As we’ve previously noted, British architect Will Alsop is a party prince who likes to party with the pretty party people. “Obviously not a man familiar with gyms,” as one interviewer put it—and the same might be said of his shaggy, bacchic buildings. But his latest is too much: The “Chips” housing scheme for Islington, the first images of which were revealed by Architect’s Journal, features newsprint patterning and—wait for it—a giant print roller, in deference to the area’s “industrial heritage.” Cheeky po-mo literalism rides again!

Will Alsop’s ‘Chips’ [AJ]