The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a church in China, designed by architecture studio Inuce. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

Architecture studio Inuce completed a church near Quanzhou, China, which references the form and representation of an ark.

Commenters engaged in a spirited debate over the project, with one lauding it as "beautiful and superbly executed," while another commended its "absolutely captivating design."

Other stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section include an affordable housing block in Brooklyn by Studio Libeskind, a cottage in Tasmania expanded by studio So Architecture and a 19th-century stone building, which Greek studio Doriza Design converted into a holiday home in Crete.

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