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This week, readers are discussing three skyscrapers planned for Toronto and debating Bentley's latest electric concept car.

 

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Three skyscrapers proposed on top of heritage art deco building in Toronto

"It would have been kinder to the original building to demolish it"

Hariri Pontarini Architects, ERA Architects, and landscape studio Public Work have released plans to add three skyscrapers to a 1920s art deco building in Toronto. Commenters react.

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A2 Architects tops Gate Lodge in Ireland with red roof

"Refreshing to see a simple but rigorous plan which delivers a clear, formal statement about domesticity"

Readers are enjoying a home completed by A2 Architects in Ireland topped with a pyramidal, red corrugated metal roof.

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LOHA creates affordable housing on challenging site in Los Angeles

"The number one question we need to ask ourselves is 'would I want to live here?'"

On the corner of a busy LA highway interchange, LOHA designed this housing project made from shipping containers for formerly homeless people – which has provoked strong reactions from commenters.

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Jakob Sprenger updates codes of Swiss chalet design in The Alpina Gstaad restaurant

"The wood and woven bronze tones and textures work really well together"

Readers share their thoughts about a restaurant renovation by Austrian architect Jakob Sprenger for a hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland.

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Bentley unveils three-seater EV concept that offers "design vision for the future"

"Why are automotive designers wandering further away from what humans need and how we live?"

Bentley has previewed its upcoming electric vehicles with a three-seat concept car – featuring the redesigned Winged B emblem that was unveiled last week – which one reader called "grotesquely offensive".

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Barefoot Architects completes UK's largest co-housing scheme in Dorset

"I love it when architecture puts a smile on my face"

Bristol studio Barefoot Architects has completed the UK's largest co-housing project in Bridport, Dorset, creating a series of brick and timber-clad blocks. Commenters respond.

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Aluminium-clad B131 Café appears "untouchable from the outside"

"There is a difference between minimal and minimalistic"

Readers debate a cafe designed by Chinese studio Jiangjie Office for an arts centre in Hangzhou.

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Infinite Machine creates two-person electric vehicle built for bike lanes

"Not sure how people riding actual bikes feel about this thing riding in a bike lane?"

New York-based startup Infinite Machine has unveiled a minimalist e-bike that looks like a scooter but doesn't require a motorcycle license, according to the brand. Commenters have questions.

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Judge spares London office tower from demolition in right-to-light legal battle

"This lawsuit should never have seen the light of day – no pun intended"

Readers discuss news that a couple in London have won £500,000 compensation over light being blocked from their apartment by a PLP Architecture-designed office tower – but a court refused their request for the offending building to be partially demolished. 

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