships quickly became apparent"

"The hardships quickly became apparent"

After Marcus Field spent six years in an off-grid home, he asks if activists are prepared for the sacrifices needed to live sustainably. 

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"The master and slave mentality remains firmly embedded in architectural culture"

"The master and slave mentality remains embedded"

Great works are judged on material reality, not the ethics of those that are creating them, says Sean Griffiths of unpaid internships.

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ertical garden and sleeping pod feature in small Madrid apartment

"Lovely tiny home, even lovelier little dog"

Readers adore this Husos Arquitectos-designed plywood-lined apartment in Madrid, but love the dog who lives there even more.

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