Dezeen Debate features BIG’s “comically out of scale” complex

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG’s four-building 670 Mesquit complex in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.

Danish studio BIG recently revealed 670 Mesquit, a four-building complex in Los Angeles with housing, an elementary school and other facilities, recently approved by the city council.

Readers reacted to the plans, with one calling them “comically out of scale for the area” and another warning that “the thermal bridging on those balcony slabs will be a problem”.

Other stories in this week’s newsletter that sparked debate include an autonomous AI-powered gold trolley, photos of construction underway on the Buffalo Bills stadium and Lego-customisable rings by Berlin jewellery brand Studio GOGO.

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