Architect Sam Jacob has unveiled plans to convert a former east-London pub into a home for himself and a nursery, including curving facades and assorted window shapes. More about Sam Jacob to convert former London pub into house and nursery
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced it will continue to practice without its late founder and figurehead, who died suddenly last month. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to carry on without its founder
Hudson Architects has transformed a heritage-listed building in eastern England into an architecture school, featuring a staircase that references an ornately patterned original balustrade (+ slideshow). More about Hudson Architects installs decorative staircase inside new Norwich architecture school
A trio of gridded glass blocks forms this new campus for a Glasgow college, which contains facilities for nautical and engineering students, including a replica of a ship's engine room (+ slideshow). More about Glasgow's nautical and engineering college presents gridded glass facades to the River Clyde
This cylindrical, larch-clad observation tower was designed by Icosis Architects to provide an elevated vantage point over picturesque bogland and night skies in Scotland (+ slideshow). More about Icosis Architects create stargazing lookout tower in the Scottish highlands
A subterranean shaft created by 19th-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel is now accessible to the public for the first time in 150 years, thanks to a new staircase by architecture studio Tate Harmer (+ slideshow). More about Tate Harmer transforms Brunel's first engineering project into underground venue
Angled bricks create three-dimensional zigzags across the walls of this London house, which architects office Dallas Pierce Quintero built on a tiny infill plot in east London (+ slideshow). More about Dallas Pierce Quintero arranges small London home around four courtyards
EU referendum: uncertainty over whether the UK will vote to leave the European Union is affecting creative business as customers postpone decisions, according to designer Tom Dixon. More about "Brexit" vote could damage London's design status, says Tom Dixon
Bennetts Associates has extended a historic theatre in London's West End, adding a serrated box made from weathering steel on top of the roof (+ slideshow). More about Bennetts Associates adds pre-rusted steel box to London's Shaftesbury Theatre
Milan 2016: as part of the coloured glass trend in Milan this year, UK-based Kukka Studio's collection of side tables places pastel-hued panes alongside white quartz slabs. More about Kukka Studio's Spectra collection contrasts iridescent glass with white quartz
Piers Taylor's firm Invisible Studio has added a pair of woodland maintenance buildings to the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, using only trees felled in the routine maintenance of the estate (+ slideshow). More about Invisible Studio uses only waste timber for Westonbirt arboretum buildings in Gloucestershire
The interior of this former council-owned house in north London has been given a modern makeover by local studio Archmongers to create brighter spaces with colourful accents (+ slideshow). More about Archmongers brightens the interior of "plain and ugly" 1970s ex-council house
The titles of important works of literature are engraved into the walls of this extension to a sandstone library in Glasgow, which has been refurbished to create a centre for women's history (+ slideshow). More about Collective Architecture extends sandstone building to create Glasgow Women's Library
PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. More about PLP Architecture proposes London's first wooden skyscraper at the Barbican
Sportswear brand Nike has opened a textile design studio in east London to develop new fabrics for its shoes and apparel. More about Nike opens design studio in Hackney to explore advanced textiles
Architect David Chipperfield has released details of his plans for the Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy in Mayfair, London, which his firm will convert into a 137-room hotel. More about David Chipperfield reveals plans to convert US Embassy into Mayfair hotel
Coffey Architects has added a library with a perforated facade to London's Science Museum, as part of a major redevelopment that will also include galleries by Muf, Wilkinson Eyre and the late Zaha Hadid. More about Perforations create dappled lighting inside Coffey Architects' Science Museum research centre
A tree-like structure connects each level of this children's nursery in east London, designed by Lipton Plant Architects to reference the fictional Swiss Family Robinson (+ slideshow). More about Lipton Plant adds indoor treehouse to Bath House nursery in Hackney
London's Aram Gallery is hosting an exhibition of conceptual products that highlight visitors' dependance on digital communication, including a selfie-taking robot and a plugin that reports on internet usage patterns (+ slideshow). More about Aram Gallery's Unread Messages exhibition questions our digital addictions
London architecture studio Platform 5 has added a cranked extension to a Victorian house in Hackney, featuring a herringbone-patterned dining table that matches the parquet flooring. More about Herringbone patterns feature inside angular house extension by Platform 5