Rio is More Than Just OLYMPICS

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 my selection of seven impressive cultural buildings, offices and retail spaces that opened since the city won its bid to host the event.

1. Museum of Tomorrow by Santiago Calatrava

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's science museum with a skeletal roof that projects over a public plaza opened in 2015.

2. Leblon Offices by Richard Meier and Partners

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

3. Saraiva bookshop by Studio Arthur Casas

Books are arranged by colour rather than by title on the upper shelves of this bookshop in Rio de Janeiro designed by São Paulo firm Studio Arthur Casas.

4. Cidade das Artes by Christian de Portzamparc

These images by photographers Hufton + Crow reveal the pairing of angular and curved concrete volumes at the art and music complex completed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc

5. RB12 overhaul by Triptyque

French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity.

6. Lumini showroom by Studio MK27

Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27 has added a wooden lattice to the front of this Rio de Janeiro lighting shop - filtering natural light during the day and creating a glowing facade at night.

7. Museu de Arte do Rio by Bernardes + Jacobsen Arquitetura

Brazilian firm Bernardes + Jacobsen Arquitetura has grouped three disused buildings under an undulating roof to create a new art museum and art school.