In this week s comments update, readers are discussing BIG s mixed-use development in Harlem, New York, and sharing their views on other top stories.
Architecture firm BIG has built The Smile in New York s Harlem neighbourhood to house a nursing school and 223 residential apartments.
Situated at East 126th Street the development is named for its curved, stainless-steel facade, which the studio designed to recall the textured surface of the moon . Does that building actually lean back from the street?
Readers are torn. Facade looks great in the photos, said Z-Dog, on one hand.
Troels Steenholdt Heiredal disagreed: Does that building actually lean back from the street as if it is physically embarrassed by its traditional neighbours? Nothing says Harlem like a rooftop pool from where you can look down on the neighbourhood.