MAD's topography-inspired Fake Hills housing development in China has sparked a strong reaction from readers. Calls for the firm to "stop the MADness" lead this week's comments update.
You MAD" readers are criticising the huge, distinctive form of the Fake Hills housing complex recently completed by MAD, which stands between the coastal Chinese city of Beihai and the seafront.
"A perfect way to block sea views and plunge a beach into shadow," wrote Kieran.
"Can we stop this MADness please"" wrote Urbanrodeo. "Talk about post-rational justification ? it's a behemoth and a blight, any way you slice it."
Others pointed out that the building is an example of the "oversized, xenocentric and weird" architecture China is moving to outlaw. "A wavy Prora complex with holes. I thought China didn't want weird architecture anymore," said regular commenter She Grabs the Curtain.
One commenter said the structure was the final nail in modernism's coffin:

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