Designer Paul Cocksedge has created a weathered steel sculpture in Trafalgar Square for London Design Festival that incorporates AI-generated films showing how the city has evolved over the centuries. More about What Nelson Sees shares Admiral Nelson's view of the city with Londoners
The 3.4-kilometre-long Colne Valley viaduct by architecture studio Grimshaw has reached completion in the south of England, becoming the UK's longest railway bridge. More about UK's longest railway bridge reaches completion for HS2
The David Bowie Centre, designed by local architecture studio IDK, opens at London's V&A East Storehouse this weekend with an archive of over 90,000 Bowie-related items and a public exhibition showcasing iconic, era-defining costumes. More about David Bowie's "cut-up lyrics" inform dedicated space at V&A East Storehouse
London has undeservedly fallen off the radar for the international design community, gallerist Alex Tieghi-Walker tells Dezeen in this interview ahead of London Design Festival, where he is curating one of the main design districts. More about "People don't necessarily see the UK as being very sexy" says Brompton curator Alex Tieghi-Walker
Design firm Wendover has converted the former St John's Wood police station in northwest London into a block of nine rental apartments, organised around a central courtyard. More about Wendover converts London police station into rental housing
UK studio Charles Holland Architects has collaborated with RASKL to create a demountable, timber bandstand on Mitcham Fair Green in south London. More about Charles Holland and RASKL add colourful contemporary bandstand to Mitcham Fair Green
Raw blocks of grey basalt stone bring tactility to this minimalist home extension in London, designed by local architecture studio EBBA. More about EBBA extends London home with basalt blocks offering "tactile richness"
Oak joinery and white surfaces run throughout the interior of Heartwood, an end-of-terrace house in London renovated by local architecture studio Knox Bhavan. More about Knox Bhavan completes "elegant and refined" overhaul of Notting Hill home
Fashion brand Bottega Veneta has opened a pop-up shop at London department store Harrods with an interlocking shelving system that draws on modernist architecture. More about Bottega Veneta unveils Harrods pop-up store informed by modernist architecture
London-based Unknown Works designed a sound wall made from repurposed galvanised steel and added sheet-metal furniture and fittings to create Salt Salon, a "bold yet refined salon" in Borough Market. More about Unknown Works transforms Borough Market storehouse into futuristic hair salon
The revamp of Big Ben's tower features alongside two private houses and a "factory for fashion" on this year's RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist. More about RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist
Architecture studio Carmody Groarke has added the timber ArtPlay Pavilion to the gardens of the John Soane-designed Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London. More about Carmody Groarke reveals "joyful and low-carbon" children's pavilion alongside Dulwich Picture Gallery
Architects in the UK may be under false impressions about the fire-safety of green walls due to non-standardised test procedures – including being soaked with water before testing – that are not clearly mentioned in marketing materials, a Dezeen investigation has found. More about Green wall systems marketed with questionable fire safety claims
Architecture studio Wright and Wright has completed the renovation and extension of Lambeth Palace, the 800-year-old home of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London. More about Wright and Wright balances "continuity and change" in Lambeth Palace overhaul
Open-plan entertaining spaces equipped with a marble kitchen island and skylit dining table occupy the heart of this London home renovated by Studio McW for the founders of a luxury catering company. More about Studio McW turns London home into a "space primed for hosting"
In our latest roundup, we look at recently completed homes and extensions that offer a contemporary twist on traditional bay windows. More about Seven UK homes that reimagine traditional bay windows
Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. More about Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework
Royal Mail has given Britain's recognisable red pillar postbox the "biggest redesign in its 175-year history", integrating solar panels to power digitally activated drawers for larger parcels. More about Royal Mail introduces solar-powered postboxes
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. More about Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse
Benni Allan, founder of London studio EBBA Architects, has created an installation named Pulse for this year's Houghton Festival, which lights up in response to the surrounding trees. More about Benni Allan suspends glowing canopy in the Norfolk woodlands for Houghton Festival