In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the homes David Adjaye and Aston Martin have designed for a New York skyscraper and sharing their views on other top stories.
Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has teamed up with the British-Ghanaian architect to design homes and limited edition SUVs for five residents who will live in Adjaye's first New York skyscraper.
Owners of the five Aston Martin Residences in Manhattan will each receive a limited-edition, Adjaye-designed Aston Martin DBX.
"This from the guy that did those crazy brutal houses"
But some readers aren't impressed. "Boring. Good grief," said Chris. "Generic 'luxury' apartments. This from the guy that did those crazy brutal houses early in his career"" "Complete lack of referencing, direction and identity," added Guillaume.
Benny agreed: "Luxury these days has become tiresome and banal. Real luxury in the contemporary world is space and places that are wild."
"While the vehicle displays a measure of control in the use of materials, textures and colours, the apartment is an explosion of themes that don't seem bounded by any particular paradigm, other than the use of curved openings," concluded Johannes.
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