Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London, with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. More about Parti uses simple building materials at "quietly monumental" Hercules Street housing
A lacklustre office building in Southwark has undergone a vibrant makeover to become The Africa Centre, devised by architecture studio Freehaus and interior designer Tola Ojuolape. More about The Africa Centre finds new home inside former office building in London
Raymond Briggs, the British illustrator best known for creating the popular children's picture book The Snowman, has passed away at the age of 88. More about British illustrator Raymond Briggs dies aged 88
A pair of pitched-roof volumes link to form this house in Hampshire, England, which architecture firm Pad Studio designed to connect with its rural setting in the New Forest National Park. More about Pad Studio arranges Clay Retreat around pond and garden in Hampshire
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a colourful structure called Babs Baldachino to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman designs "queer monument" to celebrate Commonwealth Games
Design studio Yabu Pushelberg has completed a five-star hotel in London's Leicester Square where rooms are all dedicated to different members of a theatre or movie production's cast and crew. More about Yabu Pushelberg designs The Londoner hotel in the spirit of film and theatre
London studio Bell Phillips has completed a timber pavilion in a park in Elephant & Castle featuring an elevated viewing gallery nestled among the boughs of a mature plane tree. More about Bell Phillips creates The Tree House pavilion at London's Elephant Park
An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. More about WilkinsonEyre uses industrial finishes for arts and engineering building in Norfolk
Video game designer Dan Douglas has recreated MVRDV's Marble Arch Mound within a modified version of 1990s video game Duke Nukem so that disappointed visitors can blow it up. More about Marble Arch Mound can be blown up in video game as "cathartic moment for disappointed visitors"
Students from Imperial College London have moved to block the installation of an Antony Gormley sculpture they claim looks like a man with an erect penis. More about Students outraged by proposed Antony Gormley sculpture with "erect phallus"
Designers and academics have created a series of objects, including a bright-red wooden chair based on a medieval design, to furnish a 700-year-old castle in Northumberland, England, for the (Re)imagining Aydon exhibition. More about Modern design objects feature in exhibition informed by 13th-century English castle
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has added a rear extension clad in red porphyry stone to a Victorian house in London, creating a kitchen and dining area connected to a courtyard garden. More about Red stone covers extension to London terrace by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
Architect Muyiwa Oki has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Muyiwa Oki elected first Black president of the RIBA
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled an Apple Store in west London that incorporates stone columns, Ficus trees and terrazzo flooring. More about Foster + Partners designs Apple Brompton Road as "calm oasis" in London
Architecture studio Arney Fender Katsalidis has released visuals of a proposed 60-storey-skyscraper named 55 Bishopsgate for a site close to Foster + Partners' Gherkin in the City of London. More about Skyscraper that "takes inspiration from nature" proposed for City of London
UK practice Invisible Studio has collaborated with local community groups to design and build a shelter from timber sourced within the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England. More about Invisible Studio unveils timber shelter "made with many hands" at Westonbirt arboretum
The brick arches and warehouse buildings of London's Borough Market informed the materials and furnishings of The Office Group's latest workspace, designed by Copenhagen-based Studio David Thulstrup. More about David Thulstrup brings industrial colours and textures into Borough Yards office
Artist Morag Myerscough has unveiled a colourful reinterpretation of the original gatehouse at Housesteads Roman Fort alongside Hadrian's Wall in northern England. More about Morag Myerscough recreates Roman gatehouse at Hadrian's Wall
The UK's Crafts Council has unveiled the winners of its Craft School: Yinka's Challenge competition, which was developed together with London designer Yinka Ilori to help children explore empowerment through craft. More about School children create colourful projects for Yinka Ilori-led Crafts Council competition
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, which includes buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects, Hopkins Architects and Henley Halebrown. More about RIBA reveals 2022 Stirling Prize shortlist