"Why doesn't it have a distinct front and back?"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers have been criticising the world's tallest statue and are unsure about Muji's design for a bus. We also revealed the star host for the upcoming Dezeen Awards ceremony. Read on for more of the best stories and comments on Dezeen...     "The time has passed for monumental monstrosities" Readers feel strongly that the Statue of Unity in India – a monument four times the size of the Statue of Liberty – is a waste of money. Read more ›   "Very beautiful" Readers are praising Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who has turned an old building in Chicago into an architecture exhibition centre. Read more ›   "Gropius couldn't draw" We profiled Walter Gropius as part of our Bauhaus 100 series, and commenters have been pointing out both his merits and his faults.  Read more ›   "Why doesn't it have a distinct front and back?" Readers can't make head nor tail of an autonomous shuttle bus designed by Muji, leading to fears for people crossing the road. Read more ›     "Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Glass Elevator!" Designs by Wilkinson Eyre to insert a glass lift inside one of Battersea Power Station's chimneys is reminding readers of a favourite novel. Read more ›   Sir Lenny Henry to host Dezeen Awards ceremony British comedian, actor and television presenter Sir Lenny Henry will host for the first ever Dezeen Awards ceremony later this month. Read more ›   "Should help dispel a few misconceptions" Our report from Saudi Design Week challenges preconceptions about the desert kingdom, according to one commenter. Read more ›   "Not a $50 million view of the city" Readers don't think the penthouse topping Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 West 28th is worth the cost, even if it does overlook the High Line. Read more ›     "It's a situation which is not unique to Japan" Japanese designers claim they have to seek success abroad before being able to win work at home. The same is true in other countries too, say commenters. Read more ›   "The whole hotel is a place of fantasy and surprise" Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the eccentric and theatrical spaces he created for the Mondrian Doha hotel in our latest movie. Read more ›   "Hard to think anything can beat the original" Inbal Weinberg looked to modernist architecture when designing sets for a remake of horror movie Suspiria. Are they as good as the first? Read more ›   "I can almost smell the wood" Photographs of two buildings at a Quebec nature reserve, designed by Atelier Pierre Thibault, have given readers a sensory experience. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Public relations manager at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in San Francisco, USA Part 1/2 architectural assistants/architect at ADP in London, UK French-speaking architectural assistant at Jamie Fobert Architects in London, UK Part 3 architect at Timothy Hatton Architects in London, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise