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
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
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
Local studio Delve Architects has added rear and side extensions to a pair of semi-detached houses for next-door neighbours in Surrey, UK. More about Delve Architects transforms pair of houses with light-filled extensions
Traditional farmsteads of England's West Country informed the rough render exterior and barn-like timber ceilings of this house in Cornwall by London studio Hugh Strange Architects. More about Hugh Strange Architects draws on farm architecture for Cornish courtyard home
Online design magazine Design Week has relaunched today after closing in January, with an updated visual identity informed by the Bauhaus. More about Design Week magazine relaunched by team of "raucous cheerleaders for design and designers"
The role of RIBA president is a Victorian-era relic that has lost its relevance and should be scrapped, writes Catherine Slessor. More about "It's time to think about retiring the role of RIBA president"
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed its 20-year transformation of a historic mill in Shropshire into a museum and workspace that celebrates its pioneering cast iron-framed structure. More about Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes "invisible repair" of world's first cast iron building
This video spotlights the King's Cross masterplan by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about King's Cross masterplan brings part of the city "back into an entirely new use"
UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. More about Cowper Griffith Architects creates contemporary holiday home in medieval hall
This video spotlights the Wraxall Yard holiday accommodation by Clementine Blakemore Architects, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Wraxall Yard designed as "attractive, comfortable, fully inclusive holiday accommodation"
This video spotlights Phase 2 of the Park Hill estate regeneration in Sheffield by Mikhail Riches, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Park Hill Phase 2 "contains the history and stories of the people of Sheffield"
As the UK closes its last coal-fired power station, conservation group Twentieth Century Society is running a campaign to preserve a set of cooling towers. More about Twentieth Century Society calls for preservation of "just one set of cooling towers"
This video spotlights the overhaul of the National Portrait Gallery by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about National Portrait Gallery visitors are "not there to look at the architecture"
This video highlights the Elizabeth Line infrastructure by studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and Atkins, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Elizabeth Line designed to have an "elegant simplicity"
This video highlights the Chowdhury Walk social-housing scheme by Al-Jawad Pike, which is one of six buildings shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Chowdhury Walk social housing designed not to be "a monolithic block"
Architecture studio Pensaer referred to its clients' love for gardening when designing this cottage extension in Herne Hill, London, which is finished with a palette of wood and reclaimed materials. More about Pensaer revamps Allotment Cottage in London with timber-framed extension
Chairs informed by Nigerian mythology and modernist-style floor lamps were among the objects displayed at an exhibition organised by social enterprise POOR Collective to raise the profile of young designers at this year's London Design Festival. More about POOR Collective exhibition showcases work by emerging London designers
With UK architecture failing to make progress on closing its gender pay gap, what more can be done? Nat Barker reports. More about Why UK architecture's gender pay gap isn't improving
Designers Andu Masebo and Mikey Krzyzanowski have staged a London Design Festival exhibition where visitors made the furniture and objects on show. More about Making Room exhibition turns London shop into experimental maker space