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This week readers are commenting on an electric vehicle which fits the capacity of a pickup truck within the length of a small city car and discussing Bjarke Ingel's plans for an entirely self-sufficient, off-grid island home in Canada. Read on for more...

 

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ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia

"Serenity and perennial calm"

Readers are commenting on a "elegant and uplifting" round concrete church in Brasília, Brazil, by ARQBR which is lifted off the ground with 360-degree low-level windows.

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Yves Behar designs electric pickup truck that's "the size of a Mini"

"I love the concept!"

Commenters are fascinated with an electric vehicle, which fits the passenger and cargo capacity of a pickup truck within the length of a small city car, by Swiss designer Vyes Behar.

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Bjarke Ingels designs Vollebak Island home to demonstrate "philosophy of hedonistic sustainability"

"How will this help the climate refugees and their place on the planet?"

Bjarke Ingels has collaborated with clothing brand Vollebak to design an entirely self-sufficient, off-grid island home in Nova Scotia, Canada. Readers are looking forward to learning more about the project. 

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Dezeen launches China edition of Dezeen Awards in partnership with Bentley

Dezeen Awards China to showcase "country’s rising position as design powerhouse"

The launch of a new edition of Dezeen Awards will celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China

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Heatherwick Studio reveals design for Shanghai exhibition hall wrapped in "ribbons"

"Heatherwick showing architects how it's done"

Readers are split over Heatherwick Studio's design of the West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China, which will be wrapped in a series of curved balconies.

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Hybrid and Palma include organic elements within brutalist Mexican hotel

"Excellent and hugely brave"

Commenters are in love with a "raw and sophisticated" Mexican hotel that features elements of brutalism and vernacular architecture by Seattle architecture studio Hybrid and Mexico City-based Palma.

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"We need to make sure that products can be passed down to the next generation" says Uniqlo's UK head

"Fast fashion and sustainability simply don't go together"

Uniqlo is aiming to create "modern classics" that people wear for longer to be more sustainable, says the clothing retailer's UK COO Alessandro Dudech. Readers aren't convinced.

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Foster + Partners crafts "familiar and comfortable" flat-pack dog kennel

"I feel like this is a game-changer"

Readers are swooning over a "simple and beautiful" flat-pack dog kennel designed by Foster + Partners in collaboration with manufacturer Isokon for Goodwoof's annual Barkitecture competition.

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EFFEKT creates treetop walkway that is accessible to "all nature lovers"

"An elegant example of how accessibility can be brought to the great outdoors!"

Commenters have been uplifted by EFFEKT's completion of Norway's first treetop walkway, which winds up through Hamaren Activity Park in Fyresdal and ends at a circular viewpoint.

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Force Majeure exhibition shines a light on 16 African and diasporic designers

"Stupendously marvellous"

Readers are discussing an exhibition by Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi which presents works by French painter Pierre Bonnard at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.

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Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum

"Is it vast just for the sake of being vast?"

Commenters are debating Pelli Clarke & Partners and CSWADI's design for the Chengu Natural History Museum in China.

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Bioplastic made from invasive aquatic plants among winners of African plastics prize

"Hope they become widely used in Africa"

The Canadian government and social enterprise Challenge Works have announced the winners of their Afri-Plastics Challenge – an accelerator for companies across sub-Saharan Africa that are working to end plastic pollution. Readers share their thoughts.

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