Hoxton architects Edgley Design have tucked a rubber-clad residence and aluminium artist's studio behind a row of semi-detached houses in Hackney. More »
Tag: London
Amhurst Road by
Maggie’s Barts
by Steven Holl
Here are the first images of the Maggie’s Centre for cancer care that New York architect Steven Holl is designing for St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. More »
Hackney Marshes Centre
by Stanton Williams
Here are some photographs of the Stanton Williams-designed Hackney Marshes Centre, which provides facilities for London's amateur football leagues and won an RIBA award last week. More »
Big Ben's tower to be renamed
Elizabeth Tower
Dezeen Wire: the famous tower nicknamed Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in London is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower in honour of the queen's 60 year-reign. - BBC
The Cube
by Electrolux
This pop-up restaurant has been touring Europe rooftops since last April and is currently perched on top of the Royal Festival Hall in London. More »
Manhattan Loft Gardens
by SOM
Next up in our coverage of London 2012 Olympic design is a 135-metre skyscraper by architects SOM full of apartments overlooking the Olympic park. More »
British Council announces International
Architecture and Design Showcase 2012
Dezeen Wire: the British Council has announced the International Architecture and Design Showcase 2012, a season of exhibitions, installations, lectures and films at 50 international embassies and British cultural institutions across London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics.
It will begin with the London Festival of Architecture on 23 June and end with the London Design Festival on 23 September.
Dezeen and writer/curator Beatrice Galilee will host Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August featuring Hackney design-themed talks, walks and workshops at Hackney House in Shoreditch. Read more about the day here and see our showcase of design and architecture from the borough here.
Olympic Shooting Venue
by Magma Architecture
The shooting galleries for the London 2012 Olympic games are covered in spots that look the suckers of an octopus' tentacles. More »
The Stratford Shoal
by Studio Egret West
Architects and urban designers Studio Egret West have designed a shimmering wall of titanium fish to hide an ugly east-London shopping centre from Olympic visitors. More »
Dezeen's guide to...
Serpentine Gallery Pavilions
Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was our most popular architecture story last week so here's a run-down of all twelve temporary pavilions over the years by architects including SANAA in 2009 (above, photographed by Iwan Baan), Jean Nouvel in 2010 and Frank Gehry in 2008. More »
The King’s Cross Filling Station
by Carmody Groarke
Architects Carmody Groarke have transformed an abandoned canal-side petrol station in north London into a temporary restaurant and events space with fluted walls. More »
adidas by Stella McCartney store by APA
The first adidas by Stella McCartney store has opened in London, with an interior designed by architects APA. More »
Yoobi Sushi by Gundry & Ducker
Sushi is prepared on a faceted white counter at this restaurant in London's Soho by architects Gundry & Ducker. More »
Designed in Hackney Day - 1 August 2012
Save the date! On 1 August, Dezeen presents Designed in Hackney Day: a day of design talks, debates, performances and shops involving the best and most interesting architects, designers and makers in the east London borough of Hackney. More »
Movie: Jacques Herzog at the Serpentine
Gallery Pavilion
Movie: earlier today, Jacques Herzog of architects Herzog & de Meuron gave us an exclusive, impromptu tour of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which opens tomorrow in London. More »






