In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the imminent demolition of a house designed by David Adjaye.
A home designed by Adjaye as part of the Make It Right Foundation's contribution to rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is reportedly "in imminent danger of collapse" and is set to be demolished.
The house is one of 109 that were built by non-profit developer Make It Right Foundation, which was set up by actor Brad Pitt to rehouse people.
The property was issued with a Notice of Emergency Demolition on the 30 September.
"Made It Wrong"
Readers aren't surprised. "Actor/activist/wannabe architect decides to pick one of the most difficult places in the US to bring a bunch of fancy-pants architects who have never worked in the region to build a vanity project. This comes as no surprise," said JZ. "Made It Wrong," joked Chris.
"It looks like the unwanted child of Villa Savoye and a trailer," continued Zea Newland. "They probably value-engineered the life out of Adjaye's original design but honestly even with this being a charitable endeavour, you have to do it properly or not at all."
"Not a huge fan of Adjaye, but it's just a headline grab to blame him," concluded Heywood Floyd. "His office probably dashed off at most a light DD package, dimensioned plans, a finish schedule, etc. The local architect and contractors are really the ones at fault. All Adjaye did was lend his name to...