Comments update: New York's luxury construction boom continues to spark debate, as readers react to Elizabeth Diller's warning that supertall towers are damaging the city.

High and mighty: skyscrapers like Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue came under criticism from Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Elizabeth Diller, who told Dezeen that New York "risks being consumed by financial interests".
A number of readers jumped in to declare their love for the city's tall buildings.
"The thin towers are an expression and testament to our new and advanced world," wrote a user called Blake. "New York is all about the excitement of exuberant high rises," agreed Jonathan Tuffin.
But others were concerned with the social implications of New York's evolving skyline. "What is so exciting about exuberant high-rises when they only benefit a tiny fraction of the 1 per cent"" wrote HintOfBrain. "The towers being built south of Central Park are being sold to billionaires only," wrote a user called ms_elusive.
"There is a glut of luxury housing on the market as a result, when the city is in dire need of housing for inhabitants at all other income levels," she continued. Read the story and the comments »

Brutal: readers panned the newly-revealed housing designs planned as a replacement for London's famous Alison and Peter Smithson-designed Robin Hood Gardens estate, which is being demolished despite protests.
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