Digital graphics company Crystal CG created animations on a 360 degree screen comprising 70,500 paddles held by the audience at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics last night. More »

Dezeen Wire: plans to develop the London 2012 Olympic Park after the Games end in September were unveiled by mayor of London Boris Johnson yesterday, including the transformation of the press centre into a technology, design and research centre, and the creation of up to 8000 new homes in addition to the athletes' village (+ movie). More »

Writer and artist Clo’e Floirat's comical-satirical drawings of London 2012 Olympic venues are now available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. More »

Prints of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre by photographer Luke Hayes are now on display in The Changing Room, a space at Dezeen Super Store that is regularly given over to different creatives to showcase their products or artwork. More »

Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG has sent us its animated flights over the city that TV broadcasters are using to zoom between venues for the London 2012 Olympics. More »

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 »

The London 2012 Olympics continue and so do the Dezeen Olympics, awarding medals to the design and architecture of the games. Today's competition is for the most tweeted stories about our coverage and we give the gold medal to Banksy's Olympic-inspired street art. More »

Today we are awarding medals to the designs and architecture of the London 2012 Olympics that received the most likes on Facebook, and Zaha Hadid's Aquatic Centre takes the gold medal with over 5000. More »

Here are some photos of a scale model of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, which has now been added to the ongoing exhibition of his work at the V&A museum, plus drawings from the designer. More »

Our Dezeen Olympics continue as we award medals to the design and architecture of the London 2012 games. Today it's the three most commented stories and the runaway gold medallist is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond (above), with over 300 passionate comments. More »

The London 2012 Olympics are well underway and every day this week we'll award medals to design and architecture created for the games, starting with the three most popular stories. The Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby takes the gold, with over 40,000 pageviews. More »

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 »

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 »

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 »