For most of the last hundred years, statement architecture has played a central role at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. With that potentially set to change, we look back at 15 of the most significant examples as part of our Olympic Impact series. More
Louis Vuitton creative director Pharrell Williams wants to bring the arts competitions, which were last held in 1948, back to the Olympics. More
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan to rebuild Antakya, Turkey, following the Turkey-Syria earthquakes last year. More
Aberto/03 and 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. More
Design students from the Chelsea College of Arts have staged an exhibition at Yorkton Workshops in Hackney that acts as "a microcosm of London" and explores the issues keeping its residents up at night. More
Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. More
The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled its shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, made up of six British buildings that are "purposeful yet unassuming". More
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created four rotating glass pillars for the plaza of Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More
Mexican studios JSa and Mta+v have teamed up to create a curving housing complex in Mexico City with three volumes wrapped around a central spiral staircase that leads to a rooftop garden. More
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Architecture studio Conner + Perry Architects has made additions to the area surrounding the Sheats-Goldstein Residence in Los Angeles, which American architect John Lautner designed in the 1960s. More
Local studio Patrick Bradley Architects has added a cantilevered shipping container to ruined walls on an old farm in Northern Ireland to create a contemporary house with an annexe. More
Next in our Olympic Impact series, we speak to French architect Dominique Perrault about his ambitions for the Olympic Village in Paris beyond the games this summer. More
Sportswear brand Adidas has released the F50+ football boot, which it believes is its fastest ever and could usher in an era of football super shoes. More
Architecture firm Studio Anne Holtrop has renovated the Siyadi Pearl Museum and mosque in Bahrain, using a plastering technique designed to maintain "characteristics of the past". More
Artist Na Chainkua Reindorf has refurbished two basketball courts in Downtown Manhattan together with cosmetics brand Glossier, creating large-scale artworks to celebrate women in sport. More
Nine kilometres of ribbon were used for one ball alone in series three of Netflix's Regency-era drama Bridgerton, which features decadent set designs that "soaked up materials". More
Design studio Tutto Bene looked to surrealist artworks and Italian modernist exhibition design when creating the interior for this eyewear store in Islington, north London. More
An abandoned school building converted into art galleries and a furniture collection informed by a childhood baseball bat were among the objects and exhibitions on display during Upstate Art Weekend in the Hudson Valley. More
Local studio Arkitito Arquitetura has created a trapezoidal, stucco-clad house on a triangular garden lot in São Paulo, Brazil. More