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Here are some more photographs of Zaha Hadid‘s recently completed aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

How might our homes change if they had to accommodate robots too? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wall coverings have been peeled away to reveal a vaulted stone ceiling that’s several hundred years old inside this refurbished apartment in Tel Aviv. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A sequence of horizontal steel rods resemble a barcode on the glass facade of a house extension in Washington DC. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this interview filmed by Dezeen for trade show Garden Unique at Spoga+Gafa, British garden designer Andrew Wilson of Wilson McWilliam Studio talks about a few of his favourite projects, including a pathway cantilevered over an intense sea of roses (above). Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture graduates Lee Wilshire and Nick Varey have launched an initiative called Riot Rebuild to help repair homes and businesses in areas of the UK affected by riots in the past week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five existing concrete kiosks in Madeira have been wrapped in volcanic basalt and overlapped by the walls of a new registry office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a redesign of the iconic London tube map, a robot that steals your bed covers and a kiosk made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian studio A+Z Design will present these cute lamps with squashed heads at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The golden ration determines proportions throughout this raw concrete house in Germany. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s an animation of the competition-winning proposals by New York architects Work AC to create a cultural hub on a St Petersburg island that has been closed to the public for over 300 years. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This lamp by German designers Tobias Sieber and Samuel Treindl is cast from 10kg of copper, so its value will increase with metal prices. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: 41 projects have been shortlisted for the inaugural Inside awards as part of Inside, the World Festival of Interiors that takes place in Barcelona from 2-4 November 2011. See the full shortlist below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pyramidal chimneys perforated by square windows draw light into the playrooms of a Japanese nursery by Archivision Hirotani Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ron Arad‘s cylindrical cinema screen made of 5600 silicon rods opens at the Roundhouse in London today. Watch a time-lapse movie of the installation’s construction on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Raw concrete and rough limestone clad the interior of a London ice cream parlour designed by branding studio Vonsung. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial design graduate Florian Schmid made these stools by folding fabric that’s impregnated with cement then drenching it in water. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Perth jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Cut Architectures have extended a Paris house by squeezing a glass-fronted music room and a garage between the building and its neighbour. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Mark Noad has revamped the London Underground map to be more geographically accurate. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at DMY Berlin, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs chaired a panel discussion with editors and authors of Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Square box windows provide seating areas at a hospital unit in Bath, UK, for sick and premature babies. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article