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Five years ago designers were injecting an element of fun into their projects: Nendo created a climbing wall of picture frames (above) at a fitness club, while architects BIG designed a winter resort hotel where guests could ski down the roof (below). (more…) View the full article

The bottom floor and courtyard of this house in Melbourne by Studio Architecture Gestalten are sunk underground (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: we’ve featured a couple of stories about unusual maps recently, so here is a compilation of all the different maps we’ve published on Dezeen. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

The second of two new libraries in Washington DC by architects Adjaye Associates comprises grey concrete blocks with yellow timber fins. (more…) View the full article

This time last year we featured an array of weird and wonderful houses, including a steel-plated bunker with a drawbridge (above) and a house with wonky legs and a rooftop swimming pool (below). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: here are the first images of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, unveiled at the opening ceremony of the games tonight. (more…) View the full article

London based graphic designer Sarah Hyndman has completed her year-long project photographs objects arranged in groups of five to look like the Olympic rings (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A chequered facade of timber and glass surrounds one of two new neighbourhood libraries by Adjaye Associates to open in Washington DC. (more…) View the full article

This week has been all about the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, of course! (more…) View the full article

With the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games taking place in a few hours’ time, take a look at this annotated aerial photo of the Olympic Park, which we’ve tagged with info about all the key venues and nearby buildings (click here to see the image). (more…) View the full article

The 2012 Olympic games begin today and this latticed timber hut on stilts by Hackney architects Studio Weave now marks the direct route from the City of London to the Olympic Park. (more…) View the full article

Street artist Banksy has created two new works to mark the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Spanish lighting brand Santa & Cole has launched a lawsuit accusing the state of Qatar of copying street lighting devised for Barcelona by Catalan designer Beth Galí in 1996. (more…) View the full article

The latest in a string of infrastructure projects in Georgia is a twisted cascade of concrete forming a checkpoint at the border with Armenia by architect Luka Machablishvili. (more…) View the full article

Residents can step through holes in the walls inside this house in Japan by architects Atelier Cube (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

After the first allocation of tickets sold out within 24 hours, we have increased capacity and released another limited batch of tickets for our Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August. Click here to register now for this FREE event and read on for more details… (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid has denied her design for the London 2012 Aquatics Centre is to blame for the 600 tickets sold to Olympic spectators unaware they’ll have a restricted view of the top diving events. (more…) View the full article

This week’s issue of Dezeen Mail features a house with an extreme cantilever (above), mugs designed for dunking large cookies and squidgy nude sculptures, plus new jobs, competitions and music. Read Dezeen Mail issue 111 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Modular offices open out to terraces on each floor of this building in Barcelona by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki (+ slideshow with photographs by Filippo Poli). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: British architect David Adjaye and American artist Doug Aitken have revealed designs for a bitumen-coated pavilion that will be constructed at the Tate Liverpool gallery this autumn. (more…) View the full article

Shelves at this Tokyo store by Ryo Matsui Architects look like comic books, complete with speech bubbles and motion lines (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This table lamp by Royal College of Art graduate Amanda Buckley has a ring of LEDs tucked under the rim of the shade to reflect a diffused glow from the empty shade. (more…) View the full article

Jagged glazed stairwells climb the stone walls of this eighteenth century church in Catalonia that architect David Closes has converted into an auditorium. (more…) View the full article

Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics opening on Friday, here’s a slideshow of images from photographer Edmund Sumner documenting architecture created for the games. (more…) View the full article

Architects studioMDA have completed an aluminium-clad gallery in New York where all the artworks on show are visible from outside (photographs by Roland Halbe). (more…) View the full article