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This week on Dezeen
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There's been a bit of a re-use theme on Dezeen this week with seats made of hair, bowls made of money and buildings made of skips.
![Velo Towers by Asymptote Architecture](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/06/dezeen_Velo-Towers-by-Asymptote-Architecture-3.jpg)
The recent outbreak of skyscrapers continues with east London apartments overlooking the Olympic park, towers shaped like camshafts (or a toilet-roll holder, according to one reader) and a law court in Singapore with courtrooms stacked in a giant cage.
![Singapore Subordinate Courts by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/06/dezeen_Singapore-Subordinate-Courts-by-Serie-Architects-and-Multiply-Architects_1.jpg)
Meanwhile Herzog & de Meuron unveiled plans for a hospital in Zurich, Jean Nouvel announced he'll design a new outpost of the Gagosian Gallery to the north of Paris and Moscow institute for media, architecture and design Strelka launched a new publishing house.
![Childrens Hospital Zurich by Herzog and de Meuron](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/06/dezeen_Childrens-Hospital-Zurich-by-Herzog-and-de-Meuron_1b.jpg)
Our series of interviews with Thomas Heatherwick continues with films about his hairy pavilion for showcasing seeds at the Shanghai Expo 2010, a boat that's tied in a knot, his studio's tradition of sending out homemade Christmas cards and his top-secret design for the Olympic cauldron.
![Animal: The Other Side of Evolution by Ana Rajcevic](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/06/dezeen_Animal-The-Other-Side-of-Evolution-by-Ana-Rajcevic-16.jpg)
This week we've also featured masks with the bone structures of animals, a shooting venue that looks like an octopus and a house with a front door so tall that a giraffe could easily amble inside.
![Olympic Shooting Venue by Magma Architecture](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/06/dezeen_Olympic-Shooting-Venue-by-Magma-Architecture-1.jpg)
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