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Dezeen Debate features yoghurt window coating "crazy enough to work"

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features British engineer Tom Greenhill's proposal to use yoghurt as a solution for combating heat waves. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost and low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves.

Commenters were intrigued by the initiative, with one describing it as "crazy enough to work" and another calling it a "brilliant idea – simple and cost-effective."

D-Day Museum by Atelier Projectiles
A slim concrete colonnade fronts the D-Day Museum in Normandy

Other stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section included the D-Day museum in Normandy by French studio Atelier Projectiles, an educational hub in Norway by Snøhetta and an opinion piece by Phineas Harper on smartphone design.

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