In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an opinion piece by Matt Shaw that reflects on what went wrong with Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel, two years after it was closed following a series of suicides. More about It is architect's role "to point out health and safety risks" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a feature in our AItopia series that examines the question of whether AI technology will end up taking architects' jobs. More about "AI will never replace a Frank Lloyd Wright or a Mies van der Rohe" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the first 3D-printed house to be completed at the "largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes in the world". More about "Give me a team of bricklayers over a 3D printer every time" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Elon Musk's latest venture – an AI startup that the American entrepreneur says will seek "to understand reality". More about "Elon needs all the help he can get understanding the universe" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an interview with 2023 AIA Gold Medal winner Carol Ross Barney, who argues skyscrapers are "just not that valuable". More about "Suburban sprawl is a much worse problem than skyscrapers" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a Christ & Gantenbein-designed concrete bridge in Aarau, Switzerland, which features five arches of varying widths. More about "Why can't we have nice things like this in the US?" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a colourful secondary school in China, which Trace Architecture Office has designed as a "celebration of creativity". More about "So confident, so fluid, so good" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a pair of Maseratis designed by David Beckham, which were exclusively revealed on Dezeen. More about "Is there no end to David Beckham's talents?" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's "weird and wonderful" design for the West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China. More about "Heatherwick is showing architects how it's done" says commenter
In this week's comments update readers discussed a monolithic home in Mexico created as a haven for the residents and other top architecture and design stories. More about "The exterior walls will make an excellent canvas for Banksy" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed luxury car manufacturer Bugatti's first foray into residential architecture. More about "Looks like something from Patrik Schumacher's recycling bin" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed a block-long timber truss bridge that connects Manhattan's High Line to the renovated Penn Station and other top architecture and design stories. More about "Finally some warm colours in this neoliberal dystopia" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Tilly Talbot, a designer powered by artificial intelligence, as well as other top architecture and design stories. More about "What happened to the concept of human beings collaborating on a design" asks commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed news that ZHA is developing "most" projects using AI-generated images, according to Patrik Schumacher. More about "Do they really need AI to come up with 'Zaha' designs?" asks commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Asif Khan and Theaster Gates' Liverpool Docks transformation plans. More about "Art does not have to be 'useful' but it should carry some meaning" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed recently released trainers informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches. More about "Nothing to do with Frank Lloyd Wright" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Niall McLaughlin Architects' red-brick International Rugby Experience museum in Limerick, Ireland. More about "Clearly gorgeous but how does it celebrate the game of rugby?" asks commenter
Dezeen's Timber Revolution series, which ran throughout March, garnered more than 350,000 views and ignited the comments section. We round up the best of the debate. More about "Timber will not save us and concrete will not end us" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed an opinion piece that argued "architecture is a hollowed-out profession with architects seemingly less vital than ever".
More about "What an architect is responsible for seems to have diminished" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Specht Architects' glass pavilion house in the Berkshires and debated a toilet made from wood chips. More about "The recognisable but exaggerated form is sublime" says commenter