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This week, a micro home in Tokyo proved size doesn't matter and Apple cheesed off commenters with its design for the newest Mac Pro. Read on for more... 

 

Sci Arc

 

Takeshi Hosaka designs tiny house in Tokyo with funnel-like roofs

"Small is good, tiny is better"

Love2 House, a micro home in Tokyo with a total floor area of just 19 square metres, has stolen the affections of readers.

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Apple keeps it simple with new "monster" Mac Pro

"Thought I was looking at a cheese grater"

Commenters have pointed out that Apple's newest Mac Pro, its most powerful desktop computer to date, resembles a kitchen utensil.

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AIA announces winners of Small Project Awards 2019

"A tiny BIG cabin?"

One reader finds it ironic that BIG is among the winners of this year's AIA Small Projects Awards for its tiny cabin in Upstate New York.

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Tej Chauhan designs car tyre based on Nike's Air Force 1 sneaker

"That's not a car tyre"

Tej Chauhan has designed a tyre inspired by the Nike Air Force 1 sneaker and featuring the famous swoosh, but is it suitable for cars?

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Design Miami Basel

 

Enclosures Architects revives Rudolph Schindler's Manola Court apartments in Los Angeles

"The interiors are amazing"

Enclosures Architects has updated an apartment building originally designed by modernist Rudolph Schindler, and readers approve.

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Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished

"Tenants will finish their interiors"

The final instalment of our Dezeen x Mini Living video series features a proposal by Lianjie Wu for unfinished affordable homes.

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Hungary plans €1 billion greenhouse city powered by renewable energy

"Will Greta Thunberg be the mayor?"

Hungary plans to build a carbon-neutral greenhouse-filled farming city, and one reader is nominating a Swedish schoolgirl to run it.

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Shutters are concealed in the walls of Austrian farmhouse extension by Firm Architekten

"This is actually quite lovely"

Firm Architekten has delighted readers by extending a gabled farmhouse in Austria with a matching structure clad in timber louvres.

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Archidex

 

CSM graduate Fredrik Tjærandsen envelops models in rubber balloons

"Mind-blowing"

Commenters are amazed by Central Saint Martins student Fredrik Tjærandsen's designs for giant balloons that deflate to form dresses.

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TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru

"Sign me up"

TRS Studio has convinced at least one reader that its conceptual design for low-cost housing, using shipping containers, is a winner.

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Apple introduces dark mode for iPhone and iPad

"Groundbreaking"

Commenters are mocking Apple after it described the dark mode feature on iOS 13 for iPhone and iPadOS as new. 

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"Architects are learning lessons from the start-up culture of the tech industry"

"Architects are learning lessons from the start-up culture of the tech industry"

Architects are not natural disruptors, says Amanda Baillieu, but are learning how to invest time and money on innovating their businesses.

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University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood

"The form is very graceful"

Engineers have harnessed the natural shrinking process of wood as it loses moisture to create this world-first self-twisted tower in Germany.

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