London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games posters by twelve British artists

The Olympic and Paralympic posters are available for the public to see at Tate Britain for free. The commissioned artists are Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton,Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rachel Whiteread.Well worth a look, my favourite is Sarah Morris' Big Ben.

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An Olympic inspired shoot- Kati Nescher in Vogue China August 2012

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La Petite Bretagne designed by Paul Crofts Studio

You could be forgiven for thinking that this petite cafe is in the midst of Brittany, with its gingham covered tabletops, Bonne Maman jam pots and chintzy details. But this super cute creperie is actually in the heart of Hammersmith. Imbued with the ambience of a traditional French bistro, London based Paul Crofts Studio have designed the interior, complete with an acid-etched concrete counter from which crêpes are made to order.

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House for the Make It Right Foundation by Frank Gehry

I first went to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2007, a little after the devastation that was Hurricane Katrina, on a field trip with my architecture unit of the time. The vibrancy of the city and the continuing resolution of the people stood out from the ruins with their Mardi Gras celebrations. It has been a long time coming, but finally they are beginning to see some positive changes to the built environment, with the help of the Make It Right Foundation, set up by Brad Pitt in 2006. This house, in the Lower 9th ward, is by Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry, normally known for his outlandish designs such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao. This time, however, he has toned it down a bit, designing a 1,780 square foot duplex reminiscent of the traditional shotgun houses of New Orleans.

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French Film Club: Goodbye First Love and Kastrup Sea Bath by White Architect

A beautiful semi-autobiographical French film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve, starring Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Magne-Håvard Brekke. It tells the bittersweet story of a young couple, Camille and Sullivan, two Parisian teenagers whose relationship blossoms between school afternoons and summer holidays in the hazy and romantic Loire Valley. But Sullivan soon travels to South America, leaving Camille behind at school, where she goes on to study architecture after picking up a Le Corbusier book on Le Modular. Ticking away throughout the film are some stunning and subtle architectural backdrops; from the famous Bauhaus building in Dessau to the Danish Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, as well as one of my favourite scenes which was beautifully shot on a folly off the coast of Copenhagen (the Kastrup Sea Baths by White Architect, images below).

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Ingrid Siliakus: paper architecture

Inspired by the work of Prof. Masahiro Chatani (architect and professor in Japan), who developed similar pieces in the early 1980s, artist Ingrid Siliakus creates paper architecture. In this instance, paper architecture is the art of creating an object out of a single piece of paper. The complex design process starts with numerous prototypes made by Ingrid, that are cut and folded. To design a pattern from scratch, Siliakus utilises the skills of an architect, drawing up a two-dimensional design, which with patience and precision, becomes an ingenious three-dimensional work of paper.

Silakus describes her process; "...Working with paper forces me to be humble, since this medium has a character of its own that asks for cooperation... Paper architecture does not bare haste, it is its enemy; one moment of loss of concentration, can lead to failure of a piece... I experience an ultimate satisfaction at the critic moment when the paper, with a silenced sigh, surrenders and becomes a blade-sharp crease. The sound of the paper, which guides this surrendering, to me is incomparable."