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In this week's comments update, readers are riled up by Christo comparing the creation of his work to building a skyscraper. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are questioning Nikolas and Lukas Bentel's decision to design vision-impairing Squiggle Glasses. Read more

Dutch designer Maarten Baas has explained how he has adapted to coronavirus lockdown in a short video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Convention centres that have been rapidly turned into facilities for coronavirus patients should not be called hospitals, says Doug King, the healthcare principal of Stantec, which has overseen the transformation of Chicago's McCormick Place. Read more View the full article

This week, readers are enchanted by an arched public shelter designed to bring the community together in Olot, Spain. Read more View the full article

New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers rallied against the suggestion that the Glasgow School of Art should not be rebuilt following a major fire. Read more View the full article

Comments update: following the news that Google has scrapped its ambitious Project Ara, readers have been debating whether modular smartphones will ever be commercially viable. (more…) View the full article

Movie: in our second exclusive interview from this year's World Architecture Festival, Scott Adams of Taylor Cullity Lethlean discusses the design of The Australian Garden, which won the award for best landscape project. (more...) View the full article

Readers could not hold back their excitement after plans were unveiled by Kengo Kuma and Associates for an aquatics centre framed by black pyramids in Copenhagen, in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Designers' efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products are being hampered by confusion over terminology and rampant greenwashing, writes Marcus Fairs. Read more

The all-white panel of architects gathered by Woods Bagot to discuss Los Angeles' future urban development last week was embarrassingly misrepresentative of the city's diversity and needs, argues Janelle Zara. Read more View the full article

Opinion: now we buy everything from Amazon, where does that leave the counterculture? A new attempt to revive the spirit of the Whole Earth Catalog is "about as counter-cultural as a Happy Meal," argues Justin McGuirk. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: reputable replica furniture companies make quality designer classics accessible to everyone says Chris Diemer, managing director of Voga, in response to comment by Vitra's Tony Ash. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs reports from Milan design week, where he finds a city seemingly determined to make life unbearable for visitors. (more...) View the full article

Richard Rogers reflects on his 50-year career and says that architects today must be careful to protect the public domain in the final movie in our series of exclusive interviews with the eminent British architect. (more...) View the full article

In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden reveals some of Tokyo's "invisible" waterways, which flow beneath the city's roads and pavements. Read more View the full article

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. Read more View the full article

The emotional and economic impacts of cities are closely connected, but this is lost in a proliferation of meaningless phrases like "healthy placemaking" and "human-centric design", says Reinier de Graaf. Read more View the full article

The resignation of Joichi Ito for accepting donations from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is the latest in a wave of departures, protests and torn-up sponsorship deals dubbed "toxic philanthropy". His departure follows similar storms at the Design Museum, the Serpentine Galleries and the Whitney Museum. Read more

A draft order by Donald Trump to make all new federal buildings classical is the latest example of how traditional architecture is used to disguise racist agendas, says Phineas Harper. Read more View the full article

Opinion: initiatives like What Design Can Do's Refugee Challenge encourage designers to believe that they can solve international problems that go far beyond their reach, says Ruben Pater. (more…) View the full article

The high-end housing market in Manhattan is booming thanks to President Donald Trump's economic policies and tax cuts for the wealthy, according to a prominent real-estate broker firm. Read more View the full article

Eight miles of mirror-polished steel trim creates a glistening finish inside Bob Bob Cité, a maximalist French restaurant in the City of London designed by BradyWilliams. Read more

Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob explains why YouTube movies of consumers ritualistically unpacking their purchases "bring a sharp eye to the designed world". (more...) View the full article