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This week, readers are amazed by the design of a viewpoint for whale watching in Norway and impressed by the invention of an "invisibility cloak". We also continued our high-tech architecture series. Read on for more...

 

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Dorte Mandrup's Arctic whale watching facility will "grow out of the landscape"

"This is really very nice"

Dorte Mandrup has released impressive visuals of The Whale, a viewpoint for whale watching on the northern coast of Norway.

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Hyperstealth Biotechnology's "invisibility cloak" can conceal people and buildings

"One of the best inventions ever made"

Camouflage brand Hyperstealth Biotechnology has patented the technology behind a material that makes people near invisible. 

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House Lessans in rural Northern Ireland wins RIBA House of the Year 2019

"A worthy winner this time"

A "dream home" by McGonigle McGrath has been named the UK's best house of the year by the Royal Institute of British Architects

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Environmental audit reveals the carbon footprint of Dezeen Day conference

Environmental audit reveals the carbon footprint of Dezeen Day conference

Dezeen Day generated eight tonnes of carbon emissions, according to a "quick and dirty" environmental audit of the conference.

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Star Wars kitchenware range with Le Creuset cookware includes Darth Vader Dutch oven

"The sauce is strong in this one"

Le Creuset has released a Star Wars-themed kitchenware collection featuring a Han Solo pan and Dutch oven, much to reader amusement.

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Alexis Dornier designs prefab homes on stilts that could be moved from place to place

"At least you can take your home with you"

Alexis Dornier has developed a concept for prefabricated homes that could easily be taken apart and reassembled in a new location.

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Hopkins House is a high-tech home for two of the pioneers of the movement

"Still one of their best projects"

As part of our series on high-tech architecture we revisited Hopkins House, a home designed for and by Michael and Patty Hopkins. 

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Europe's largest green wall "will absorb eight tonnes of pollution annually" in London

"A bold statement indeed"

Readers aren't convinced that the "largest living wall in Europe", designed by Sheppard Robson, will vastly improve local air quality.

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Garden of Galaxy personalised flower wins the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category

Garden of Galaxy personalised flower wins the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category

A personalised flower generated by an algorithm has won the wallpaper category in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition.

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Nike React Infinity Run is designed to reduce runners' injuries

"I have high hopes for these"

One reader is optimistic about Nike's claim its new React Infinity Run running shoe could prevent the chance of injury by 52 per cent.

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Heatherwick Studio reveals 1,000 Trees nearing completion in Shanghai

"More greenwashing"

Readers need convincing that Heatherwick Studio isn't greenwashing with its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai.

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UK architects unionise to challenge industry's "toxic culture" of long hours and low pay

"It's about time for a proper architecture union"

Architecture workers in the UK have formed a grassroots trade union for the first time in a bid to tackle unpaid overtime and unfair pay.

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Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre was the first high-tech art gallery in the UK

"We miss the Foster of those years"

We look at how the Sainsbury Centre by Norman Foster marked high-tech architecture's transition from industrial to cultural buildings.

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Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium

"Vietnamese architecture is so experientially robust"

A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around an atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick.

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