In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG's 222-metre-high Telus Sky Tower in Calgary and other top architecture and design stories. More about Commenter thinks BIG's Calgary skyscraper has "more a wine bottle than feminine shape"
Dezeen Showroom: Versus wall tapestries by designer Margrethe Odgaard aim to capture the colours of Kathmandu, Nepal, and were created with Himalayan craftspeople for Danish brand Ca'lyah. More about Versus tapestries by Margrethe Odgaard for Ca'lyah
Curator Kathryn Johnson explains the story behind surrealism and its impact on design in this video Dezeen produced for the Design Museum about its latest exhibition. More about Design Museum's Objects of Desire exhibition explores "what surrealism is and why it matters now"
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh is set to create a timber pavilion sheltering a low circular table for next year's Serpentine Pavilion. More about Lina Ghotmeh reveals design for 2023 Serpentine Pavilion
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for the refurbishment of the Aqaba Container Terminal at Jordan's only port to transform it into a hub for the local community. More about BIG to transform Jordan port terminal into solar-powered community hub
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has created an installation named Shadows Travelling on the Sea of the Day comprised of twenty circular structures during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar . More about Symmetry and reflection define Qatar desert installation by Olafur Eliasson
New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have converted a 19th-century train warehouse into the headquarters for a charitable organisation in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighbourhood. More about Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group unveil food distribution centre in Brooklyn
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Studio Sofields' interiors for the world's skinniest skyscraper. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda features "gilded age" interiors for world's skinniest skyscraper
US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. More about GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility
Dezeen School Shows: students and faculty members from VCUarts Qatar present a light installation called Virga, which was built in collaboration with design studio Atelier La Juntana and is featured as Dezeen's latest school show. More about VCUarts Qatar and Atelier La Juntana present a light installation informed by virga clouds
London-based practice Neiheiser Argyros has completed Grid House, the renovation of a 1970s modernist home in Evoia, Greece, that involved stripping the building back to its concrete structure to create a series of minimalist living spaces. More about Neiheiser Argyros strips back and refurbishes modernist home in Greece
Despite growing concerns about the carbon emissions associated with their construction and operation, skyscrapers continue to spring up around the globe. Here, Philip Oldfield sets out seven ways to design tall buildings that are more sustainable. More about Seven principles for designing low-carbon skyscrapers
Architecture studio Week has envisioned a 4.4-kilometre-high memorial to draw attention to the number of reported deaths connected to the construction of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. More about Week envisions Qatar World Cup migrant worker memorial to "reflect the scale of the humanitarian disaster"
Tintagel Castle Footbridge by architecture studio William Matthews Associates and engineers Ney & Partners has been named the winner of the Building Beauty Awards at an awards ceremony presented by Norman Foster. More about "Perfectly poised" Tintagel Castle Footbridge wins inaugural Building Beauty Awards
Belgian designer Raf Simons has announced he is closing the fashion label that bears his name after 27 years of operation. More about Raf Simons closes namesake fashion label after "extraordinary" 27 years
As yet another COP fails to put the world on a path to avert climate catastrophe, it's time for architects to fundamentally rethink the work they do, writes Michael Pawlyn. More about "Architects need to embrace radical change if we are to avoid a hellish future"
Animal rights organisation PETA has launched the Vegan Wool Challenge, calling on designers and researchers to develop a vegan alternative to sheep's wool with a lower environmental impact. More about PETA launches million design competition to create vegan wool
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese design brand Yamagiwa has listed a range of lighting designs on Dezeen Showroom, including a pendant lamp with a shade made from steel. More about A spectrum of lighting designs by Yamagiwa features on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: in the Italian ceramic tile industry "nothing is wasted", which enables mineral resources to be conserved and reduces carbon emissions, according to Ceramics of Italy. More about Italian ceramics are "produced in under an hour but last for over 50 years"
We've selected five job opportunities for designers and architects based in the USA, which are available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at The Met, Herzog & de Meuron and Rapt Studio. More about Five design and architecture job opportunities in the USA