The walls of this extension to a post-war terraced house in north London were made from interlocking clay blocks that local firm THISS Studio left exposed to create a warm and textural finish. More about Exposed blockwork walls introduce "earthy tone" to THISS Studio's Butterfield extension
Architecture studio Haworth Tompkins has extended The Old Vic in London, giving the historic theatre a new home for its outreach programme that is fronted by a colourful facade of recycled spotlights. More about Haworth Tompkins clads The Old Vic extension in recycled spotlights
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a school in Canterbury completed by Walters & Cohen with a material palette of flint, oak and limestone. More about "A handsome, compact, efficient building" says commenter
Irregular oak shingles that double as habitats for bugs and bats cover the exterior of The Apple House, an education and wellbeing hub in Hertfordshire, UK, by London design collective Okra. More about Hand-cleft oak shingles cloak wellbeing centre in Hertfordshire by Okra
EBBA Architects founder Benni Allan has renovated his own London apartment in a former tea factory, which features walls, floors, furniture and even speakers crafted from Douglas fir. More about EBBA founder's all-timber London apartment celebrates "alive and imperfect" wood
London studio Walters & Cohen has completed The Rausing Science Centre for a school in Canterbury, Kent, offering a contemporary take on the historic area's material palette of flint, oak and limestone. More about Walters & Cohen clads Canterbury school building with snapped flint
The patchwork of architectural styles at the rear of the 19th-century Hops House in Sussex encouraged Jackson Design Studio to add a distinctly contemporary extension clad in copper. More about Copper extension signals "new generation of architecture" for Sussex home
Rippling stone panels based on the shape of a brainwave clad the Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford, completed by architecture studio NBBJ. More about NBBJ clads University of Oxford science building in rippling stone panels
Work has begun on a looped Christian landmark named the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, which was designed by UK studio Snug Architects to rise over 50 metres in Warwickshire. More about Construction starts on UK's largest Christian monument
Architecture practices Heatherwick Studio and Manica Architecture have revealed the design for a 62,000-seat stadium surrounded by brick chimneys for Birmingham City Football Club in Birmingham, UK. More about Heatherwick Studio unveils stadium surrounded by 12 chimneys for Birmingham City
Architecture studio De Rosee Sa has completed a house in Cornwall, UK, with barn-like volumes and natural materials that draw on the surrounding coastal landscape. More about De Rosee Sa embraces "quietness and subtlety" for The Cornwall Retreat
Dezeen takes a look inside the late critic Charles Jencks's architectural masterpiece in this video produced by Dezeen for The Cosmic House. More about Dezeen explores postmodernist landmark The Cosmic House
British practice Studio Weave has converted a barn on the Isle of Wight, creating a home with countryside views and a spacious living area for hosting large gatherings. More about Studio Weave designs kitchen as "piece of public realm" at South Barn in England
A video of London's Olympic velodrome, designed by local studio Hopkins Architects, has gone viral on social media for echoing fart-like sounds while fireworks exploded nearby. More about Viral video captures London's Olympic velodrome "reflecting fireworks as farts"
Architecture studio Jam has designed the Manor Place sports hub in south London for brands Nike and Palace Skateboards, which includes a skatepark that can be transformed into a football pitch. More about Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse
Visitors to a recently pedestrianised public space on the Strand in central London can perch, lounge and relax on sculptural seating designed by landscape architecture firm LDA Design and fabricated by Millimetre. More about Undulating wooden benches provide versatile public seating on London's Strand
Universal Design Studio has brought in weavers, enamelers, and other creative makers to decorate workspaces within the Norton Folgate development in east London's Spitalfields neighbourhood. More about Crafty past of London's East End informs Norton Folgate offices
Architecture studio Bureau de Change has revamped a Victorian house in Fulham, London, adding an extension with angular brick cladding that has "a sense of movement". More about Bureau de Change adds yellow-brick extension to W House in London
Glazed living areas shaded by a steel-framed cloister overlook a courtyard at Three Oaks Farm, a home in West Sussex designed by London studio Nick Willson Architects. More about Nick Willson Architects organises rural Sussex home around steel-framed cloister
Architecture studios Hawkins/Brown and East have been selected to lead the pedestrianisation plans for Oxford Street, initiated by London mayor Sadiq Khan. More about Hawkins/Brown and East to lead pedestrianisation of London's Oxford Street