Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled designs for a beach-side pavilion in Rio de Janeiro, which will host sporting, music and culinary events during this year's Olympic Games.
The Heart of Denmark Pavilion by the Copenhagen-based architects will be set on Ipanema Beach, which borders one of the Brazilian city's most affluent neighbourhoods, and will be open throughout August.

The space will host a bar, press room and an exhibition on sustainable cities, as well as an amphitheatre where visitors can take in views of the Atlantic Ocean or watch Olympics fixtures on a big screen. The city's iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado Mountain will also be visible in the background.

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The 300-square-metre structure is conceived as a tent and will be divided into four sections connected by a cross-shaped piece of clear acrylic.

The aluminium structure will be produced by John Mast ? a Danish producer of sailboat masts ? and covered in white sail cloth manufactured by OneSails.
Its form is intended to reference the city's mountainous landscape, as well as the work of late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

"The pavilion's simple and light expression is a reference to Nordic architecture and to Denmark's maritime and sailing history," said a statement from the firm.
"The triangular shells of the pavilion also pays tribute...