In this week's comments update, readers rallied against the suggestion that the Glasgow School of Art should not be rebuilt following a major fire.
Rebirth: Emotions were running high as Dezeen readers flocked to the comments section to support the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art being rebuilt to it's original design, after it burned down yet again last week.
"Very sad. A masterpiece is gone," wrote a distraught MrDelvoye.
"It can and should be restored. Building something 'new' will inevitably fail to be as good," underlined Chris defiantly.
Sorperdida joined the chorus demanding that the building be rebuilt: "This should definitely be rebuilt to its original design, regardless of the cost." Going against the current, Archi suggested it was time for a new architect to take the mantle: "I would love to see Holl do a complete redesign to meet the school's current and future needs, or have someone like Zumthor work with the existing stones."
But Ay ay ay wasn't having any of it: "Oh please, Holl" Have you seen the Reid building" As for Zumthor, well, the repair bill for rebuilding the Mack would still come in cheaper."
"The spatial and material quality of Mackintosh's work is preserved in drawings, surveys and models. It can, and should be rebuilt. We must resist the urge for architectural hubris and do the right thing," cautioned Humdrum.
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