"This is what happens when you start with a stupid idea and persevere with it"
In this week's comments update, readers give their verdict on the long-awaited V&A Dundee museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
Cliffhanger: Kengo Kuma's £80 million V&A Dundee museum opened last week. Readers have some choice words for the Japanese architect behind the design, intended to evoke the dramatic cliffs of Scotland's coastline.
"This is what happens when you start with a stupid idea and persevere with it ? it looks nothing like a cliff face, even conceptually, and, cliff faces are not contextual to Dundee," moaned Clichy.
"Kuma is a master of archi-bunkum, it's just laughable the idea got this far, I pity the people of Dundee," agreed an exasperated JB.
Alfred Hitchcock felt let down by the musuem's interiors: "Very disappointing inside, given the hype." However, Leggat leap to the defence of the project: "I have to say, despite the negativity from some, this is a welcome addition to Dundee and a lot of locals are very proud of it Dundee has very, very little in the way of prominent architecture and there is a lot of hope that a project like this could bring people and jobs to the city."
The exterior of the building brought music to one reader's ears, in a sense:
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