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This week on Dezeen
This week a staircase for dogs has been our most popular on Dezeen and most-shared on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.
![Voivodeship Police Headquarters by Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci Voivodeship Police Headquarters by Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Voivodeship-Police-Headquarters-by-Poznan-Projekt-and-Modelina-Architekci_7b.jpg)
A police station (above) that one reader labelled "an unsettling sci-fi pastiche" was controversial, as was a garden of decaying books (below).
![Jardin de la Connaissance by Rodney LaTourelle and 100 Landschaftsarchitektur – update Jardin de la Connaissance by Rodney LaTourelle and 100 Landschaftsarchitektur – update](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Jardin-de-la-Connaissance-by-Rodney-LaTourelle-and-100-Landschaftsarchitektur-%E2%80%93-update_1.jpg)
The most-commented story of all though featured a carbon-fibre axe (below), met first with desire and then with doubts over its practicality.
![Zai CORE Axe by Kacper Hamilton Zai CORE Axe by Kacper Hamilton](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Zai-CORE-Axe-by-Kacper-Hamilton-1.jpg)
Meanwhile the fate of the Olympic park was under scrutiny in the lull before the Paralympics, with plans for housing on the site unveiled, a question mark over whether it could remain open for tours during the redevelopment and the possibility of shipping temporary structures to Rio for the 2016 Games.
![London 2012 Olympic Park legacy plans unveiled London 2012 Olympic Park legacy plans unveiled](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Queen-Elizabeth-Olympic-Park.jpg)
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