Dezeen Debate features "whimsical and tectonically rigorous" mushroom-like pavilion

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Architectural designer Mizzi Studio has created a pavilion at London's Kew Gardens featuring a translucent flax roof. The Carbon Garden Pavilion was designed as a "physical extension" of the landscape and intended to emulate a living organism.

Commenters admired the "cute pavilion", with one saying "we need more garden follies and we like mushrooms". Another agreed, calling it "whimsical and tectonically rigorous at the same time – quite an accomplishment".

Other stories in this week's newsletter that sparked debate include a chemically modified wood created by American start-up InventWood, US President Donald Trump's commissioning of a neoclassical ballroom at the White House and a study which found that pedestrians are walking faster and lingering less in public spaces.

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