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
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
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
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
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
New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. More about WORKac completes San Francisco offices with "dynamic sense of topography"
Abandoned steelworks buildings will be repurposed into public space as part of Danish studio Cobe's design for a city district in Tallinn, Estonia. More about Cobe set to transform "treasure box" steelworks site into Tallinn neighbourhood
Black-metal panels and shutters bring an "aura of mystique" to the Cold War Museum Regan Vest in Denmark, designed by architecture studio AART. More about AART cloaks Cold War museum in Denmark with black metal
British studio Foster + Partners has added a vaulted timber hall to Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain, which features an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. More about Foster + Partners expands Spanish winery with "discreet" barrel-vaulted structure
Perforated brick walls wrap an open-roof stage at this circular music centre in Cambodia, completed by Swiss architecture studio Atelier Oï. More about Perforated brickwork wraps The Gong music centre by Atelier Oï
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has added a visitors centre to champagne house Maison Ruinart's historic site in Reims, France. More about Stone pavilion by Sou Fujimoto "blends harmoniously" into historic champagne house
Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. More about Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. More about Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. More about Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace
Local studio Anttinen Oiva Architects has designed the mass-timber Katajanokan Laituri building in Helsinki as the headquarters for timber supplier Stora Enso. More about Anttinen Oiva Architects "sets an example" with Finland's largest mass-timber building
English football club Manchester United has appointed Foster + Partners to created a masterplan for the redevelopment of the land surrounding its Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, UK. More about "Proud Mancunian" Norman Foster to create Manchester United stadium masterplan
Chinese studio Offhand Practice has completed the Mei Yuan Cafe, a glass-walled pavilion in Shanghai that allows visitors to "immerse themselves" in the surrounding park. More about Offhand Practice creates glass-walled cafe in Shanghai park
As "immersive experiences" continue to proliferate, Shane Reiner-Roth considers the implications for our relationship with architecture and the built environment. More about "The distinction between theme parks and urban venues is rapidly dissolving"
Fireplaces, warm lighting and large windows offering views of the Teton Range are among the features at the renovated and expanded Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming, which is the only commercial airport within an American national park. More about CLB Architects takes "residential" approach for Jackson Hole Airport