Can you hang a building from an asteroid?
Following last week's healthy debate around a conceptual looping skyscraper in New York, a newly proposed tower that would hang from an asteroid drew a similar response from readers, which is summarised in our latest comments update. Down to earth: Clouds Architecture Office suggested suspending the Analemma Tower, which would be the world's tallest skyscraper, from an asteroid to get around terrestrial height restrictions. "What's architecture without utopia?" asked Eugenio Laponte, defending the concept. Some readers, such as Atlas, were completely dismissive of the extreme plan: "What a complete waste of time." Mies van der Float felt the office deserved praise for their originality: "I'd like to have a pint in this tower someday and toast these blokes for daring to be visionary." One reader suggested the architects may be better off going back to school: .