In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing a Japanese home designed by Suzuko Yamada and sharing their views on other top stories.
A house in Tokyo has caused a stir thanks to a scaffold of steel pipes and platforms, which connect the house to its garden and can be adapted according to the owner's needs.
Yamada designed the three-storey house and its gabled roof to be entirely clad in sheets of corrugated metal, apart from the front facing side.
"The architectural equivalent of a rich hipster dressing like they're poor"
Some readers are not impressed. "The architectural equivalent of a rich hipster dressing like they're poor," said Wilson MK.
Paul Bateman agreed: "What a visual blight on the neighbourhood. Forever a building site." "Love the playfulness of this house and could imagine the occupants having a lot of fun with the building over the years," said Reg on the other hand. "I can appreciate that this piece of reconfigurable architecture would certainly not be to everyone's taste, however I can't help but admire it."
"The perfect set of monkey bars," concluded Aigoual. "A gymnast's delight."
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