The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features hospitality venues inside Detroit's restored Book Tower by Method Co. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

As part of an extensive restoration of the 1920s neoclassical building by its developer and architecture studio ODA, design company Method Co was brought on to conceptualise and operate several restaurants, bars and a hotel within the Book Tower.

Commenters were full of praise for the project, with one saying "those interiors are lavish – the rich details" and another noting its "incredible fresh 21st-century feel".

Other stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section included an apartment block in Melbourne designed by Austin Maynard Architects, a food container system that reveals if something is safe to eat and the news that Saudi Arabian mega project Neom has revealed the Gulf of Aqaba yachting town by 10 Design.

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