"Could be Rivendell's retreat for the rich"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers have chosen the next location for The Lord of the Rings and are debating the cost and effectiveness of Revit. We also announced the top five cardboard furniture designs in the Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box competition. Read on for more...     "Could be Rivendell's retreat for the rich" Commenters think Zaha Hadid Architects' residential community in Roatán would make a great set for a new Lord of the Rings film. Read more ›   "They got greedier so I gave up" Autodesk has vowed to listen to some of the UK's largest architecture practices after they criticised Revit, but readers aren't convinced. Read more ›   "Charming and elegant" David Barr Architects has added a bright and roomy two-floor extension to a cottage near Perth, Australia, and commenters love it. Read more ›   Bell Chair by Konstantin Grcic for Magis is manufactured in less than a minute Designer Konstantin Grcic explains how his recycled polypropylene Bell Chair for Magis is "just over half of the weight of a normal chair" in this exclusive Dezeen video to launch the Italian brand's new product. Read more ›     Top five cardboard furniture designs in the Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box competition revealed A rocking horse, a series of animal companions and three storage solutions have been selected as finalists in Samsung and Dezeen's contest to create innovative household objects from repurposed cardboard packaging. Read more ›   "The nicest car garage I've seen" Motiv Architects has built a garage from cross-laminated timber as an experiment in working with the material and readers can't get enough. Read more ›   "I assume only Spider-Man can live in this house" Commenters are concerned that only superheroes can reach the books in this Madrid residence by Spanish architecture firm Zooco Estudio. Read more ›   "Will it fit into my Smart car?" Studio 519 has designed Nestbox, which fits neatly into the boot of a car and can be expanded into a double bed and fully fitted kitchen. Read more ›   "A more graceful Unité d'Habitation" Barclay & Crousse has used concrete plant plots overspilling with greenery to offer residents of an apartment building in Lima privacy. Read more ›     "A niche product even for super-rich racing enthusiasts" Readers aren't sold on the 60-holiday-home Escapade Silverstone development, which will directly overlook the race track. Read more ›   "Neoliberalism sinks its claws in" Not everyone is pleased by a "new planning system" that will see new housing, hospitals, schools, shops and offices on land designated for growth automatically granted planning permission in England. Read more ›   "I'm going to trademark red, yellow, blue and green" Readers want a bite of the action after we shared four chocolate trademark battles, including KitKat vs Kvikk Lunsj, that went to court. Read more ›   "Very nice renderings of grey, boring skyscrapers" Commenters are won over by renderings for what will be the tallest prefabricated buildings in the world, but not the actual design. Read more ›   "Dropping the O2 masks would be easier" PriestmanGoode has redesigned plane cabins to be "future-proof" against any new pandemics, sparking reader debate. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Senior architect at ACME in London, UK Part 1/2 architectural assistant at Alma-nac in London, UK Product designer at PriestmanGoode in London, UK Senior architectural technician/technical architect at Claridge Architects 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