Debate: "Perfect house"

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This week, readers are discussing a remote house in South Africa by KLG Architects and debating a furniture collection based on indigenous Amazonian craft by Colombian brand Fango. Read on for more...

 

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KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal "sanctuary" in South Africa

"Perfect house"

Readers love the design of a house in South Africa by local studio KLG Architects, where textured plaster mimics nearby rocky outcrops.

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Arched brick openings enliven mixed-use block in Seoul by Sosu Architects

"This is playful, but the visual tectonics are a bit all over the place"

An "elegantly awkward" mixed-use tower in Seoul, designed by local firm Sosu Architects, has sparked lively debate among commenters.

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Construction starts on world's largest building in Saudi Arabia

"Sympathetic to the surroundings and introduces some features interesting to the eye"

New photographs show construction underway on the planned 400-meter-tall, cube-shaped Mukaab in Riyadh, designed by AtkinsRéalis and projected to be the world's largest building. Readers react.

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Fango designs yaré furniture based on indigenous Amazonian craft

"Beautiful? Yes. Comfortable? Jury's out – and as for 'neofolk'... I'm at a loss!"

Commenters consider a furniture collection made from yaré fibre by Colombian brand Fango that aims to address deforestation concerns in the Amazon.

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Piers Taylor completes "low-key" rural retreat in Greek countryside

"Simple, strong and poetic"

Readers discuss a concrete house set within an olive grove in Corfu, Greece, designed by architect Piers Taylor.

What do you think? ›

 

AirPot inflatable toilet enables "convenient and responsible" pooing on hikes

"An overblown idea"

Designer Kunrui Peng has developed a blow-up toilet that weighs less than one kilogram and can be carried on hikes to prevent human waste from spoiling the wilderness. Commenters are having fun with puns.

What's your take? ›

 

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John Puttick Associates expands St Leonard's Church with glulam porch

"Elegant solution!"

Readers admire a new glulam porch by John Puttick Associates for St Leonard's church in Hove, East Sussex, UK.

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"Looks uncomfortable"

Dezeen's US editor Ben Dreith argues the popularity of the Chandigarh chair, created by a team led by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, has shone a light on the erasure of local designers in the mid-century modern design narrative. Readers have simpler concerns.

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IARA piggybacks stone aqueduct with sheltered timber bridge in China

"Materials and craftsmanship subtly complement the context"

Architecture studio IARA has reinvigorated an abandoned aqueduct in Huangshan, China, by attaching a sheltered timber bridge on top of its stone structure. Readers are enamoured with the transformation.

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