Debate: "Impressive engineering but visually busy"

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This week, readers are debating the "world's slimmest vacuum cleaner" and discussing a concrete museum in Lithuania.

 

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Brick and concrete temple

"The engineering is impressive but, visually, the roof structure is extremely busy"

Commenters discuss a project by Vastushilpa Sangath who designed this school in Tamil Nadu, India, with a red, banana leaf-shaped roof.

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Slim hoover

"All that R&D money to come up with the traditional profile of a broom?"

Dyson unveiled the "world's slimmest vacuum cleaner" and Dezeen readers debated its merits in the comments section.

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Concrete roof

"Is a huge concrete roof, as an urban gesture, the best choice in 2025?"

Commenters appraise a project by SMAR Architecture Studio which crowns a concrete science museum in Lithuania with a sun-like disc.

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Pink car

"Pop Art is awesome and the world needs more of it"

Gustaf Westman has designed pink Mercedes-Benz CLA with an integrated tent and extendable picnic table. Commenters react.

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"I need a putter and a Pro V1 gold ball"

Heatherwick Studio has given a New York Longchamp store a makeover and readers go golfing in the comment section.  

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Amazon creates "more empathetic smile" for first logo update in 20 years

"Anderson has a distinct directorial tone but the cutesie-pie production design overwhelms the storytelling"

"You create a world" for every Wes Anderson film, set decorator Anna Pinnock told Dezeen in an interview, to which commenters responded.

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Large modernist white house in countryside

"All these pieces seem heavy and solid – lightness beats heavy every time, what am I missing?"

Readers answer each other's questions under news of recycled plastic furniture brand Loope's take-back and recreate scheme.

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Image of two similar looking tables side by side

"Seems ominous"

Commenters aren't sure about news that technology company OpenAI has announced the acquisition of designer Jony Ive's startup IO.

What do you reckon? ›

 

Wooden-clad building

"Heavy on timber and ultralight on architecture"

S9 Architecture goes heavy on timber for the headquarters of an Ohio non-profit, prompting Dezeen readers to dissect the project.

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