Dezeen Debate features powder-blue mews block by Office S&M

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an infill housing block in Kent by Office S&M. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

Office S&M designed Goldsmith Mews, an infill housing block clad in Kent featuring blue fibre-cement weatherboarding and porthole windows.

The design saw many Dezeen readers take to the comments section, with one reader calling it “a single misstep in an otherwise stellar portfolio”.

Other stories in this week’s newsletter included news of the death of Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year and a rotating library by British designer Es Devlin.

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