"Social housing is not the place for minimalism" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a trio of buildings completed by David Chipperfield Architects that are part of a riverside development in Lyon, France.

David Chipperfield Architects constructed a social housing block, an office building and a mixed-use high-rise for the part of the development called Lyon Confluence.

"Austerity and monotony never got on well with social housing" 

Commenter Jean Paul was impressed...