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This week, readers are debating the credibility of The Ocean Cleanup, and are hoping Neri&Hu wins awards for the Aranya Art Center. We also extended the Dezeen Awards entry deadline to 3 June. Read on for more... 

 

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The Ocean Cleanup labelled "a dream that seduced many people"

"This failed the logic test from the get-go"

Readers and sustainability experts are questioning the validity of The Ocean Cleanup, an initiative to collect plastic from the Pacific Ocean. 

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Neri&Hu completes Aranya Art Center in Qinhuangdao

"It's time for Neri&Hu to win the Pritzker Prize"

Exclusive photographs of Neri&Hu's newly opened Aranya Art Center, on China's Gold Coast, have impressed.

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Dezeen Awards

There's still time to enter

The Dezeen Awards website was overloaded yesterday! So we're giving you an extra three days to get your entries in. 

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14 of the best architecture and design podcasts to subscribe to

"Great list, thank you for this"

Commenters are enjoying our guide to the best podcasts focusing on architecture and design, including one on "invisible" design. 

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Notre-Dame must be restored to "last known visual state" says French Senate

"They are absolutely right"

News that the French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt in its original form has relieved readers.

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10 offices with floor plans divided in interesting ways

"Love a good floor plan"

From plants to tunnels, we present the floor plans of 10 workplaces that architects and designers have divided in unusual ways.

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Jishou Art Museum by Atelier FCJZ doubles as a pedestrian bridge

"Fantastically beautiful"

Readers are praising the Jishou Art Museum, which bridges a river in China and encourages commuters to engage with art.

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Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows

"I can't imagine these are very happy cows"

Some aren't convinced that the 32 cows being kept on a floating dairy farm in Rotterdam are living their best life.

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Angled bookshelves define Publisher's Loft by Buro Koray Duman in Brooklyn

"Never liked floorboards laid diagonally until now"

An open-plan apartment renovated by Buro Koray Duman for a publisher and a furniture dealer in Williamsburg has floored readers.

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UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bangalore

"This appears to have been designed in the 90s"

One reader thinks Dutch practice UNStudio's masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bangalore, is outdated.

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Veld turn former blacksmith's workshop into home extension in Belgium

"Love the mix of old and new"

Veld has clad a former blacksmith's workshop in zinc panels and whitewashed its blackened interior to convert it into a home extension.

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EU costs same as Netflix say Rem Koolhaas and Stephan Petermann in pro-EU film

"I choose Netflix"

A film has been produced explaining why, at the same price as a Netflix subscription, EU membership offers value for money.

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Tree House by Aidlin Darling engages with wooded site in Silicon Valley

"When can I move in?"

Interlocking volumes clad in zinc, cedar, stucco and glass form this family dwelling in California by US studio Aidlin Darling Design.

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