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News and views (gay or not!) on earth, in heaven, left or right, from Geneva, London or elsewhere

Seven listening bars that are easy on the eyes and ears

From a communist-era apartment block in Bucharest to a hot pink Australian bar created to emulate the inside of a jumbo speaker, our latest lookbook collects atmospheric listening bar interiors from around the world. Read more

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Dezeen launches fortnightly US edition of Agenda newsletter

Dezeen has launched a fortnightly US edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter, containing all the agenda-setting architecture and design news from America. Subscribe now! Read more

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This week we started naming the most significant buildings of the 21st-century

This week on Dezeen, we kicked off our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings editorial series by naming some of this century’s most significant buildings. Read more

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Angular concrete buildings surround Domino Square plaza

Architecture firms Field Operations and Studio Cadena have completed a plaza hemmed by angular concrete enclosures at the Domino Sugar development in Brooklyn, New York. Read more

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Gonzalo Bardach tops Argentinian forest retreat with garden roof

Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura has created a concrete woodland house with a ramping green roof near the coast outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more

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O’Donnell + Tuomey draws on Stratford’s industrial past for London dance theatre

Irish studio O’Donnell + Tuomey has completed a brick-clad dance theatre in London that houses a 550-seat auditorium and six studios. Read more

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Elemental’s Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we consider the legacy of Elemental‘s Quinta Monroy housing, which turned a relatively little-known Chilean architect into one of the profession’s biggest stars. Read more

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« The scale of the damage is unfathomable » say Los Angeles architects

Projects by architects Ray Kappe, Martin Fenlon, and John G Wallis are among nearly 10,000 structures destroyed as deadly fires burn large swathes of Los Angeles in an « unprecedented, city-changing moment ». Read more

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« Far more useful than the majority of ‘collectible’ design » says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a cat-shaped robot that blows air to cool down hot food and drink. Read more

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Aptera reveals « production-ready » solar-powered car at CES

Californian start-up Aptera has debuted what it claims to be the first production-ready solar electric vehicle that doesn’t need to be plugged in for day-to-day driving, developed with help from Pininfarina. Read more

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