Readers discuss an apartment in Porto with metal facades and curving glass-block walls, converted from a ground-floor shop by Fala Atelier.

Commenters debate a Boston skyscraper completed by Handel Architects with Passive House-certified office spaces, which claims to be the world's largest office building to achieve this certification.

Luxury brands should donate one per cent of their revenue to the struggling crafts sector to protect the skills their businesses often depend on, writes Katie Treggiden. Readers join the conversation.

Commenters reflect on the legacy of Pritzker Prize-winning, Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who designed buildings including 4 World Trade Center and was one of the founders of metabolism.

Readers are enamoured with Chinese studio AIM Architecture's transformation of a series of oil silos in Changzhou into a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas.

Commenters like Foster + Partners and NEON's colourful pavilions made from building materials, including ducting and recycled scaffolding, for this year's London Festival of Architecture.

Readers are excited by global architecture studio MAD's ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing, which features a curving green roof with rippled overhangs.

Commenters react to Danish design brand Hay and sportswear brand ASICS's collection of trainers and accessories in "soft hues", which launched during annual festival 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen.

Architecture studio Office Winhov has transformed two former shipyard buildings into a city hall in Den Helder, the Netherlands. Readers are sold on the "precise and elegant" conversion.