As soon as the driver starts the SUV, the round-shaped controls for the lights, climate control, and the four-wheel-drive system emerge from their flush resting positions.

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G8 meeting in Birmingham on May 15th-17th they will stroll round a revolutionary, wedge-shaped building that signals a shift in the traditional balance between engineers and architects.

ECONOMIST: The power of the sun

Montgomery lobbied Scott designers for a new line of bikes targeted at triathletes. (These bikes are more aerodynamic--with tear-shaped tubes instead of round ones--because, unlike cycling racers, triathletes are prohibited from drafting, or riding single file to beat wind resistance.) The market is tiny, but triathletes are visible and voluble.

FORBES: Spinning Wheels

Where better to launch the latest effort to blend old media and new than at a spiral-shaped museum famous for turning round and round on itself?

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The wraparound labels on conventional round bottles were difficult to read, so she designed a flat tube-shaped container that stood upright on its cap, with plenty of room for a large, flat label that could be read easily at a glance.

WSJ: When Simplicity Is the Solution

Behind the velodrome's timber-clad frame, cyclists will race for gold round a track made from sustainably-sourced Siberian pine, while Zaha Hadid's striking wave-shaped roof on the Aquatics Center has been temporarily adorned with "wings" providing seating for 15, 000 spectators.

CNN: Olympic Park sets gold standard for sustainability