In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California.
Ye's transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace.
Commenters were far from impressed.
Ye strips Tadao Ando beach house in Malibu back to its structure
"A wrecking ball would add a finishing touch"
"This is quite literally a case of more money than sense," wrote Alfred Hitchcock.
Bloibl concluded that "Kanye West is a child", while Vandra found Ye's actions "dumb from a pure real estate standpoint".
Commenter Jb couldn't pass up on the opportunity for irony, writing "it is a cruel and unjust world that castigates a visionary for paying the ultimate tribute to minimalism". But Andy raised a wider point about luxury homes hogging the beach in Malibu. "Ye's madness is a waste of precious resources, but so are all those houses, lording over what should be a protected and shared natural resource: the beach," they wrote.
Richard simply asked, "Kan-ye not"".
However, not all commenters agreed and Whateverandeveramen put forward "pretty sure he can do whatever he likes with his property," and suspected "I'm sure not one reader knew of the existence of this house before".
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