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This week, readers are supporting Pornhub's attempts to remove plastic from the world's oceans, but are less enthusiastic about Aston Martin's home design service. Read on for more...

 

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Pornhub launches Dirtiest Porn Ever campaign to clean up the world's oceans

"Pornhub reaches more people than most newspapers"

Adult video website Pornhub has filmed a movie on a litter-filled beach to raise money for removing plastic from the world's oceans.

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Heatherwick Studio reveals designs for "gigantic planted pergola" in Tokyo

"Funky shapes for the hell of it"

Readers are divided over Heatherwick Studio's design for a "gigantic planted pergola" which will sit alongside Japan's tallest skyscraper.

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Aston Martin launches architectural service to design homes focused around your car

"This is not what the world needs right now"

Some think that Aston Martin's design service, which will create garages and homes for owners to showcase their cars, is over the top.

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Christoffersen Welling Architects reinterprets Danish barn as cedar-clad home

"Unfussy and well detailed"

Christoffersen Welling Architects has designed a simple cedar-clad house in the Danish countryside for a family and their pet falcons.

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Apple credit card must be stored "in a bag made from soft materials"

"Just as delicate as all other Apple products"

Readers are mocking Apple after it advised customers to keep their Apple Card in a soft bag where it won't touch other credit cards. 

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Pelli Clarke Pelli reveals Japan's tallest skyscraper

"How much will this cost?"

Construction has begun on Japan's tallest building, a 330-metre-tall skyscraper in Tokyo designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.

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BMW unveils "blackest black" car sprayed with Vantablack

"I have never wanted to key a car this bad"

BMW released a version of its X6 coupé that's spray-painted with "the world's blackest black" pigment, much to readers' bewilderment.

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Studio Jackson Scott minimises waste in construction of OCM House

"Beautiful outside, very oppressive inside"

Commenters admire the black exterior of this house designed by Studio Jackson Scott, but are less keen on its plywood interior.

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"The basic foolishness is compounded by a screamingly patronising name – Whey Aye"

"A screamingly patronising name – Whey Aye"

As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities.

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Experimental Mexican community contains social housing by Tatiana Bilbao and Frida Escobedo

"This is frickin' awesome"

Tatiana Bilbao and Frida Escobedo are among 32 architects and studios that have created low-cost housing designs in Hidalgo, Mexico.

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Wavy white concrete roof tops Foster + Partners' Apple Aventura store in Miami

"Looks like a church"

Foster + Partners has completed its latest Apple Store in Miami, but one commenter thinks the building resembles a place of worship.

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Roof completes on Heatherwick and BIG's Google HQ

"Bet they can't wait to work so close to an airfield"

Photos revealed the latest progress on Google's headquarters in California's Mountain View, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio.

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Kazuyo Sejima creates commuter train with giant windows to take advantage of panoramic views

"Cute and refreshing"

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima has impressed with her design for the Laview commuter train, featuring huge windows.

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