Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. More about SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater
The western section of London's main shopping street is to be transformed into a pedestrian zone filled with public art, it was announced today. More about Plans unveiled to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street in 2018
This revamp of a family home in west London features a loft extension covered in scale-like wooden shingles, yellow-framed arch windows, and interiors that use colour to separate spaces for adults and children. More about Office S&M uses scale-like tiles and vibrant colours to add personality to London house
An angular, asymmetric roof tops this house designed by Mole Architects for a site overlooking an estuary in Suffolk, England. More about Mole Architects builds house "like a seagull's wing" on Suffolk coast
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has extended a typical terraced home in northwest London, by adding a new timber-lined room that opens onto a brick-paved garden. More about O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects adds "simple, warm and characterful" extension to London house
Architecture studio Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls and pointed ceramic details. More about Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable
Bands of aluminium and concrete divide up sections of this London residential skyscraper by UNStudio, to foster different communities within the building, while also framing panoramic views for residents. More about UNStudio hopes to create "neighbourhoods in the sky" with Canaletto Tower in London
Herzog & de Meuron has submitted a planning application for the new Royal College of Art campus in London's Battersea, revealing a design that features textured brickwork and a sawtooth roof profile. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals design for new £108 million RCA campus
Architecture studio Carmody Groarke has received planning permission for a 20-storey hotel tower in London's Paddington, as the area readies itself for the opening of a new Crossrail station. More about Carmody Groarke wins approval for skyscraper in London's Paddington
In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Sam Jacob and Corinna Natter of MINI Living explain how micro homes, like the one they presented during London Design Festival, could one day function as shared resources. More about MINI Living Urban Cabin explores how future cities may merge public and private, says Sam Jacob
A frameless glass roof panel connects with a window to allow natural light to flood this extension added to the rear of a Victorian house in east London by The D*Haus Company. More about Giant pivoting door connects Columbia Road extension to secluded rear courtyard
British studio Ström Architects designed this timber-clad annex to house a bar and games room for a home in England's New Forest he completed seven years ago. More about Magnus Ström models gabled annex for Hampshire home on "rustic boutique hotel"
This new building added to a school in the English town of Beaconsfield by London architecture office DSDHA flanks a tree-lined playground and is clad in waney-edged timber to give it a natural appearance. More about School extension by DSDHA features rough-edged timber cladding and outdoor learning spaces
A war of words has broken out over the "shared space" design of London's Exhibition Road, with local politicians at loggerheads over whether the layout has improved or worsened accident rates in the popular museum district. More about MP calls for pedestrianisation of Exhibition Road amid dispute over accident figures
"Matter-of-fact" materials such as concrete, brick, and timber in muted tones have been used to create this extension to a family home in Stoke Newington, north London. More about Al-Jawad Pike combines brick, concrete and timber for restrained London home extension
Architecture firm JAA has developed a proposal that would see a celebrated brutalist-era car park in London preserved – rather than demolished to build a new hotel. More about London's Welbeck Street car park could be saved with alternative design by JAA
Architect Laura Dewe Mathews has added a staggered red brick extension to a London house, as part of a renovation that involved creating spaces for the clients' various hobbies. More about Laura Dewe Mathews creates spaces for birdwatching and painting in London home of a retired couple
London firm Duggan Morris Architects has completed an office building in London, featuring an aluminium facade in this year's trendiest colour. More about Duggan Morris builds office with millennial-pink exterior in London's King's Cross
This south London house extension by Studio Octopi features a pre-cast concrete staircase that had to be craned into position.
More about Pre-cast concrete staircase forms centrepiece of basement extension by Studio Octopi
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde recently brought his Waterlicht installation to the UK. This captioned movie shows how it uses lighting projections to recreate the visual sensation of a flood, to raise awareness about rising sea levels. More about Studio Roosegaarde uses light projections to create virtual flood above Derbyshire valley