"If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando.
Created as the Japanese architect's first-ever project in Australia, the concrete structure is the 10th MPavilion in the city and was intended to be a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens.
Readers took opposing views in the comments section.
Tadao Ando unveils MPavilion based on "pure geometry"
"If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary"
Some commenters critiqued Ando's work as a knock-off of architect Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona pavilion.
"Absolutely uninspired," wrote Philip. "Mies gave us the Barcelona pavilion 100 years ago and this is just a clumsy copy". Tom Roberts was similarly minded, saying: "It is no Barcelona pavilion, which it tries so hard to emulate."
Alfred Hitchcock felt that Ando had let his usually high standards drop. "How dull, lifeless and frankly lazy coming from an architect who has previously designed so many masterful works," they wrote.
However, other commenters were totally blown away by the "masterpiece".
"Pure and essential Ando ? a masterpiece and another symbolic signature from maestro Tadao," wrote Pa Varreon.
"Masterful, the work is just stunning" echoed Mr Marsden. "If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordin...
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