In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a colourful secondary school in China, which Trace Architecture Office has designed as a "celebration of creativity". More about "So confident, so fluid, so good" says commenter
At the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Allbirds has unveiled a woolly sock-style trainer with a bioplastic sole that effectively adds zero emissions to the atmosphere over the course of its life, the shoe brand claims. More about Allbirds creates "world's first net-zero carbon shoe" using regenerative wool
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed photos of its 50-metre-high viewing tower in Yantai as it nears completion. More about Open Architecture's Sun Tower tops out in Yantai
Promotion: the interior of One Za'abeel The Residences, a soon-to-complete skyscraper in Dubai, has been fitted out with ceramic surfaces from Italian brand Fiandre Architectural Surfaces. More about Fiandre Architectural Surfaces' ceramic surface lines interior of One Za'abeel skyscraper in Dubai
London-based studio EBBA Architects has channelled the environmental ethos of fashion rental platform Rotaro for its pop-up boutique at department store Liberty. More about EBBA Architects designs sculptural pop-up shop for Rotaro at Liberty
The founders of local architecture studio Only If have completed a multi-storey, slender house for themselves that is meant to represent the potential for "architectural invention in constrained, residual urban spaces". More about Only If designs Narrow House for extra-skinny lot in Brooklyn
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter's plans for the "world's largest wooden city" in Stockholm. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features designs for Stockholm Wood City
Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has unveiled the 130 William skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, which was informed by the history of New York City's skyline and industrial waterfront. More about David Adjaye's first skyscraper "like a ruin" in New York
Dezeen School Shows: sex toys for older women are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design spotlights 15 design projects
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Italian designer Paolo Cappello for Miniforms, the Superpop tables have a colourful, terrazzo-like surface created from recycled plastic. More about Superpop tables by Paolo Cappello for Miniforms
Czech studio Chybik + Kristof has completed the Mendel's Greenhouse exhibition space in Brno, which celebrates the work of 19th-century biologist Gregor Mendel. More about Chybik + Kristof unveils steel-framed pavilion dedicated to "father of genetics"
MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong has unveiled The City of Time installation and events space on the beach in Aranya, northern China. More about Ma Yansong creates maze-like performance space for Chinese festival
Rental website Airbnb has created Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse, an all-pink California mansion with an outdoor disco, infinity pool and Western-themed bedroom. More about Barbie and Ken unveil bright-pink lifesize dollhouse in Malibu
Complexity Science Hub Vienna researchers Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Daniel Kondor have calculated the mobility issues that The Line linear city in Saudi Arabia is likely to experience. More about Researchers propose Saudis turn The Line into The Circle to improve mobility
Architecture practice Studio Mutt and researcher Neighbourhood have been awarded the 2023 Davidson Prize for Helping Hands, a concept for independent living facilities in Liverpool. More about Davidson Prize awarded to project addressing homelessness in Liverpool
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish studio MUT Design has created a geometric rug collection for the brand Gan, which is informed by the patterns of a spirograph toy. More about Giro rugs by MUT Design for Gan
Artificial Intelligence acted as a "creative collaborator" in a project by IKEA's research lab Space10 and design studio Panter & Tourron to reimagine the couch as a lightweight and foldable seating design. More about Space10 counts AI as collaborator on Couch in an Envelope prototype
Fashion brand Loewe has opened a store in Osaka that, for the first time, is specifically dedicated to the repair and preservation of its leather goods. More about Loewe ReCraft store in Osaka finds ways to let leather live on
Interiors studio Atelier Caracas has brought industrial influences and offbeat materials into this apartment in Caracas, designed around the restrictions posed by Venezuela's recent political and economic crisis. More about Atelier Caracas imbues apartment in Caracas with 1980s industrial edge
Local studio Reims 502 has unveiled an expansive residence in Querétaro, Mexico with warm walnut and dark basalt finishes and a rooftop pool and garden area. More about Reims 502 places pool atop basalt-clad Mexican home