Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects" In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves.
Heydar not heyday: readers are praising designs for a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest.
"ZHA is a lot more successful when they're more restrained, as in this project," wrote Jon.
"The best Zaha by far," agreed Guest. "A truly impressive piece of architecture and art."
"Impressive renderings, excellent design, atypically restrained on ZHA's part," said HeywoodFloyd. "I much prefer this to their typical acontextual Heydar Aliyev parametric bombast mode." But some readers were concerned about the practicality of a building that boasts a 90-metre-high void:

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