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This week, readers are discussing digital renders of a speculative design by Antoni Gaudí by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur and a kinetic sculpture by Jesús Rafael Soto installed alongside this year's Serpentine Pavilion.

 

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Gaudí's "ghost of an alternative New York" visualised by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur

"There's no such thing as an AI artist"

Readers are debating AI artist Thierry Lechanteur's digital renders of Antoni Gaudí's speculative design for a supertall New York hotel, featured in our Gaudí Centenary series.

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Jesús Rafael Soto's bright yellow kinetic sculpture installed in London

"I like it, it's simple and direct"

Commenters weigh in on a colourful kinetic sculpture by Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto, installed alongside this year's Lanza Atelier-designed Serpentine Pavilion in central London.

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Gustaf Westman's stadium-shaped snack bowl is "the only object you need for the World Cup"

"Where are we going to find a well-designed bowl that actually holds food?"

Gustaf Westman is ringing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted across the USA, Canada and Mexico, with a chubby pink snack bowl shaped like a football stadium. Readers aren't sold.

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CookFox Architects completes Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music

"The architecture is beautifully executed without screaming for attention"

Commenters are inspired by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, designed by US studio CookFox Architects at a New Jersey university.

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LOHA founder Lorcan O'Herlihy dies aged 66

"One of the greatest of our time, undoubtedly. LOHA redefined housing in the US"

Readers mourn the loss of Irish architect Lorcan O’Herlihy, founder of California studio LOHA, who has died aged 66.

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James Turrell creates subterranean Skyspace in Aarhus that "holds the sky close"

"Turrell with a touch of Serra! Amazing"

Commenters are fascinated by As Seen Below, a 40-metre-wide Skyspace created by American artist James Turrell for the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.

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Heatherwick Studio unveils "space observatory" in AlUla

"How are they going to keep those giant iris diaphragm mechanisms working in a dusty abrasive environment?"

UK practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled designs for AlUla Manara, a textured-stone, stargazing visitor and research centre in Saudi Arabia. Readers share their thoughts.

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NBBJ wraps Vivo skyscraper in spiralling terrace

"Is it a continuous terrace from top to bottom?"

Commenters are intrigued by Vivo's headquarters in Shenzhen, China, designed by architecture studio NBBJ and featuring a terrace wrapped around the skyscraper's exterior.

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BIG designs "new kind of urban university" for Bentonville

"These guys just love stacking blocks"

BIG has designed a series of buildings for a university being established by the members of the Walton family in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. Readers aren't sold.

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