Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. More about "The novelty of extremely slender structures is wearing off" say commenters
Architects should stop designing jails and prisons, which are representations of systemic racism in the US, if they want to really impact the fight for racial equality, says Michael Ford. More about "Stop working on spaces which disproportionately impact African Americans" says architectural designer Michael Ford
Designers Ini Archibong and Chrissa Amuah spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Ini Archibong and Chrissa Amuah as part of Virtual Design Festival
US architecture firm William Kaven Architecture has stepped a black house with expansive balconies down a wooded ground to overlook an Oregon forest. More about Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house
Architecture students in four different year groups at the University of Kentucky College of Design present projects in this VDF school show. More about University of Kentucky College of Design spotlights 12 student architecture projects from across the school
H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food. More about H&P Architects tops Vietnam house with plantable roof to create "cube of earth"
A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. More about C+ Architects mingles old and new inside Restaurant Ya in Beijing
Over a quarter of black architects in the UK deal with racism in the workplace as discrimination becomes "widespread", a survey from the Architects' Journal has shown. More about Racism increasing in UK architecture industry finds AJ survey
Rod White, chief designer at Philips TV & Sound, discussed the electronics brand's new collection of portable audio accessories with Georg Jensen in this talk produced by Dezeen for the brand's collaboration with Virtual Design Festival. More about Philips TV & Sound's portable audio range with Georg Jensen "enhances on-the-go experience"
This Virtual Design Festival school show features work by nine design students from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, including an AR headset that gamifies everyday life and an aluminium light that embodies fairytale narratives. More about Cranbrook graduates explore connections between design, art and craft
A "bed-cabinet", kitchen island and boxed-in bathroom help organise the floor plan of the Spinmolenplein penthouse in Ghent designed by Jürgen Vandewalle. More about Jürgen Vandewalle arranges Ghent penthouse around three blocks of furniture
Jak Studio has redesigned the conventional L-shaped sofa to suit the "home workplace of the future", enabling it to be altered from seating or a bed into a work pod. More about Jak Studio's L20 sofa concept doubles up as a private work pod
British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has created an underwater greenhouse on the seabed off the coast of Australia as a habitat for marine life. More about Jason deCaires Taylor sinks Coral Greenhouse into ocean to support the Great Barrier Reef
New York designer Athena Calderone has renovated her mid-century home in the Long Island town of Amagansett with plaster walls, linen fabric, marble and second-hand finds. More about Athena Calderone revitalises her Long Island home with plaster walls and vintage finds
The coronavirus pandemic will force design brands to manufacture more products locally, hold less stock and be less reliant on physical stores, according to designer Tom Dixon. More about "Why make more than you can sell?" says Tom Dixon as he launches made-to-order lighting system
This year's Art Basel and the Design Miami/Basel collectors fair, which were postponed from June to September, have now been cancelled altogether due to coronavirus. More about Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel join growing list of September events scrapped due to coronavirus
Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park. More about ODA carves high-rise park into residential tower proposed for Seattle
To mark World Oceans Day, VDF collaborated with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans to host a live Screentime conversation with its founder Cyrill Gutsch. More about Live interview with Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch as part of Virtual Design Festival
Vacation pods in a climate change-stricken New York and a money-laundering bank for the Japanese government are among the concepts presented here by Carleton University's MArch students in this VDF school show. More about Carleton University architecture graduates present 15 provocative and political projects
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani gave Dezeen readers a virtual reality tour of his Catharsis temple, created for this year's Burning Man festival, on VDF today. More about Live VR tour of Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis amphitheatre as part of Virtual Design Festival