Comments update: is this image sexist? Photos of model in an Australian house prompted a discussion on the way women are represented in architecture. Read more on this and more lively comment threads on Dezeen. More about "Good taste has nothing to do with sexism"
Comments update: readers have been discussing the use of irregularly stacked boxes in architectural projects this week, responding to the first images of Ole Scheeren's Vancouver skyscraper design and BIG's proposal for the Two World Trade Center site in New York. Read more on these and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "A new typology in vertical living?"
Comments update: a range of sex toys for women created to subvert stereotypes sparked a debate among readers this week about whether design could achieve the same for men. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "Design should tackle the huge taboo surrounding sex toys for men"
Comments update: Zaha Hadid's shimmering new building for a historic site at the University of Oxford was accused of being "obnoxious" this week. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "The building appears to have just fallen from Mars and landed there"
Comments update: this week readers have been discussing the merits of Herzog & de Meuron's newly completed football stadium in Bordeaux – a key venue for the Euro 2016 football championships. Read on for more on this and other most-commented Dezeen stories this week. More about "The elegance of the international style reborn"
Comments update: a fairytale-inspired Essex house by architecture studio FAT and artist Grayson Perry was the most discussed project this week. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "A punch in the face to bland, Modernist crap"
Comments update: the robotic cranes proposed for building Google's new HQ triggered a debate about "hackable" architecture this week – read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "This isn't as ridiculous as you think"
Comments update: readers have described OMA's new arts centre in Milan, which is partially clad in 24-karat gold leaf, as "sublime" and "ridiculous" this week – read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "This is not a refurbished building, this is Goldfinger's mansion"
Comments update: news that 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot was laying off staff and closing stores became one of this week's biggest talking points – read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "To describe 3D printing as a fad is ridiculous"
Comments update: readers thought Apple's temporary space in Milan – designed to showcase its new smartwatch – looked "shoddy". Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen this week. More about "Steve Jobs would never have allowed the pavilion to look like this"
Comments update: what's the point in using 3D printing technology to create "impractical and uncomfortable shoes?" Read on for more on this and other most commented Dezeen stories this week. More about "Just because you can 3D-print something, doesn't mean you should"
Comments update: is Richard Rogers right to gift his seminal Wimbledon home to the Harvard Graduate School of Design? Read on for more on this and other most-commented Dezeen stories this week. More about "Thanks for supporting British architecture schools, Richard"
Comments update: Plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper next to Peter Zumthor's world-famous spa building in a tiny Alpine village attracted over 140 comments this week. More about "Architects today have lost their courage"
Comments update: Dezeen readers have been discussing design's role in challenging idealised perceptions of the female body this week. More about "Design has an important role to play in changing people's view of what women should look like"
Should we redesign animals to save them from extinction? This week readers have been discussing the ethics of a synthetic biology project that proposes doing just that. More about "This doesn't seem ethical"
Comments update: Apple's newly launched MacBook computer and Will.i.am's comments on 3D-printing human bodies were the most discussed stories this week. More about "Apple is putting form over function"
Comments update: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's declaration of the death of fashion led the debate this week. More about "Fashion is not dead. Mainstream fashion is dead"
Comments update: a fire that ripped through one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers dominated the conversation this week, as readers discussed the safety features of tall buildings. More about "Great architects, engineers and designers make the 21st century a safer place"
Comments update: Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas – described by the rapper himself as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line – was the most commented story this week. More about "Paying a lot of money to look poor is just silly"
Comments update: readers were quick to pass judgement on Frank Gehry's newly opened business school in Sydney this week, which had been described as "the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag". More about "Like it or not, it's an impressive feat to build a paper bag out of bricks"