This week on Dezeen: the countdown to this year's Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro entered its final stages this week, with images of completed venues and news of unfinished facilities both emerging.
Rio 2016 Athletes Village remains unfinished ahead of Olympic Games
Rio 2016 is due to kick off on Friday 5 August, but some athletes arrived in the city to an Olympic Village where more than half the buildings had still not passed final checks.
Rio 2016 handball arena will dismantle to become four schools
Thankfully, sporting venues including the box-shaped handball arena and facilities at the 2.5 million-square-metre Deodoro Olympic Park are ready for the games to begin.
Giles Price's aerial photographs show impact of Olympic venues on Rio (also main image) Ahead of the event, British photographer Giles Price took to the skies to capture aerial photographs that highlight the impact of the new infrastructure on the city.
Brexit could force UK firms to "become more European" and expand overseas
Leading practitioners, retailers, writers and lawyers attended the event, and issues ranging from design education in the UK, London's reliance on overseas workers and the potential necessity to relocate businesses to Europe were all discussed.
RIBA calls for national investment and freedom of movement to help architects tackle Brexit
Elsewhere, the Royal Institute of British Architects drafted demands for the UK government to help architects to deliver economic growth when t...