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This week, readers are debating the shape of Elon Musk's latest electric vehicle and aren't convinced by Zaha Hadid Architects' design for a rail terminal in Estonia. We also continued our high-tech architecture series. Read on for more...

 

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Elon Musk unveils Tesla's Cybertruck electric off-road vehicle

"Why do cars have to look like cars?"

Readers are divided by Tesla's unusually shaped Cybertruck, which was unveiled by Elon Musk this week.

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils plans for high-speed train station in Tallinn

"Looks really wrong for Tallinn"

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visuals for a multimodal Ülemiste terminal in Tallinn, Estonia, which will form part of the Rail Baltica.

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Palma Hideaway in Mallorca is obscured from the street by a tiny tiled garden

"I'm green with envy"

Architect Mariana De Delás created a green-tile garden to keep this apartment out of sight from the busy streets of Palma, Mallorca.

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Frank Gehry crowns Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul with glass sails

"Should have hired Mr Gehry for the interior too"

Frank Gehry has perched a stack of glass sails atop a cube of white stone for Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, with interiors by Peter Marino.

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Flow Architecture lines stairwell of London house conversion with timber slats

"Fabulous design and incredible execution"

Flow Architecture and Maria Grazia Savito Architects have wrapped timber slats around the lightwell of this Victorian house conversion.

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Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2019: gifts for architects and designers

Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2019

We've compiled 15 presents ideal for architects and designers including Bauhaus Dessau mini models and timeless watches.

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Stansted Airport "challenged all the rules of terminal design"

"The terminal was truly iconic as designed"

As part of our high-tech architecture series we look at Stansted Airport, where Norman Foster flipped the typical airport layout.

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Studio Arquitectos creates holiday home-like apartments for Tulum's permanent residents

"It's easy to love this space"

Mexican firm Studio Arquitectos has created a residential apartment complex in Mexican holiday resort Tulum and readers love it.

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NOARQ renovates stone villa in Portugal with bright red details

"The creative industries are misreading the public"

By voting for Brexit the British people have shown a greater appetite for risk than the creative sector, which needs to take the public more seriously, says Martyn Perks of the Dissenters Design Network.

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Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan

"I've seen half-built parking garages with more warmth"

Commenters think a concrete house in Japan designed by Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates looks cold and unfinished.

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IKEA prioritises space for overhaul of living pod in Mars Desert Research Station

"If I went to Mars I would have to take a piano stool"

IKEA has redesigned the tiny living pod on the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, filling its interior with space-saving furnishings.

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FAR adds studio with corrugated plastic door to artist's Los Angeles residence

"An inspiring space when the weather is nice"

This artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half.

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TBA adds cedar-clad extension to white farmhouse in Quebec

"Space planning is spot on"

Readers are impressed by this gabled farmhouse in Quebec's Eastern Townships, designed by Montreal studio Thomas Balaban Architect.

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