{"id":99063,"date":"2025-08-26T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99063\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:53:09","slug":"dezeen-debate-features-bigs-comically-out-of-scale-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99063\/","title":{"rendered":"Dezeen Debate features BIG&#8217;s &#8220;comically out of scale&#8221; complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/670-mesquit-los-angeles-big_dezeen_2364_col_10-852x479.jpg\" class=\"attachment-article_large_image size-article_large_image nolazy\" alt=\"670 Mesquit\" decoding=\"async\"  data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/>\t\t    <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.dezeen.com\/t\/r-52565797124A484F2540EF23F30FEDED\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter<\/a> features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/19\/670-mesquit-development-big-approved-los-angeles-arts-district\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BIG&#8217;s four-building 670 Mesquit complex in Los Angeles<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Danish studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/big\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BIG<\/a> recently revealed 670 Mesquit, a four-building complex in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> with housing, an elementary school and other facilities, recently approved by the city council.<\/p>\n<p>Readers reacted to the plans, with one calling them &#8220;comically out of scale for the area&#8221; and another warning that &#8220;the thermal bridging on those balcony slabs will be a problem&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2238735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ixi-self-driving-golf-trolley-botronics-futurewave_dezeen_2364_col_11-852x479.jpg\" alt=\"ixi self-driving golf trolley by Botronics and Futurewave\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1330\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/22\/ixi-self-driving-golf-trolley-botronics-futurewave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;World&#8217;s first&#8221; self-driving golf trolley follows players around the course<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other stories in this week&#8217;s newsletter that sparked debate include an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/22\/ixi-self-driving-golf-trolley-botronics-futurewave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">autonomous AI-powered gold trolley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/20\/construction-images-stadium-steel-nfl-buffalo-bills-populous\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photos of construction underway on the Buffalo Bills stadium<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/20\/studio-gogo-jewellery-lego-ring-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lego-customisable rings by Berlin jewellery brand Studio GOGO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dezeen Debate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/dezeen-debate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dezeen Debate<\/a> is sent every Tuesday and features a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.dezeen.com\/t\/r-52565797124A484F2540EF23F30FEDED\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the latest edition of Dezeen Debate<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/dezeenagenda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dezeen Agenda<\/a> is sent every Tuesday containing a selection of the most important news highlights from the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/dezeendaily\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dezeen Daily<\/a> is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/dezeenindepth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dezeen In Depth<\/a> is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design.<\/p>\n<p>                New! 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