"Definitely reaches the absurd threshold"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are divided over Foster + Partners' involvement in building an airport in Saudi Arabia and are amazed by Frank Kunert's handmade architectural models. Read on for more...     "Definitely reaches the absurd threshold" Readers are fascinated by German artist Frank Kunert's handmade architectural models, which he creates to show the "absurdity of life". Read more ›   "Maybe we should all just stay home and grow beans" Commenters are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia.  Read more ›   "There is a cloud over the school" The failure to investigate allegations of bullying at the AA have damaged both the school and the architecture profession, say alumni. Read more ›   "I want something like this for myself" We rounded-up 12 houses with garden studios ideal for working from home during the coronavirus pandemic and readers want them all. Read more ›     "Not from this world" APL Design Workshop has built a foyer on a raised platform ringed by trees for a theatre in Kurobe, Japan, and readers can't get enough. Read more ›   "I like the idea very much" Readers support Angelo Renna's idea to plant 35,000 cypress trees in Milan's San Siro stadium as a memorial for those lost to coronavirus. Read more ›   "The simplicity works" Texas firm Magic Architecture successfully covered this Vietnamese restaurant with white corrugated metal to make it stand out. Read more ›   "Very tastefully done and what a spacious place" Commenters are impressed by an apartment built in the 1960s, which Brazilian studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has reconfigured. Read more ›     "Another Hollywood illusion" Readers agree that a large house in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, is expensive-looking, but some feel both it and its pool lack depth. Read more ›   "I could just stare at it all day" Fraher & Findlay has renovated and extended a home in east London, adding a small courtyard that offers glimpses of both old and new. Read more ›   "Brickwork does not contrast well at all" Commenters are debating a pale-brick extension by Neil Dusheiko Architects, which wraps around this house in Cambridge. Read more ›   "Looks like a desktop PC on rails" Commenters are divided over a concept for an autonomous tram meant to encourage Hong Kong residents to return to public transport. Read more ›   "A thing of beauty" Atelier Schwimmer has contrasted planks of charred wood with pale wood to form an attractive cabin overlooking a lake in Canada. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Public relations officer at Powerhouse Company in Rotterdam, Netherlands Architect/architectural assistant at Caruso St John Architects in London, UK Senior business development leader at Woods Bagot in New York, USA Part 1 architectural assistant at Cousins & Cousins in London, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise