Zaha Hadid's aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympics opened this week, exactly one year ahead of the opening ceremony, while new aerial photos of all the venues were released and the Olympic medal design failed to impress. See all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here. More
London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. More
In this interview filmed by Dezeen at the Tai Ping carpet showroom in London, Hong Kong designer Andre Fu talks about creating his new collection for the Chinese brand. More
Competition: we've teamed up with Page One Publishing to give away five copies of Jyanzi Kong's new architecture book, Geometry of the Unconscious. More
Japanese designers Nendo have combined a USB stick with a giant paperclip. More
Billowing fabric mushrooms by New York designers Situ Studio have cropped up in the great hall of the Brooklyn Museum. More
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A seafront auditorium in southern Spain has concave walls that resemble the deflated cheeks of someone taking a deep breath (photographs by Julien Lanoo). More