Dezeen Debate features Nashville skyscraper described as “nostalgia for the 1980s”

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Goettsch Partners’ design of the Paramount skyscraper in Nashville. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

Architecture studio Goettsch Partners has revealed the design for a skyscraper which, if completed, will be the tallest building in Nashville.

Commenters were unsure about the design; one noted that it “looks very dated,” with another agreeing, describing it as “nostalgia for the 1980s”.

Other stories in this week’s newsletter that fired up the comments section included Diébédo Francis Kéré’s design for an art museum in Las Vegas, a housing complex in Leuven, Belgium, by David Chipperfield and a bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls created by Garza Studio.

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