Comments update: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Philip Johnson was an impassioned supporter of Nazism, according to a new book, but should this change our appreciation of his architecture"
Nazi past: American journalist Marc Wortman has chronicled Johnson's role in promoting the Nazi agenda in the US in his new book. But many readers were underwhelmed by the revelations.
"Maybe I have no soul, but to me this doesn't mean anything," wrote Jan Limon. "Millions supported the Nazis at the time and they were both ignorant and in denial about exactly what evil was taking place."
"We have to remember figures like Mies [van der Rohe] and Le Corbusier were also at least ambivalent towards Fascism," added Davide. "Fascism and Modernism ? especially early Modernism ? did have some common ground in their strive for permanent, radical, functional methods that essentially disregarded human conditions." "You can easily be a bad person and a great architect," concluded Owens. "Are the pyramids viewed unfavourably for (presumably) being created by slaves"" Read the comments on this story »

Graffiti gaff: the idea of defacing Le Corbusier's seminal Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut with graffiti was distasteful to some readers, even if the images were just computer generated.
"I'm sorry but I just cannot stomach this," wrote Kay. "I don't think Le Corbusier would enjoy looking at these photos ei...