«What they’re basically saying is that if they paint the interior blue with some clouds on it, it’ll feel like it’s all open to the outside. And what happens when there’s a horrendous storm system the plane’s flying through?» asked Adam. But davvid was among commenters who hit back at the form-comparisons as a lazy critique, writing «Oh please. Good luck with that,» wrote Iikka Keränen. «Single-handedly the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen. New York’s beginning to look like a facsimile of itself,» added generalpopulation. Others and some practical concerns about the idea. Comments update: architectural debate commanded the conversation on Dezeen this week, with one reader accusing the Modernist movement of «raping South America», while others were more concerned with defending MAD’s design for the George Lucas museum from lazy criticism. «If modernism rapes Latin America, what do you propose? Read the comments on this story »
Open for business: the opening of the One World Trade Centre skyscraper by SOM reignited debate about the design of the new buildings on the site in central New York. «Yawn. «The built version is clunky in its form and already looks dated.» Read the comments on this story »
Up in the air: a proposal for an aeroplane cabin with no windows and an interior covered with a giant OLED screen showing projections of the sky was not well received by Dezeen readers. «This building is like a biker who looks real tough, but is really a big softy,» added 8mismo. Neo-classicism?» countered spadestick, while other commenters described the building as «beautiful». NO OFFICE HAS A WINDOW,» wrote Cesar A. Goodbye to any customers even remotely scared of flying,» added Miranda Babbitt. «What a thoroughly disappointing building,» wrote Nick, in one of the most popular comments of the week. ‘Looks like’ is the lowest kind of criticism.» Read the comments on this story »
Modernism attacks: a monolithic concrete innovation centre designed by Chilean firm Elemental and Alejandro Aravena was one of the most popular projects of the week, but not everyone was a fan. «So what happens when someone wants to nap? «People love to complain about the WTC, but I never hear any articulation about what they actually wanted instead that isn’t wildly delusional,» responded regular commenter Colonel Pancake. «It’s a quasi-private office development, which throws out the window any sort of obligation for its developers to lose money for the sake of pet projects of architectural novelty.»
«The earlier Liebskind concept just had a bit more finesse,» retorted Suz.
