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.
Building a pest: readers are protesting against a tower designed by Foster + Partners for the Hungarian capital, saying it will block views of a famous hill and become a blemish on the skyline.
"Mr Foster, thanks for ruining a UNESCO World Heritage historical landscape with your phallus-shaped building," said JaxonPollock. "Budapest will get its very own Tour Montparnasse."
"I feel this is the wrong building in the wrong place and is disrespectful to the fabric of Budapest," agreed Clichy. "I would have no objection to the scheme elsewhere in the city, where it did not impact on the skyline." Some readers had other concerns. "Something vaguely Hadidian about this," wrote Melon Design, possibly referencing the building's undulating form. "What's nice about it" It looks very banal and dated," said R2D2.
But regular commenter HeywoodFloyd defended the development, saying the city needs to grow:

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