a concept for a modular hotel on the banks of the Seine got readers fired up this week, with one describing it as among "the ugliest, most useless" projects we've published.
River row: MenoMenoPiu Architects claimed its concept for a string of capsule homes on stilts along the banks of the River Seine could help prevent Paris from becoming a "city museum". Dezeen readers were largely unimpressed.
"I need this as much as I need Ebola. For MenoMenoPiu Architects we might re-instate the guillotine," wrote M. Vitruvius.
Stefan described the scheme as "one of the ugliest, most useless and clueless projects I've seen on Dezeen for a long time", while Esther Lauser thanked Dezeen for posting the project as she was "in need of something to get really annoyed with."
Not everyone was against the idea though. "I understand foreigners not understanding this working in the city, but as a Parisian I think it's a really brilliant idea. Good to see an architectural firm thinking about the future more than the past