Dara Huang of London studio Design Haus Liberty said she "used the palette that was already there" to ensure the newly created apartments of this converted building in the city's Marylebone district kept within a small budget (+ slideshow). More about London homes by Design Haus Liberty combine exposed plaster with off-the-shelf materials
By lowering the ceiling of this London home, Scenario Architecture has created a view between the living room and the roof terrace, allowing parents to keep an eye on their children when they play outside (+ slideshow). More about Scenario Architecture lowers a ceiling to create a sunken roof terrace for a London home
A glossy black marble wall divides the glass facade of this extension to a 19th-century townhouse in north London by local architecture office Paul Archer Design (+ slideshow). More about Paul Archer Design pairs glass with marble for extension to a remodelled London townhouse
The latest bid to grant listing status to the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has failed and the local MP has called for it to be "brought down ASAP". More about Politician calls for immediate demolition of Robin Hood Gardens after listing bid fails
Described as a "lovechild of rock and manor", this rural artist's cabin by Studio Weave features a twin-gabled form, and a zinc facade embossed with diamonds and crosses (+ slideshow). More about Studio Weave builds zinc-armoured art studio above a brook on Scotland's west coast
Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled more images of his plant-covered design for a Maggie's cancer-care centre in Yorkshire, England, which has now been granted planning permission (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick gets the green light for Maggie's Centre modelled on pot plants
British writer and curator Justin McGuirk – a regular columnist for Dezeen – is joining London's Design Museum as chief curator this month. More about Justin McGuirk appointed chief curator at London's Design Museum
Italian studio Arabeschi di Latte and curator Jane Withers have installed a bar at London's Selfridges that invites visitors to "imagine life without the plastic water bottle" as part of an exhibition about ocean plastic (+ slideshow). More about Selfridges hosts Water Bar for marine plastic exhibition Project Ocean
This staircase inserted into a terraced house in London features alternating treads that make the most of a tight space, and perforated steel surfaces that allow light to filter through. More about DBLO Associates adds perforated steel staircase to refurbished London home
Hall + Bednarczyk Architects paired rugged sandstone with contemporary details to create this rural house in Wales, which pays homage to vernacular barns (+ slideshow). More about Sandstone-clad house in Wales designed by Hall + Bednarczyk to resemble local barns
This shelter for the remains of a Roman villa in Gloucestershire, England, is wrapped in slats of untreated larch so that it will blend peacefully into the landscape over time (+ slideshow). More about Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designs larch-clad shelter for Roman ruins
Bblur Architecture has won approval to wrap a giant slide around the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More about "World's longest and tallest tunnel slide" to wrap Anish Kapoor sculpture in London's Olympic park
OMA has unveiled its design for a new sports and science facility at Brighton College, England – a historic school campus made up of buildings by George Gilbert Scott and Thomas Graham Jackson. More about OMA to create new sports and science facility at historic English college
Graduate shows 2015: Larisa Bulibasa has developed a vision for the City of London in which a complex network of alleyways, dead ends and enclosed spaces evoke the bewildering financial practices conducted within. More about Larisa Bulibasa reimagines London's financial district as a disorientating labyrinth
London's Aram Gallery is hosting an exhibition of products by young designers who are working with ordinary materials and processes in "extraordinary" ways (+ slideshow). More about Young designers explore materials, products and processes in Aram Gallery exhibition
Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over. More about Walkie Talkie blamed for powerful downdraught on London streets
Lumps of flint give a textured facade to this English countryside residence, completed by London firm Skene Catling de la Peña for one of the world's richest families (+ slideshow). More about Flint House features rugged stone walls that gradate from smoky grey to chalky white
A large window inside the new showroom and offices of London watch brand Uniform Wares, designed by Feilden Fowles, offers visitors a glimpse at the watchmaking process (+ slideshow). More about Uniform Wares offices include a glazed watch-prototyping room and a pivoting timber door
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed five possible designs for a youth centre that will form part of the £23 million redevelopment of Preston's Brutalist bus station, which was recently saved from demolition (+ slideshow). More about Youth centre proposals shortlisted for Brutalist Preston Bus Station refurbishment
London is set to get its own international design biennial, based on the model of the Venice art and architecture biennales, and directed by former Icon editor Christopher Turner. More about First London Design Biennale to launch in 2016 at Somerset House