Dezeen Wire: architect Winy Maas of MVRDV and the studio's think tank The Why Factory will present 676 miniature LEGO towers at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month for an exhibition to promote the inclusion of architectural discourse within European Union development policies. More about MVRDV's The Why Factory to show LEGO towers at Venice Architecture Biennale
Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that there's a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm Robert Siegel Architects. More about United States Land Port of Entry in Calais by Robert Siegel Architects
Movie: basketball games have become so aggressive that sports brand Nike decided to include combat pads in its latest kit, explains the brand's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the next Dezeen movie in anticipation of tomorrow’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More about Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Wiel Arets has been appointed as dean of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. More about Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT College of Architecture
Swiss studio Bernhard Burkard assures us this deck chair with no back legs is perfectly safe. More about Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Dezeen Wire: researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have designed software that can look at a photo and identify the city in which it was taken by recognising building typologies. More about Software that can tell what city it's looking at
A dormer window provides a first-floor observatory at this gabled lodge in the Czech Republic by A1 Architects of Prague. More about House on the Marsh by A1 Architects
Design collective Assemble and a team of volunteers have constructed a temporary theatre in West Sussex, England, out of scaffolding, chipboard and plastic pond liner (+ slideshow). More about Theatre on the Fly by Assemble
Stars are printed in the sand by a tractor as it drags a giant roller back and forth across the beach, then left to fade at the mercy of footsteps and the tide in this installation by Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg. More about A Sign in Space by Gunilla Klingberg
Construction is underway on a Olympic-themed museum in Tianjin, China, comprising five connected rings. More about Samaranch Memorial Museum by HAO and Archiland Beijing
London Design Festival: London designer Tom Dixon will launch a range of iridescent stoneware pendant lights at next month's London Design Festival. More about Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon
Competition: Dezeen are offering readers the chance to win one of five pairs of VIP tickets to Decorex International trade show from 23 to 26 September in London. More about Competition: five pairs of VIP tickets to Decorex International to be won
Industrial design graduate Ido Mohar has made a series of lamps that stand to attention when switched on and take a graceful bow when switched off. More about Delight lamps by Ido Mohar
The controversial T-shirt worn by New London Architecture chair Peter Murray in protest of marketing rules that prevent the architects of Olympic venues from promoting their work is now available at Dezeen Super Store. More about The Olympian Architects T-shirt by Peter Murray at Dezeen Super Store
Movie: Nike's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti presents the Nike Zoom Superfly R4 sprinting shoe inspired by suspension bridges in this next movie filmed by Dezeen in anticipation of Thursday's exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More about Movie: Nike Zoom Superfly R4
This cross-shaped chapel in Brazil was designed by architect Gustavo Penna (+ slideshow). More about All Saints Chapel by Gustavo Penna
Graduate designer Jordon Cheung provides an alternative to the official London 2012 Olympic memorabilia with these posters and prints illustrating equipment for the Games. More about 17 Days of Summer by Jordon Cheung
A staircase is extruded from the wooden shelves of a bookcase at this renovated house in Tuscany by Italian architects Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati. More about House in a Pine Wood by Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati
Guests can lounge amongst orange trees and a water basin in the secluded courtyard of this dreamy Portuguese guesthouse by Jordi Fornells and Rolf Heinemann of Vora Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Villa Extramuros by Vora Arquitectura
This soothing instrumental is the latest track by Helsinki-based musician Cillian Warfield. A delicate acoustic guitar picking pattern forms the basis of the track, from which mournful horns and eerie bell sounds emerge as the track builds up, before fading back down again in a gentle swell.
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