"It's like someone blew bubbles in the windows of a postmodern tower"
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
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"This era of architecture will not be remembered fondly"
Readers debate the effects of capitalism on London's ever-changing skyline in this week's roundup of comments from our readers. More
"We can't afford to house the homeless but we can afford robots to punish them"
Readers reflect on the use of a security robot to deter homeless people away from a San Francisco building, and the resulting backlash that resulted in its removal from the street, in this weeks comments update. More
"What a bad year for skyscrapers"
In this week's comments update, readers debate our pick of the top 10 skyscrapers of 2017, and what it says about the future of tall-building design. More
"I'd love to buy this home someday just to demolish it"
An oast house-inspired dwelling in Kent chosen by the Royal Institute of British Architects as the winner of 2017's House of the Year competition came under fire in this week's comments update. More
"Nice to see a new contender for the Carbuncle Cup"
In this week's comments update, news that a 228-metre-high skyscraper with Matisse-inspired facade patterns will be built in London's Croydon is met with heavy criticism. More
"No woman who works in this industry is surprised"
In this week's comments update, we recap the sexism row sparked after a survey by Dezeen discovered that only three of the world's 100 biggest architecture firms are led by women. More
"It's like walking through some bizarre toy village"
In this week's comments update, an opinion piece arguing against the homogenisation of shop signs on a northeast London high street started a debate among readers around aspirational politics and gentrification. More
"Don't let architectural ego detract from a building's evolution"
This week's comments update is led by the debate surrounding Snøhetta's plan to overhaul Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building, and the backlash that ensued as a result. More
"Stop the silence culture, the architecture world is sexist"
Readers are embroiled in a sexism row in this week's comments update, following an opinion piece that drew parallels between attitudes towards women in architecture and the recent Harvey Weinstein scandal. More
"Drab, austere, forgettable and cheerlessly bright"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Duggan Morris Architects was right to finish its new office building in this year's trendiest colour, millennial pink. More
"I guess it is nearly Halloween"
Spooked readers are wondering if a preserved rotting cottage is a seasonal prank or a serious dwelling in this week's comments update. More
"Budapest will get its very own Tour Montparnasse"
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for an office that will become Budapest's tallest building – which readers are comparing to France's most hated skyscraper in this week's comments update. More
"Interesting as a museum piece, not as a home"
Readers can't decide if a proposed Californian desert home made up of splayed white shipping containers should be classified as architecture or art in this week's comments update. More
"Copying a natural form is the lowest degree of architectural thinking"
A blushing desert rose or postmodern eyesore? Readers are arguing over the sculptural form of Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar in this week's comments update. More
"One of those 10-20 buildings per decade that are truly remarkable"
In this week's comments update, readers lavished praise on Thomas Heatherwick's recently completed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, marking a shift in reaction compared to his previous architectural efforts. More
"Now tell me, where's the Bauhaus?"
Architect Richard Meier completed his first project in Israel last week – a white residential tower with a double layered facade – and readers are struggling with the project's design influences in this week's comments update. More
"These buildings will unfortunately remain on this planet for some time"
Readers are not afraid to make their feelings known about the six projects shortlisted to take the title of the UK's worst building, in this week's comments update. More
"Portraying politicians as Nazis is the lowest form of argument"
Provocative graphic design causes a storm in this week's comments update, as readers react to an anti-Nazi logo designed to protest against Trump and a controversial rebrand for Serbia. More
"Freedom of speech is fine, as long as it does not stir up racial hatred"
In this week's comment update, we reveal readers' reactions to a series of magazine cover designs focusing on Donald Trump's response to the racist violence in Charlottesville. More