In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a video of The Line, a 500-metre-tall, mirror-clad skyscraper that was designed to house nine million people in Saudi Arabia and other top stories. The linear city, which will be 170 kilometres long and 200 metres wide, was launched by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the recently unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built in Saudi Arabia and other top stories. Readers are shocked by the city, which will have mirrored facades and is set to stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia. Patric Nilsson
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a low-impact alternative to “unsustainable” avocados and other top stories. Central Saint Martins graduate Arina Shokouhi has invented an avocado alternative called Ecovado, which is meant to wean people off the resource-intensive imported fruit. “This could be one solution of many” Readers had mixed feelings about the
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In this week’s comments update, readers are paying tribute to Dezeen’s founder Marcus Fairs following his unexpected death last week, as well as discussing top architecture and design stories. Fairs, who founded Dezeen in 2006, passed away last week. Following his death, there was an outpouring of tributes from architects, designers and critics. “A true
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In this week’s comments update, readers are paying tribute to Dezeen’s founder Marcus Fairs following his unexpected death last week, as well as discussing top architecture and design stories. Fairs, who founded Dezeen in 2006, passed away last week. Following his death, there was an outpouring of tributes from architects, designers and critics. “A true
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Kanye West’s redesign of fast-food chain McDonald’s packaging and other top stories. The packaging that West designed in collaboration with industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa, was printed onto a brown, translucent-looking sheet, giving it a muted look that starkly contrasts the fast-food chain’s normally bright colours. “Lots of
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In this week’s comments update, readers are talking about the UK government’s proposal to reintroduce imperial measurements and other top stories. UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced a review on whether to bring back imperial measurements in May following the UK’s exit from the European Union in 2021. Readers say proposal is “stupid” and “backward” The
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In this week’s comments update, readers are talking about the culture of harassment at the Bartlett School of Architecture and other top stories. A report published by legal consultancy Howlett Brown found a “toxic learning and teaching culture” had been in place for decades at the school, which is part of University College London (UCL). “Is
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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating the newly revealed visuals of Frank Gehry’s tallest-ever residential skyscrapers and other top stories. The Forma project will comprise two towers, a 298-metre-tall western and a 262-metre-tall eastern tower, which will be the tallest residential towers ever designed by Gehry. “Facade chaos, interior plush-spartan” Readers were not convinced
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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle, which is set to be built in Paris, and discussing other top stories. The Tour Triangle skyscraper is finally set to begin construction in Paris after 15 years in the making, amid a last-ditch attempt to stop it by the building’s
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