"Where are the laws that require safety codes and regulations?"
The Grenfell Tower fire returns to comments update this week as readers responded to criticism levelled at the UK's cost-cutting approach to social housing by prominent architects. More
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Special comments update charts changing attitudes to the iPhone on its 10th anniversary
It's 10 years today since the revolutionary Apple iPhone first went on sale. But a decade on, is the product losing its appeal? We've collated the best iPhone-related comments from Dezeen readers for a comments update special. With a mix of snark and insight, they document the product's changing reputation. More
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"Gentrification is the fuel of Manhattan"
Gentrification is the hot topic in this week's comments update, after the creators behind New York's High Line launched a website advising on how to create similar projects without pushing out local communities. More
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"Tower blocks have been left vulnerable to rapidly spreading fires"
Readers are expressing anger over revelations that cladding used in the renovation of Grenfell Tower was low-cost and flammable in this week's comments update, and raising concerns over the condition of similar post-war high-rises in the UK. More
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"Beautiful detailing and mechanism. But for what?"
Readers' quizzical reactions to the moving facade of a new arts and culture centre in Shanghai by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio leads this week's comments update. More
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"Palm Springs in a Fifth Avenue high-rise"
Moscow studio Meganom's design for a skinny, supertall residential skyscraper in New York left readers concerned about its effect on the city's ever-populating skyline in this week's comments update. More
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"Feminists aren't going to be happy"
Gender politics return to the forefront in this week's comments update, following an opinion column by Danish architect Dorte Mandrup arguing against the labelling of female architects. More
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"I want to dislike it because it's Heatherwick. But I love it"
The unusual windows of a new hotel opened as part of Heatherwick Studio's overhaul of a former grain silo building in Cape Town sparked a mixed bag of reactions in this week's comments update. More
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"Finally, a great-looking affordable housing solution"
A 160-square-metre family home in Portugal completed on a shoestring budget is met with both high praise and doubt in this week's comments update. More
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"How is a giant rock or shiny sphere supposed to confront fascism?"
Anish Kapoor dominates this week's comments update, after calling for artists to engage with issues such as nationalism, Brexit and Donald Trump, and unveiling a giant whirlpool in Brooklyn. More
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"Make British architecture great again!"
Dezeen opinion columnist Phineas Harper argued architects should abandon modernism in favour of traditional styles to appease populists, sparking a debate among readers in this week's comments update. More
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"Adjaye is influential because he provides a role model for black architects"
British architect David Adjaye split opinion in this week's comments update after being the only architect to be named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2017. More
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"Every time you look at this you will think Brexit"
The winning entry from Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition led to a discussion on the symbolic nature of the UK's future passport, in this week's comments update. More
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"Ugly, expensive, useless"
Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge should be scrapped, according to a new financial inquiry, and some Dezeen readers have joined the clamour of voices calling the project a waste of money in this week's comments update. More
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"What's architecture without utopia?"
Following last week's healthy debate around a conceptual looping skyscraper in New York, a newly proposed tower that would hang from an asteroid drew a similar response from readers, which is summarised in our latest comments update. More
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"Captures my attention and imagination in a way I can't quite explain"
A conceptual New York skyscraper, imagined as "the longest building in the world", had some readers exercising their imagination in this week's comments update. More
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"There is nothing oppressive about women choosing what they'd like to wear"
Nike's decision to unveil its new Pro Hijab for female Muslim athletes on International Women's Day provoked a mixed response from readers in this week's comments update. More
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"Like an armadillo trying to cross the road during rush hour"
Underwhelmed by BIG and Heatherwick's latest plans for Google's new California headquarters, readers are describing the design as "dystopian" and "oppressive" in this week's comments update. More
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"Too alien from the original Nokia 3310"
Nokia is exerting its nostalgia power with the return of the iconic 3310 mobile phone, but are readers enthusiastic about owning a 17-year-old handset? Find out in this week's comments update. More
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"Zaha Hadid Architects is a lot more successful when more restrained"
Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. More