![Apple Campus by Foster Partners](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Apple-Campus-2-by-Foster-Partners_1.jpeg)
One year ago...
One year ago readers had some funny things to say about the ring-shaped Apple Campus by Foster + Partners (above), which leads a string of circular and cylindrical designs.
![Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Interactive-Museum-of-the-History-of-Lugo-by-Nieto-Sobejano-Arquitectos-top1.jpg)
In Spain, Corten steel towers that emerge from the lawn above an underground museum in Lugo (above) and two conical bridges made from ribbons of mesh designed to cross a river and park in Madrid (below) both proved popular.
![Pasarela del Arganzuela by Dominique Perrault Pasarela del Arganzuela by Dominique Perrault](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen-Pasarela-del-Arganzuela-by-Dominique-Perrault_1.jpg)
A lidded wooden bowl that can be split into two and mounted either in or around corners of a room to provide shelving was created by Japanese studio Torafu Architects (below).
![Catchbowl by Torafu Architects Catchbowl by Torafu Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Catchbowl-by-Torafu-Architects_1.jpg)
Meanwhile Paul Cocksedge melted down vinyl records to produce speakers for smartphones (below).
![Change the Record by Paul Cocksedge Change the Record by Paul Cocksedge](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Change-the-Record-by-Paul-Cocksedge-1.jpg)
Finally, semi-circular perforated screens gave shoppers glimpses of garments on display in a Hong Kong outlet (below).
![Max & Co by Duccio Grassi Architects Max & Co by Duccio Grassi Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Max-Co-Flagship-Store-by-Duccio-Grassi-Architects_top.jpg)
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