"Seriously consider whether architecture is worth it"
In this week's comments update, readers are questioning whether architecture students are under too much pressure after revelations from some that they have felt suicidal.
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"Schumacher is so spot on"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating Patrik Schumacher's suggestion that architecture teachers use students to advance their own agendas rather than teach skills for the real world. More
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"Like mopping a floor while the tap is still running"
In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over Christine Murray's statement that designers have a responsibility to help prevent a myriad of issues facing society. More
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"Killing the job of a designer"
In this week's comments update, readers are wondering whether a new design tool for "drawing" floor plans will make architects redundant. More
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"Seems like the emperor's new clothes to me"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether a fashion student who deliberately failed to present a collection at her graduate show deserves to pass. More
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"Another to join the long list of doomsdayers"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating Jack Self's statement that humans are "unlikely to survive this century" without radical changes to housing. More
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"Can we put sharks in it?"
In this week's comments update, readers are pondering the possibility of adding a pool bar, water slide and sharks to an infinity pool on top of a skyscraper. More
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"Some good news at last"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the French Senate's ruling that dictates Notre-Dame Cathedral must be built in the same style as it was before the fire.
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"He changed the rules, whether you like him or not"
In this week's comments update, readers disagree with Bjarke Ingels' claim that BIG buildings don't have a recognisable style. More
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"It looks like a Beluga whale's fanny"
In this week's comments update, readers are poking fun at the Zaha Hadid-designed stadium in Qatar, which will host matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. More
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"A collection of cardboard tubes saved from used toilet rolls"
In this week's comments update, readers are not impressed with Frank Gehry's Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi. More
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"This is a very serious proposition for Notre-Dame"
In this week's comments update, readers are seriously considering a proposal from Miysis Studio for the rebuild of Notre-Dame Cathedral. More
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"Quasimodo will be very disappointed"
In this week's comments update, readers are angered by designs proposed to replace Notre-Dame Cathedral's destroyed spire. More
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"Lovely tiny home, even lovelier little dog"
In this week's comments update, readers aren't sure about the interior design of an apartment in Madrid, but have fallen for the dog who lives there. More
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"Even if it is rebuilt, it will not be the same"
In this week's comments update, readers grieve over the damage to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, following a huge fire believed to be linked to renovation work. More
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"Students really need to get over themselves"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the value of internships compared to paid architecture courses after Karim Rashid said young designers can learn more working at a studio. More
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"No interns should work unpaid"
In this week's comments update, readers are split over unpaid internships, with some labelling them as detrimental to the industry and others defending them as a vital part of young architects' training. More
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"There's Norway we could a-fjord to eat in this plaice"
In this week's comments update, readers are having a whale of a time making puns about an underwater restaurant designed by Snøhetta. More
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"A totally senseless structure"
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree whether Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel at Hudson Yards will elevate New York to new heights. More
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"There's only so many ways you can twist or sweep a box"
In this week's comments update, readers are comparing OMA's design for a pair of towers in New York to the work of fellow architecture studio BIG. More
