"Give me a team of bricklayers over a 3D printer every time" 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
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"Elon needs all the help he can get understanding the universe" 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
"Suburban sprawl is a much worse problem than skyscrapers" 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
"Why can't we have nice things like this in the US?" 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
"So confident, so fluid, so good" 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
"Is there no end to David Beckham's talents?" 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
"Heatherwick is showing architects how it's done" 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
"The exterior walls will make an excellent canvas for Banksy" 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
"Looks like something from Patrik Schumacher's recycling bin" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed luxury car manufacturer Bugatti's first foray into residential architecture. More
"Finally some warm colours in this neoliberal dystopia" 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
"What happened to the concept of human beings collaborating on a design" asks 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
"Do they really need AI to come up with 'Zaha' designs?" 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
"Art does not have to be 'useful' but it should carry some meaning" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Asif Khan and Theaster Gates' Liverpool Docks transformation plans. More
"Nothing to do with Frank Lloyd Wright" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed recently released trainers informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches. More
"Clearly gorgeous but how does it celebrate the game of rugby?" asks commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Niall McLaughlin Architects' red-brick International Rugby Experience museum in Limerick, Ireland. More
"Timber will not save us and concrete will not end us" says 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
"What an architect is responsible for seems to have diminished" 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".
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"The recognisable but exaggerated form is sublime" 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
"To be both bland and overly grandiose seems difficult" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers discussed an opinion piece arguing against awarding the Pritzker prize to David Chipperfield and continued debating 15-minute cities, following an interview with its creator. More
"A coherent and influential body of work" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing projects by 2023's Pritzker Architecture Prize winner and debating the need to reduce mass-timber structures' raw-material use. More