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This week readers are discussing Michael Kendrick Architects' woodland retreat in England and Zaha Hadid Architects' proposed masterplan for Odesa's 2030 world expo bid. Join the debate below...

 

 

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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland

"This building will kill hundreds of birds annually"

Michael Kendrick Architects has completed a woodland retreat and holiday let in East Sussex, England. Due to its large glass windows, readers are concerned about the high possibility of bird strikes.

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular pavilions for Odesa Expo 2030 bid

"When will someone call time on the sustainability-moribund junkets that are World Expos?"

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a masterplan for Odesa Expo 2030, which would offer nations a kit of parts to build their own pavilions. Some commenters think the concept of expos is outdated.

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Lorcan O’Herlihy completes a family residence in Malibu

"Hard to believe this is from an award-winning architect"

California architect Lorcan O'Herlihys' transformation of a neglected 1990s house in Southern California into a family residence has split readers' opinions. 

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Foster + Partners to design King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia

"Another Foster monster"

British architecture studio Foster + Partners is designing a six-runway airport in Riyadh that will run on renewable energy. Commenters are questioning the studio's decision to take on the project. 

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Sindalah luxury island set to be first completed element of Neom

"Centreparcs for the absurdly wealthy"

Readers are enraged by Italian superyacht and architecture studio Luca Dini's designs for a luxury island resort in the Red Sea as part of the Neom project in Saudi Arabia.

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Polysmiths designs "beautifully sustainable" London house featuring cork-lined living spaces

"Nothing 'beautifully sustainable' about it"

Commenters are discussing architecture studio Polysmiths' Cork House in East London, which was built using materials available during the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Monumental Damien Hirst sculptures feature inside Bacchanalia London restaurant

"So over-the-top tacky that I... kinda like it?

Readers are amazed by a classical Greek and Roman mythology-informed restaurant in London created by interior architect Martin Brudnizki Design Studio and featuring sculptures by Damien Hirst.

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Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion

"Another man-made object that does more harm to the environment than good"

Commenters are debating the environmental impact of a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre created by Kvorning Design, which has a facade that mimics fish scales.

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Lina Chi designs furniture made from linoleum to show the material "in a new light"

"Why are so many 21st-century furniture designs so inelegant and visually unappealing?"

Readers are uninspired by a collection of curvaceous furniture pieces made from single sheets of linoleum by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Lina Chi.

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Will Alsop's upside-down-boat cafe becomes British Isles' "youngest listed building"

"An upside-down mistake"

Will Alsop's La Frègate cafe in Jersey has been granted Grade II-listed status following a campaign led by architectural charity Twentieth Century Society. Commenters are debating the project's merits.

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Clementine Blakemore Architects transforms stone barns into accessible holiday homes

"Charming, wholesome, idyllic"

Readers are stunned by Clementine Blakemore Architects' cluster of holiday homes in Dorset, also featuring a community space and a workshop, which were converted from 19th-century barns.

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Artefact adds cloister-like timber extension to Islington home

"Exquisitely boring"

Commenters are unimpressed by studio Artefacts' cloister-like house extension in Islington, London, made from red timber.

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