Google turns logo black to mark Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
Google has turned the logo on its homepage black in the United Kingdom to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. More
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Sandy Powell, Joycelyn Longdon, Indy Johar and Don McCullin named winners of 2022 London Design Medals
Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell has been awarded this year's London Design Medal, while PhD student Joycelyn Longdon received the emerging designer title. More
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Atomik Architecture staff initiate "historic strike ballot" in UK
Staff at the London studio Atomik Architecture are balloting to strike over working conditions, making them the first group of architectural workers in the private sector in the UK to do so, according to their union. More
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HAPA Architects clads South Downs eco-home in charred timber
Local practice HAPA Architects has used charred timber planks to clad this eco-home in Sussex, England, which features large picture windows framing views of the South Downs National Park. More
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Twenty significant buildings opened by Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign
As people around the world mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday at the age of 96, we look back at 20 of the most significant buildings she opened during her reign of 70 years, the longest in British history. More
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Flea Folly Architects completes False Banana Pavilion at Kew Wakehurst
London studio Flea Folly Architects has erected a pavilion at Kew Wakehurst botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, which uses a combination of local materials to evoke a traditional Ethiopian dwelling. More
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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset
David Kohn Architects has completed a house in southwest England with exaggerated features that include oversized eaves, patterned brickwork and vibrant green details. More
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Opening buildings to strangers is "a funny thing" say Open House Festival curators
As the Open House Festival embarks on its 30th year, curators Zoë Cave and Phineas Harper reflect on the value, past and future of the annual architecture event in this exclusive interview. More
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"Heart that captures a moment in time" forms centrepiece of set design for rapper Dave
London-based Tawbox studio intended to reflect our fractured world by creating a set design featuring an aluminium heart that shattered and came back together during recent shows by British rapper Dave. More
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"We need to move on from just having the conversation" says ex-RIBA inclusion boss Marsha Ramroop
The race between a man of Asian descent and a woman to become the UK's next prime minister is a cautionary tale for architecture firms about mistaking "tokenism" for true inclusivity, argues former RIBA diversity lead Marsha Ramroop in this interview. More
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Ten buildings that showcase Birmingham's brutalist history
A new book titled Birmingham: The Brutiful Years celebrates the UK city's brutalist structures. Here Birmingham-based creative Sharonjit Sutton, who designed the volume, picks 10 favourites. More
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Invisible Studio revamps "poky cottage" with tactile double-pitched extension
Architecture practice Invisible Studio has renovated a tired cottage in a valley in England by reconfiguring its cramped interior and adding a contemporary concrete and timber extension. More
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Hassell hides First Light Pavilion under grass-covered dome at British observatory
Australian studio Hassell has concealed an exhibition space for the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, beneath a grass-topped dome informed by the site's iconic Lovell Telescope. More
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Five "quirky" sleeping pods top Watchet's East Quay arts centre
UK studios Pearce+ and Fægen have designed the interiors of five sleeping pods that stand on top of the Invisible Studio-designed arts centre on the dockside in Watchet, UK. More
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Liverpool's rising sea levels captured in Merseyside Totemy sculptures
The impact of climate change on the UK city of Liverpool is visualised in these three towering sculptures by Polish artist Alicja Biała, whose work gives physical form to environmental data. More
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Charlie Luxton Design reworks Oxfordshire farmhouse to create Studio Richter Mahr
Composer Max Richter and visual artist Yulia Mahr have set up a multimedia production studio inside a former farmhouse in Oxfordshire, which Charlie Luxton Design has updated with more sustainable features. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Cake Architecture creates London office space spread across two contrasting floors
Cake Architecture has designed a workspace for London agency Ask Us For Ideas using materials and forms that are in "complimentary contrast" with each other. More
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"Grassy parks are no longer viable in the face of global heating"
In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. More
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Cooking Sections and Sakiya explore importance of non-human species in joint exhibition
Turner Prize-nominated art duo Cooking Sections and Palestinian research collective Sakiya have created an exhibition in Edinburgh called In the Eddy of the Stream, which reevaluates the significance of plants and other organisms in our ecosystems. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
Mole Architects completes iridescent building in London's Design District
Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London's Design District. More
