Debate: "A lot of effort for dubious effect"

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Join the debate! View online This week, readers are discussing a home with a glass-brick facade in Belgium and debating Meta's gesture-sensing wristband prototype. Read on for more and join the debate!     "A lot of effort for dubious effect" Walls of glass bricks characterise this infill home in Belgium designed by Demulle Demulle Architecten. Commenters aren't convinced.  Join the debate ›   "I'd rather have the satisfying clicks of a keyboard" Technology company Meta has designed a gesture-sensing wristband prototype that could overtake the keyboard, mouse and touchscreen. Some readers remain sceptical about its practicality. Do you agree? ›   "Neat and ugly at the same time" Commenters react to RSHP's St Lawrence Market North in Toronto, which features two vaulted wings in an industrial material palette. What do you think? › Latest Dezeen Showroom products Brezal outdoor furniture collection by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World Veng bar stool by Torbjørn Bekken for Eikund Comet light by Ilanel I Ching heated towel rail by Elisa Ossino for Tubes     "Placemaking and architecture with unique character" Readers discuss German practice GMP Architekten's Kunshan Olympic Sports Centre in China – a 45,000-seat football stadium designed to connect with the surrounding parkland.  What do you think? ›   "Delicate, fun, culturally pertinent and contextually respectful" Commenters are praising the renovation of an 18th-century Spanish home by Lucas Y Hernández-Gil, with new rooms and features created without disturbing the original character. Have you had your say? ›   "I believe cob to be a bit of a dead-end material" Dezeen readers are responding to a cob classroom which is being built for educational charity Global Generation with waste earth sourced from near its site in King's Cross.  What do you think? ›     "Sleek but not beautiful" Commenters discuss a home built into a Chilean hillside by Ignacio Correa Arquitecto, which features two buildings joined by a bridge. Read the story ›   "Clever and interesting" A group of university students have created colour-coded soaps designed to teach vulnerable users about consent. Readers approve. Share your thoughts ›   "The colour and material choices are especially striking" Readers debate a prefabricated holiday home on Norway's western coast by Office Inainn, which uses concrete and blackened timber. Join the debate ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Experienced architect at Paul Archer Design Designer at Gabriel Scott Landscape architect/designer at BIG Experienced Part 1/Part 2 architectural assistant at Rodić Davidson Architects Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Debate, which was formerly called Dezeen Weekly. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise