Commenters are amazed by this concrete commercial office building in Medellín, Colombia, by StudioSC and Base Taller.

Readers are debating designs for an "awesome" stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbour which is being designed by Danish architecture practice 3XN.

Textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants. Fascinated commenters have lots of questions.

Architecture studio WOHA has created a "garden hotel" in Singapore with planted and pool terraces cut into the building's rectangular form. Readers are captivated by the "ambitious" project.

As part of our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Climate Safe Rooms, an initiative that insulates one room in a home as a cost-effective way of preparing low-income homes in Australia for extreme heat. Commenters weigh in on the topic.

Readers aren't sold on Foster + Partners' masterplan for an urban centre near Hangzhou in China, which will be based around a skyscraper-flanked spine.

Emergency planner Lucy Easthope explains why she gets "chills at the back of the neck" when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series. Commenters are praising her "excellent and timely analysis".

PituRooms, a "clever" seven-bedroom hotel in Central Java, Indonesia, that occupies a site measuring just 2.8 meters in width, has piqued readers' interest.

Nike has launched the Nike Swoosh 1 trainer, a colourful Flyknit shoe for young children that is made from 80 per cent recycled materials. Commenters think the brand has missed the mark.

This sprawling white concrete house in California is laid out like a "village" of open and enclosed spaces, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. Readers are split.

Readers aren't keen on three conceptual products that combine lab-grown meat, which were presented at Dutch Design Week by food designer Leyu Li.

Commenters are absorbing a "warm" industrial building in North London which McLaren Excell has converted into a house.