"Extraordinary ordinary house" in London named UK's best new home
The polycarbonate-lined Green House that architecture studio Hayhurst & Co slotted into a tight site in London has been named the RIBA's House of the Year for 2023. More
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Gundry & Ducker's Wimbledon renovation aims to create "country house in miniature"
Geometric shapes, fossilised stone and English cherry wood characterise this house in Wimbledon, London, overhauled by local architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. More
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Built Works creates Drying Shed sauna in East Sussex woodland
Red shingles and an oversailing roof characterise this sauna, which London studio Built Works has completed in a woodland in East Sussex. More
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Witherford Watson Mann draws on traditional almshouses for Appleby Blue senior housing
Local studio Witherford Watson Mann aimed to "set a new benchmark" for inner-city older people's accommodation with Appleby Blue, a social housing development in Southwark, London, for over-65s. More
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Hayhurst and Co designs low-energy London home as "domestic-scale greenhouse"
Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. More
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Michael Gove prohibits planning authority from blocking MSG Sphere in Stratford
The UK's levelling up secretary Michael Gove is believed to be considering calling in the planning application for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford after mayor Sadiq Khan blocked it earlier this month. More
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Martin Brudnizki draws on "gritty glamour" for colourful Broadwick Soho hotel
Interior architect Martin Brudnizki has used Italian maiolica tiles and bespoke furniture from India to give London's Broadwick Soho hotel an eclectic look. More
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Gensler to add planted balconies to Foster+ Partners' former City Hall
London's former City Hall, which was designed by British studio Foster+ Partners, is set to be renovated and extended as part of an overhaul by architecture studio Gensler. More
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"The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates"
Vast swathes of London's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. More
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Kin designs Dentons law firm office interior for more than "just a business meeting"
Design studio Kin has created the Edinburgh office interior for global law firm Dentons, featuring a communal rotunda with no doors and an open-plan bar. More
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Dezeen Debate features Sadiq Khan's "good" call to reject MSG Sphere London plans
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features London mayor Sadiq Khan's decision to refuse plans to build the MSG Sphere in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
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Louis Vuitton stacks travel trunks for Claridge's Christmas tree
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has unveiled a Christmas tree made from stacked travel cases at Claridge's hotel in Mayfair, London. More
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Tom Dixon retrospective exhibition opens at Themes & Variations in London
London gallery Themes & Variations has opened an exhibition of furniture, lighting and sculpture by designer Tom Dixon that spans his over 40-year career, which he says is "like having a visual psychotherapy session". More
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Ten shops that showcase the "stylistic diversity" of British retail architecture
The Twentieth Century Society's latest book, 100 20th-Century Shops, is a showcase of architecturally significant stores from across the UK. Here, the charity's director Catherine Croft selects 10 of the most interesting. More
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Architype transforms old telephone exchange into Entopia workspace
A 1930s telephone exchange in Cambridge, UK, has been retrofitted and converted into a "joyful and welcoming" office building by architecture studios Architype and Eve Waldron Design. More
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Sadiq Khan rejects plans for MSG Sphere in east London
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has refused a planning application for the Populous-designed spherical music venue MSG Sphere London, as it would have caused "unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents". More
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Stacks of timber inform "inspirational" industrial units by dRMM
London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. More
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Hawkins\Brown renovates Reading offices to create a "connection to nature"
A stack of meeting rooms and a moss-covered wall overlook the atriums of Here + Now, a pair of office buildings in England refurbished by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More
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Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London
Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. More
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Greenaway Architecture adds glazed extension to thatched cottage in shadow of castle
British studio Greenaway Architecture has added a minimalist glass extension to a 15th-century thatched cottage alongside Farleigh Hungerford Castle near Bath, UK. More
