This week we returned to hyper-realistic visualisations with a top CGI artist claiming "no-one has realised" that most homeware catalogue images are renderings and we showed stunning pictures of a cafe that's yet to be built in Ukraine. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week.
UK singer-songwriter Sivu's ethereal vocals are accompanied by a melancholy blend of pianos, guitars and a dark electronic bass in this track called I Hold.
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Meanwhile Zaha Hadid rejected "ridiculous" claims that Qatar stadium resembles a vagina and we published a timber project that's been named Cucumber Tower in an attempt to deflect phallic comparisons.
In China, Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas completed the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and UNStudio completed a shopping centre in Wuhan with over 42,000 shiny silver balls attached to its facade.
In Los Angeles, architect Frank Gehry submitted new plans for a hotel and apartment complex to be located across the road from his Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Our most popular stories featured mirrors applied to the walls of a desert shack in California to create the illusion that you can see right through the building, and a tiny apartment with multiple levels connected by a ladder.
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