Continuing our special feature about swimming pools, here's a timber pool house with limestone walls beside a farmhouse in Surrey, England.
movie by London photographer Logan MacDougall Pope More about Roundles by H2 Architecture
Dezeen Wire: British architects Broadway Malyan have been appointed to design a 571 metre skyscraper in Istanbul that they claim will become the second tallest in the world when completed.
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This week Luzinterruptus installed an army of radioactive scarecrows at a German festival and we finished the summer by rounding up our top ten stories about swimming pools. More about This week on Dezeen
German studio Winkens Architekten have completed a kindergarten in Berlin that has sheltered terraces at each end. More about Forscherkindergarten Apfelbäumchen by Winkens Architekten
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Dominic Wilcox claims he meant to leave these paint brushes unwashed so they would harden into coat hooks. More about Brush Hooks by Dominic Wilcox
Dezeen Wire: new pictures reveal the interiors of two show apartments at Park Hill in Sheffield, England, a notorious 1960's housing estate which is being overhauled by developers Urban Splash - BBC News
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Tree-like lampposts emerge from a pool of pebbles in front of a metal-clad vehicle research institute in Spain by architects ACXT. More about Instituto de Investigación de Vehículos by ACXT
Dezeen Wire: five winners of the bi-annual Index Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen, including See Better to Learn Better by fuseproject, which won the Body category, and Elemental Monterrey by Elemental, winner of the Home category. More about Index Award winners announced
The Dezeen Book of Ideas, a selection of over 100 great ideas by the world's best creative brains, is now available for pre-order! More about Dezeen Book of Ideas available for pre-order
Twisted bricks create openings in the walls of a speakeasy-style bar in Bangkok, allowing passers-by a sneaky glimpse inside. More about Dude Cigar Bar by Studiomake
Students at the Architectural Association in London have constructed leaf-like sculptures that curl down from a fourth-floor roof terrace to a ground level courtyard. More about 3013 Installation at the Architectural Association
London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen are proud to be media partners for designjunction, which will take place at Victoria House Basement, 37 - 63 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4DA from 22 to 25 September as part of the London Design Festival. More about designjunction at the London Design Festival
These fungus-like purses are made of layers of laser-cut silk. More about Blooming Structures by Sivan Royz
A shelving unit displaying children's clothes doubles up as a plywood playhouse with a sliding staircase, swinging doors and removable furniture. More about Pop-Out House by Mut Architecture and Benjamin Mahon
Zaha Hadid's London Aquatics Centre was one of our most popular stories this month, so we've compiled a list of our top ten stories about swimming pools. More about Dezeen's top ten: swimming pools
Architect Jean-Baptiste Bouvet has completed a hillside swimming pool that steps down to a terrace overlooking the scenic French landscape. More about Pool on the slope by Jean-Baptiste Bouvet
Boston studio Ruhl Walker Architects have completed a wildlife recovery centre in Hawaii. More about Hawaii Wildlife Centre by Ruhl Walker Architects
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Oscar Diaz has redesigned the pen pot so there's no need to tip pens all over the desk or jam your fingers down the side to retrieve a paper clip or pencil sharpener that's slipped to the bottom. More about Pen Pal by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
Fir trusses create triangles that meet in the middle of the ceiling at a community hall in California designed by Siegel & Strain Architects. More about Yountville Community Centre by Siegel & Strain Architects
Dezeen Wire: Angela Brady will take over from Ruth Reed as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects tomorrow. Brady was elected in July 2010, as reported in Dezeen Wire last year. More about Angela Brady becomes RIBA President