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This week, readers are discussing a residential building in Paris with a wooden facade by Kengo Kuma and debating The Pay 100 survey, which revealed average UK architecture salaries. Read on for more...

 

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Arquitectonica and Yabu Pushelberg design "imaginative and fun" skyscraper for Miami

"A wildly experimental home"

Readers are amazed by a Melbourne home slotted into the site of a former car park measuring 4.6 metres wide by LLDS Architects.

What's your take? ›

 

Bathtope is a foldable bathtub that mimics origami

"What could go wrong?"

Unveiled at Designart Tokyo, commenters are questioning LIXIL's foldable bathtub, which is hung like a hammock and "mimics origami".

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Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates

"A refreshing break from drab, standardised new-build apartment blocks"

Readers are divided over a Parisian apartment building with a wooden facade by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma & Associates.

What do you think? ›

 

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Survey reveals average salaries at UK architecture studios

"Why would anyone want to enter this dead-end profession?"

Commenters are despairing following the publication of The Pay 100 survey, which reveals average salaries at UK architecture studios.

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Open-air museum "preserves the memory" of 17th-century Turkish fortress

"Very crisp"

KOOP Architects has revitalised the ruins of a fortress on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. Commenters are captivated by the renewal.

Do you agree? ›

 

Michael Candy creates robotic walking chairs that "amble" through space

"Now that's pretty creepy"

Readers are spooked by a video of Brooklyn artist Michael Candy's robotic walking chairs, featuring mechanical legs.

What do you think? ›

 

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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as "giant sundial"

"A new landmark in the landscape – masterpiece!"

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Commenters are in love.

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Shigeru Ban uses wood "in abundance" at Toyota City Museum in Japan

"The canopy is beautifully detailed – what an entrance!"

A large wooden roof tops this museum in Japan, completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Readers assess the project's merits.

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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects' completed Mercury Tower in Malta

"Malta really doesn't deserve this"

Commenters are discussing a newly completed tower by Zaha Hadid Architects in Malta, now the tallest building in the country.

Do you agree? ›

 

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