Rio 2016: Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects used boat sails and masts to create this maritime-inspired pavilion for the Rio 2016 Olympics (+ movie). More about Henning Larsen Architects opens sail-covered Danish pavilion for Rio Olympics
Photo essay: worried that Brazil's love motels would fall foul of Olympic development, Dutch duo Vera van de Sandt and Jur Oster visited the pay-by-the-hour rooms to capture the moods of these intimate spaces (+ slideshow). More about Love Land Stop Time photography series shows Brazil's "tantalising" motels
Sliding windows make up the facade of this apartment building in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, allowing residents to expose their living spaces to the elements (+ slideshow). More about Brazilian apartment block by Arquitetura Nacional features a wall of sliding windows
Rio 2016: explore the stadiums and arenas poised to host events during this month's Olympic games in these images by Brazilian photographer Leonardo Finotti (+ slideshow). More about Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics venues photographed by Leonardo Finotti
Rio 2016: sporting venues aren't the only projects to have completed in Rio de Janeiro in the run up to this month's Olympic games. Here are seven impressive cultural buildings, offices and retail spaces that have opened since the city won its bid to host the event (+ slideshow). More about Seven of the best new buildings and interiors in Rio that have nothing to do with sports
American studio Richard Meier and Partners has completed its first project in South America: a white and concrete office building with hidden vertical gardens in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Richard Meier's Leblon Offices in Rio feature horizontal louvres and vertical gardens
Rio 2016: a boat ramp designed for sailing competitions at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has collapsed just days ahead of the games' opening ceremony. More about Olympic sailing ramp collapses ahead of Rio de Janeiro games
A golf course with a rainwater-collecting canopy is among the architecture projects from Rio de Janeiro on our Brazil-themed Pinterest board, which we've updated ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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Rio 2016: with a week to go until the Olympic and Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, we've selected eight of the city's best examples of Modernist architecture and landscaping that visitors shouldn't miss (+ slideshow). More about Eight Modernist masterpieces in Rio de Janeiro to visit during the Olympics
Rio 2016: ahead of this year's Olympic and Paralympic games, British photographer Giles Price took to the skies to capture the physical and social repercussions that stadiums and infrastructure are imposing on Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Giles Price's aerial photographs show impact of Olympic venues on Rio
Rio 2016: more than half of the buildings set to house athletes during the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro are still not fully ready, with less than two weeks to go until the start of the games. More about Rio 2016 Athletes Village remains unfinished ahead of Olympic Games
Rio 2016: a 2.5 million-square-metre area west of Rio de Janeiro has been transformed by Brazilian firm Vigliecca & Associados into one of two major locations during the city's Olympic and Paralympic games (+ slideshow). More about Deodoro Olympic Park will host multiple sporting events during the Rio 2016 games
Rio 2016: the handball arena set to host events during the Rio Olympics next month is designed to be taken down and rebuilt as schools around the city (+ slideshow). More about Rio 2016 handball arena will dismantle to become four schools
Glass walls slides and fold open to completely reveal the living spaces of this house in Brazil by Studio Arthur Casas, allowing residents to look out on their swimming pool and over the golf course beyond (+ slideshow). More about Casa MS by Studio Arthur Casas features both opaque and transparent facades
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
Architects office Vazio has completed a concrete residence in the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda mountain range in southeast Brazil, featuring a rooftop pool and terrace (+ slideshow). More about Cerrado House by Vazio features terraces overlooking Brazil's Sierra da Moeda mountains
French-Brazilian firm Triptyque Architecture has designed a residential skyscraper covered in vegetation for São Paulo. More about Triptyque proposes plant-covered Tropical Tower for São Paulo
British set designer Es Devlin has created a twisting pathway around the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Niterói for the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection catwalk show (+ slideshow). More about Es Devlin creates meandering Louis Vuitton catwalk around Oscar Niemeyer museum
An infinity pool on the roof of this concrete residence by Brazilian office Studio MK27 sits within the dense canopy of a coastal rainforest in São Paulo state (+ slideshow). More about Jungle House by Studio MK27 features a rooftop infinity pool with views over a Brazilian rainforest
Brazilian firm Studio Colnaghi Arquitetura has completed a house in Xangrilá, Brazil, featuring a concrete-framed games room that projects out over a poolside terrace (+ slideshow). More about Angular concrete slabs frame Brazilian house Casa Bosques