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“If this gets built I will eat everybody’s hat” says commenter

July 27, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the recently unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built in Saudi Arabia and other top stories. Readers are shocked by the city, which will have mirrored facades and is set to stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia. Patric Nilsson

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“Fake fruit is just as absurd as fake meat” says commenter

July 13, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

British-made Ecovado offers low-impact alternative to "unsustainable" avocados

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a low-impact alternative to “unsustainable” avocados and other top stories. Central Saint Martins graduate Arina Shokouhi has invented an avocado alternative called Ecovado, which is meant to wean people off the resource-intensive imported fruit. “This could be one solution of many” Readers had mixed feelings about the

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Marcus Fairs was a “true visionary and will be sadly missed” say commenters

July 7, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs

In this week’s comments update, readers are paying tribute to Dezeen’s founder Marcus Fairs following his unexpected death last week, as well as discussing top architecture and design stories. Fairs, who founded Dezeen in 2006, passed away last week. Following his death, there was an outpouring of tributes from architects, designers and critics. “A true

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“Burger King must be talking to Brad Pitt as we speak,” says commenter

June 29, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Kanye West gives McDonald's burger box understated redesign

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Kanye West’s redesign of fast-food chain McDonald’s packaging and other top stories. The packaging that West designed in collaboration with industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa, was printed onto a brown, translucent-looking sheet, giving it a muted look that starkly contrasts the fast-food chain’s normally bright colours. “Lots of

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Commenter calls proposal to reintroduce imperial measurements to UK “utter madness”

June 22, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are talking about the UK government’s proposal to reintroduce imperial measurements and other top stories. UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced a review on whether to bring back imperial measurements in May following the UK’s exit from the European Union in 2021. Readers say proposal is “stupid” and “backward” The

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“Architectural education has always been contentious” says commenter

June 15, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are talking about the culture of harassment at the Bartlett School of Architecture and other top stories. A report published by legal consultancy Howlett Brown found a “toxic learning and teaching culture” had been in place for decades at the school, which is part of University College London (UCL). “Is

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“Shiny buildings are always a bad idea” says commenter

June 8, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Frank Gehry unveils new visuals of his tallest-ever residential skyscrapers

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating the newly revealed visuals of Frank Gehry’s tallest-ever residential skyscrapers and other top stories. The Forma project will comprise two towers, a 298-metre-tall western and a 262-metre-tall eastern tower, which will be the tallest residential towers ever designed by Gehry. “Facade chaos, interior plush-spartan” Readers were not convinced

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DSDHA creates public square above the tracks of Liverpool Street Station

March 21, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Architecture studio DSDHA has created the public Exchange Square in the City of London alongside Liverpool Street Station. Created for developer British Land as part of its Broadgate estate, the DSDHA-designed park was suspended above train tracks between the station’s Grade II-listed train shed and the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed Exchange House, which also spans the tracks.

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“I’ll be forced to keep up with the Kardashians, even if I don’t want to,” says commenter

February 23, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma designing holiday homes for Kim Kardashian

In this week’s comments update readers are debating Kim Kardashian’s holiday home projects and other top stories. Kardashian has hired leading Japanese architects Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma to build a pair of vacation homes in the US. The reality TV star shared details of the projects during a recent interview with Vogue, in which she

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“It’s the perfect site for a glass Toblerone piece of Swissness” says commenter

November 23, 2021 Rebecca Grove 0

Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle set to begin construction in Paris

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle, which is set to be built in Paris, and discussing other top stories. The Tour Triangle skyscraper is finally set to begin construction in Paris after 15 years in the making, amid a last-ditch attempt to stop it by the building’s

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