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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!

 

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Glass-brick facade of Belgian infill home by Delmulle Delmulle Architecten

"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. 

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Meta smart wristband prototype

"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.

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RSHP St Lawrence Market Toronto

"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.

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Kunshan Olympic Sports Centre China by GMP Architekten

"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. 

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Lucas y Hernández-Gil 18th-century home renovation Spain

"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.

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Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King's Cross

"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

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Wood-clad home by Ignacio Correa in Chile

"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.

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Consent soap for people with learning disabilities Cetaphil

"Clever and interesting"

A group of university students have created colour-coded soaps designed to teach vulnerable users about consent. Readers approve.

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Norwegian holiday home on slate by Office Inainn

"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.

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