In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in London with curtain walls and an exposed steel structure completed by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. More about "Simple, elegant and taut in form and detail" says commenter
Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes Studio Gang, Fala Atelier, Holloway Li and FOG Architecture. More about Designers of the Year shortlist revealed for Dezeen Awards 2024
Economist Cris Ballester Parets has been awarded the 2024 Royal Academy Architecture Prize for her portfolio of sustainable social housing developments in the Balearic Islands. More about Four projects by RA Architecture Prize winner Cris Ballester Parets
Taiwanese studio Bio-Architecture Formosana followed the principles of a circular economy when designing the Taisugar Circular Village, a housing complex in Tainan, Taiwan. More about Bio-Architecture Formosana organises Taiwanese housing around urban farm
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a concept car by British automaker Lotus. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Lotus' tech-heavy concept car
Mexican design studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a series of buildings in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico, centred around a sports complex and baseball stadium shaded by monumental concrete umbrellas. More about CCA shades Mexican baseball stadium with concrete umbrellas
Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. More about VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension
Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. More about Eero Saarinen's Tulip table has "a kind of dishonesty to it"
British designer John Pawson has collaborated with cashmere brand Oyuna on a collection of throws that draw on his design for the Lake Crossing in London's Kew Gardens. More about John Pawson designs cashmere collection "based on embedded architectural narratives"
Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession's role within contemporary popular culture. More about "Megalopolis is a reminder that the heroic conception of the architect is an intoxicating one"
South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. More about Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya
Mass rural-to-urban migration in India will put pressure on the country's architects in the coming years, Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi "anxious" about future of Indian cities
Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. More about Dezeen Awards 2024 reveals 35-strong sustainability shortlist
Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen's Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai. More about Dezeen's Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration
Film director Luca Guadagnino's interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. More about Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo "steeped in history" into boutique hotel
Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. More about The Airey Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade
A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico
Beverage company PepsiCo has unveiled a rebrand of its Mountain Dew drink with a new logo and packaging focused on its mountain roots. More about Mountain Dew aims to "reclaim its legacy" with mountain-focused rebrand
Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai's historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. More about Neri&Hu captures "spirit of traditional alleyways" at Shanghai arts centre
Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. More about Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes "big cube" in Paddington