Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead a national design body that has been tasked with "driving up design standards" for planning applications. More about Nicholas Boys Smith to lead new government task force to "embed beauty" in the planning system
The next Open House London documentary offers a glimpse of Neasden Temple, a place of worship in northwest London that was built using ancient Hindu texts and 26,000 pieces of stone. More about Neasden Temple is built from over 5,000 tonnes of hand-carved stone
Contemporary glassware brand LSA International is showing its handmade and recycled Canopy collection, created together with the Eden Project, as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival. More about LSA International's Canopy range takes cues from Eden Project biodomes
This video tour published as part of our collaboration with Open House London explores Dalston Curve Garden, a community green space hidden within one of London's most built-up boroughs. More about Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney's disused railway
In the first in a series of daily videos about London buildings and spaces during Open House London, architecture historian and skateboarding fan Iain Borden sheds light on the design of Crystal Palace Skatepark. More about Skateparks are "one of the world's great kinds of public space" says Iain Borden
Soaring arches reminiscent of those seen in Ricardo Bofill's La Fabrica feature in this decadent restaurant in St James, London designed by creative director John Whelan. More about Maison François brasserie in London takes cues from Ricardo Bofill's architecture
London studio Boano Prišmontas has created a prefabricated timber home office that can be built within a day, in response to the increased number of people working from home due to coronavirus. More about Boano Prišmontas creates modular garden office that's "easier to assemble than IKEA furniture"
Fringed furnishings and velvet walls feature inside the west London headquarters that design studio Sella Concept has created for fashion brand Sister Jane, which includes a showroom, restaurant and roof terrace. More about Sella Concept brings retro feel to Sister Jane Townhouse in London
Dezeen has teamed up with Planted, a new design show dedicated to reconnecting cities with nature, to present a virtual showcase of sustainable design brands and products. More about Dezeen x Planted collaboration will showcase brands and products that "improve lives today without damaging tomorrow"
Studio Weave has built an arched greenhouse as part of London Design Festival, which is filled with plants that it predicts will soon be able to grow outdoors in the UK due to climate change. More about Studio Weave fills Hothouse with tropical plants to highlight London's rising temperature
Architecture studio Red Deer carried out an understated overhaul of a centuries-old mansion near Hertfordshire, England to form the Birch hotel, which is designed to challenge the idea of luxury. More about Birch hotel by Red Deer takes over an 18th-century English mansion
British designer Terence Conran, founder of furniture brand Habitat and London's Design Museum, has died at the age of 88. More about Visionary British designer Terence Conran dies
American hotel company Ace Hotel has permanently closed its outpost in Shoreditch, London, after shuttering the venue temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Ace Hotel London Shoreditch to close permanently as building owners plan new venture
Organisers of the annual Antepavilion commission in London are fighting to prevent "oppressive" Hackney Council from demolishing a series of subversive canalside pavilions. More about Architecture Foundation battles council to save Antepavilion structures from demolition
Architecture studio Groupwork is set to reinstate the facades of a group of 19th-century shops in Clerkenwell, London, as part of its renovation of a 1970s office block. More about Groupwork to "resurrect" Victorian facades of Clerkenwell shops
Dezeen Events Guide's special guide to architecture and design events taking place in London this September is now live. More about Dezeen Events Guide lists the key design events taking place in London this month
A 400-metre zip wire that would have ended on the roof of Liverpool's Central Library within its UNESCO World Heritage Site will no longer be built following a legal challenge made by the Victorian Society. More about Liverpool mayor shelves controversial zip wire plans
Surman Weston has built a house in Surbiton, south-west London, with a facade that riffs off the mock-Tudor facades of the surrounding suburban homes. More about Surman Weston creates modern mock-Tudor home in Surbiton
Bronze laser-cut sheets wrap around the lift shaft that extends up through this building in central London, which has been updated by architecture studio Bureau de Change. More about Bureau de Change inserts bronze lift into 1920s art deco office block
London-based Useful Studio has connected a tube station to a business park in Chiswick, west London, with a pedestrian bridge made from weathering steel. More about Useful Studio creates arched weathering steel Chiswick Park Footbridge