In this week's comments update readers debated whether BIG's tiny cabin in Upstate New York could incorporate any of the more quirky features of the practice's recent projects. More about "Can the chimney blow smoke rings?"
In this week's comments updated readers discussed whether American rapper and designer Kanye West's plan to move into architecture would be a catalyst for change in the industry, or just a marketing ploy. More about "What's next? Bjarke Ingels will launch a rap album?"
In this week's comments update, readers were united in their objection to Patrik Schumacher's suggestion that deregulated capitalism was the solution to the global housing crisis. More about "A narcissist using essays as adverts to win corporate clients"
A near-complete bullet-shaped skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox in Shenzhen generated a debate between readers over phallic architecture in this week's comments update. More about "They are compensating for something"
In this week's comments update, a concept for a collapsable tower to be used in disaster zones starts a debate about unrealistic architectural ideas. More about "These kinds of proposals are almost the fake news of our industry"
Readers could not hold back their excitement after plans were unveiled by Kengo Kuma and Associates for an aquatics centre framed by black pyramids in Copenhagen, in this week's comments update. More about "This will be incredible. Kuma is a material master"
In this week's comments update, readers question whether a seaside home in Chile designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen is actually finished, although some don't mind if it isn't. More about "This is a challenging building, but living in it could be life-altering"
In this week's comments update, readers question whether Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv's redesign of the US Open Tennis Championship logo was aimed at the wrong industry. More about "Slap it on the corner of a credit card"
In this week's comments update, readers ridicule Herzog & de Meuron's renderings of two "horizontal skyscrapers" on stilts by the Moscow River. More about "How nice, buildings that don't cast shadows!"
Readers question whether Philippe Starck has lost his touch, following plans for a "phantasmagoric" hotel with a house on its roof, in this week's comments update. More about "In French we have a word for this – grotesque"
Readers react to architect Richard Meier's decision to temporarily step down from his firm, following sexual harassment allegations, in this special comments update. More about "We've come a long way but architecture is still a boys' club"
Readers debate the selection of Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi for the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 in this weeks comments update. More about "Doshi certainly has the career that deserves a Pritzker"
In this week's comments update, readers voice their thoughts about the influence of Zaha Hadid on the afrofuturist architecture in new Marvel movie Black Panther. More about "An iconic film deserves iconic architecture"
In this week's comments update, readers are divided over a tool that allows homeless people to earn money by posing controversial questions to passersby. More about "Turning the homeless into political tools for an agenda dehumanises them"
Readers were left shocked and annoyed by the Seeding Finger, a conceptual artificial insemination tool modelled on a hand with an extra-long digit, in this week's comments update. More about "I hate seeing bad design get attention because it's shocking"
Readers are divided over Lufthansa's decision to switch its 100-year-old logo from yellow to blue, in this week's comments update. More about "It's like Nike deciding to drop the swoosh"
This week's comments update is led by a debate between readers over the significance of sexual identity within the workplace, after an LGBT+ survey revealed that the number of British architects that are "out" at work has fallen. More about "People's fundamental humanity and dignity should not be up for debate"
Readers aren't happy about the use of the phrase "parasitic pods" to describe a housing concept for homeless people, in this week's comments update. More about "The language of this will have to change in order to be successful"
Readers debate global housing issues in this week's comments update, in response to a proposal by James Law Cybertecture for stackable micro homes in Hong Kong. More about "Housing isn't an architectural problem, it's a policy problem"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick suffers criticism for his latest project, a pair of New Towers with bulging windows, in this week's comments update. More about "It's like someone blew bubbles in the windows of a postmodern tower"