The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Prairie Ark gallery by Chinese architecture studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang, which resembles a flying saucer. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.
Located on the shores of Laoli Lake in Inner Mongolia, the futuristic design was intended to get people to escape their routine urban lives and immerse themselves in the landscape.
Commenters critiqued the project, with one saying "looks proper dystopian" and another writing "it has all of the charm of a beached boat".
Other stories in this week's newsletter included Catherine Slessor's opinion piece on parametricism, Selldorf Architects' designs for the Musée du Louvre's biggest renovation in 35 years and a modular housing prototype by Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen and Leonardo Gúzman Valencia in Chile.
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