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This week, readers are commenting on news that funding for the Legends Tower in Oklahoma City has been secured and discussing Coperni's release of a bag made of 99 per cent air. Read on for more... |
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"The forms are simple and the composition is refined"This project by US studio Boyd Architect split readers in the comments section, with some wondering about the gutters – or lack thereof – for the volumes of the standing seam metal-clad home in South Carolina. |
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"Don't understand why all the hate for this project"Funding has been secured and construction may begin in September on the Legends Tower in Oklahoma City, which is planned to be the tallest in USA. Commenters popped off below the line. |
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"So what is this bag's practical utility?" |
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"Are market-rate tiny homes good for primary residential use?"Micro homes are not a humane response to the homelessness crisis, writes Cynthia Griffith as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Commenters shared their thoughts. |
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"Beautiful – gently reshaping the canons for mosque design"Architecture studio Altqadum has revealed the Bab Al Salam Mosque in Muscat, Oman, which is formed of five geometric volumes and has a cone-shaped minaret. Readers are applauding the structure. |
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"Social housing doesn't work. Never has"Architects with creative flair are needed to overcome stigmas around social housing, urges Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind in this Social Housing Revival interview. Commenters responded. |
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"This is exactly what I've been looking for!" |
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"Can't they turn it into decent affordable housing?"Graffiti on the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers is a physical manifestation of tensions over wealth disparities that blight downtown Los Angeles, writes Shane Reiner-Roth. Commenters have questions. |
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"The dog is the real star of the show"Rectilinear volumes of timber and concrete form a residence in coastal Washington state by MW Works. Readers, who are praising the project, are "envious of the owners of this house". |
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"It would be interesting to learn the degree of dimensional accuracy being achieved"Texas-based ICON has unveiled Phoenix, a robotic-arm-mounted 3D printer that can create fully-enclosed, multi-storey structures from a low-carbon mixture, at SXSW. Commenters are intrigued. |
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"Really great subtle moves here. I would love to live in a building like this"Continuing our Social Housing Revival series, we revisit the regeneration of the Grade II listed Bourne Estate in central London, completed in 2018 by local studio Matthew Lloyd Architects. Readers are in love with the "serene and contextualized" project. |
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"Finally! Hopefully there will be some affordable units?"The city of Chicago has announced plans to convert a collection of empty office buildings in the city's downtown into mixed-used and residential towers. Commenters are anticipating the development. |
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