2010: Jean Nouvel The French’s architect’s non-so-subtle contribution to Serpentine featuring striking, cantilevered walls of red steel, and one of the more colorful table tennis tables we’ve seen in awhile. He told The Guardian it was inspired by the moment “when the summer sun catches you full in the eyes and, as you blink, the world dissolves into red."

Chairless, designed for Vitra, 2010 Rather than designing a chair as a conventionally, as a place to recline or sit, this playful piece interacts with the user to offer relaxation through the gravity of his own weight. The user can relax his legs by leaning them against the restriction of the simple band.

"Antiques," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

"Cookshop," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

"Florist's," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

The city as a living space, and that with its related concept of urbanism as a social phenomenon that according to Louis Wirth describes the rationalised lifestyle of urban people in comparison to the provinciality of rural inhabitants, is among the great themes of contemporary photography. Barely uttered, the �magic word� creates in our minds large pictures in which develop the technological aesthetic of urban-building excesses in globalised mega-cities. What we often forget in this respect is a second dimension of urbanism, which embraces the coexistence of various types of people, each with their own identity, in a limited living space. With his SHOPHOUSES/4 x 8 m Bangkok series of works, Nitsch focuses precisely on this dimension.

"Laundry," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

Check out this issue of sweet small spots, including our cover story on arhitect Per Bornstein's diminutive home in Sweden. Photo by: Pia Ulin

Monterrey Housing in Monterrey, Mexico (2010) Priced at $20,000 per unit, this housing development was designed to be significantly more affordable for low-income communities in Monterrey, Mexico, where the most inexpensive options range at about $30,000 each.

"Shophouse Front," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

"Cleaning Up," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

"Printing House," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

John Berggruen Gallery, Art Basel 2010. From the Series "Art Fares"

"Hair Salon," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

Helly Nahmad, Art Basel 2010. From the Series "Art Fares"

Mayflower Armchair, Fabrice Berrux, 2010.

"Untitled," 2010, Mick van Woert

2010 Venice Architecture Biennale attracts over 170,00 visitors.

Untitled. From series "ISO Berlin," 2010.

Magazzino at the Armory Show, NY 2010. From the Series "Art Fares"

Bernd and Hilla Becher: Lessines, Belgium (2010)

Capped with a laminated wooden roof that looks like a stretched plastic skin, Ban’s gallery design offers an undulating series of curves that are as beautiful as the works preserved underneath.

The Wilderness Downtown Video for Arcade Fire (2010) Directed by Chris Milk and created with friends from Google, Radical Media, and B-Reel, this interactive web and video project pushed forward the possibilities of HTML5. Image courtesy of the Barbican

Crash lounge chair for Established&Sons, 2010.

"Wheels and Coffee To-Go," Bangkok, Thailand. (2010)

Ileana_Tounta at the Armory Show, NY 2010. From the Series "Art Fares"

The pair debuted the piece at the 2010 Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Barbara Hill's Dancehall/House in Marfa, Texas September 14, 2010 Misty Keasle

The cover of Garden and Gun magazine's August/September 2010 issue.

During his residency last August, Belgian fashion designer Dirk van Saene made Flintstones-esque Wilma cups and saucers, priced from $60.

The smallest of the lot, this wall-mounted light and plug is due out in 2010.

Robin Soderling bested Roger Federer in the 2010 French Open quarterfinals.

Collect 2010 is made of oak and painted MDF, and is constructed in Småland, Sweden.

H.K. STEPS, 2010, designed by Martin Szekely. Carbon fiber, felt.

'The Black Bay Sequence,' silent video by Elina Brotherus of Finland, 2010.

The hut, which was completed in 2010, measures in at just 97 square feet and sits along the north edge of a pond. Photo by Phillip Kalantzis-Cope.