Debate: "Looks proper dystopian"

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Join the debate! View online This week, readers are discussing the Prairie Ark gallery by Chinese architecture studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang, which resembles a flying saucer and an opinion piece on parametricism, and if it's what humanity needs.   Read on for more and join the debate!     "Looks proper dystopian" Readers are discussing the futuristic Prairie Ark gallery on the shores of Laoli Lake in Inner Mongolia, created by Chinese architecture studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang.  Join the debate ›   "A brilliant deconstruction of parametricism!" Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series on the style. Commenters share their thoughts. Read the story ›   "We need more garden follies" Readers are considering the Pavilion of the Moment, a temporary structure built by London studio Waugh Thistleton Architects for Global Design Forum Istanbul.  Have you had your say? ›   Latest Dezeen Showroom products Kora kitchen by Antonio Citterio for Arclinea DoubleZero7 lighting system by Lodes Morrison Hannah chair by Andrew Morrison and Bruce Hannah for Knoll Heirloom pendant light by Buoyant   "A meaningful and intriguing result" Commenters share their thoughts on architecture studio Kuma&Elsa's renovation of Nakano House in Japan, an apartment informed by the traditional Japanese engawa. Share your thoughts ›   "Exactly what a monument like the Louvre needs" Readers are intrigued by the news that New York studio Selldorf Architects and Paris-based Studios Architecture have won the competition to design the biggest renovation to the Musée du Louvre for 35 years. Join the conversation ›   "Small scale, simple function and serving a public good" As part of our ongoing Parametricism series, we look at the Nordpark Railway Stations, a collection of four funicular railway stations in Innsbruck, Austria, designed by Zaha Hadid. Commenters give their views. What do you think? ›     "Context doesn't matter, right?" Readers are curious about a prototype for modular housing designed to address a global housing crisis, by Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen and Leonardo Gúzman Valencia in Chile. Share your thoughts ›   "It should've been bigger, bolder and uncompromising" Commenters are uncertain about The Harper residential building in Manhattan's Upper East Side, which architecture studio ODA drew from art deco and Bauhaus styles.   What do you reckon? ›   "Sure, lots of high wind at those heights" Readers are considering the news that British studio Foster + Partners is set to stand trial over alleged health and safety failings at The Corniche towers in London, after a man was killed in 2018 by a window pane that fell from the building's penthouse. What do you think? ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Project design and production coordinator at ize Hospitality senior interior designer at Rockwell Group BD manager at OMA Part 2/3 architect at Project Orange 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