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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating Andrew Daley’s opinion piece which argued that “architects must reject the ‘follow your passion’ narrative and see themselves as workers”. Widespread unionisation should be supported by studio leaders as it would help architecture businesses thrive as well as giving workers a fair deal, wrote Andrew Daley of

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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating two stories we published further exploring plans for the 170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line. Dezeen spoke to experts who called the project’s sustainability and liveability claims “naive”. We also exclusively interviewed the executive director from the developer, Neom, who claims The Line will “revolutionise our current way of

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a proposal for a London skyscraper designed by Arney Fender Katsalidis, which the studio said “takes inspiration from nature”. The proposed design is animated by an exposed structural system, which the practice has modelled on organic forms such as shells and leaves. The project at 55 Bishopsgate, which

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