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University of Melbourne's student pavilion

Dezeen Debate features a student centre hailed as "eccentrically energetic in and out"

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne by US studio KoningEizenberg. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

US studio KoningEizenberg wrapped the Student Pavilion in a series of external concrete stairs and terraces.

Readers praised the project, with one calling it "rich, layered, and eccentrically energetic in and out". Another echoed this sentiment, noting: "They knew what they were doing and how to do it."

Lighthouse Church by Shedkm
ShedKM designs Lighthouse Church as "physical and metaphorical beacon" for Merseyside

Other stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section included a church in the UK designed by ShedKM, a structural floor material made from wood waste and bioplastic and a holiday home in the Netherlands by local studios Sander van Schaik and Robert-Jan de Kort Architectuur.

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