A lounge contained within a house-shaped extension is one of several interventions designed by Tigg Coll Architects to add a more homely feel to a student housing block in London (+ slideshow). More about Tigg Coll overhauls east London student housing to be "more akin to a members' club"
This family home in Surrey, England, is fronted by an asymmetric wall of blue bricks, described by designer Groves Natcheva Architects as a "lighthouse in a sea of green" (+ slideshow). More about Esher House by Groves Natcheva Architects pairs blue brickwork with red wood
Wavy panels of anodised aluminium conceal ventilation channels within the facade of this university science facility in Bristol, England, by British architecture firm Sheppard Robson (+ slideshow). More about Rippling aluminium fronts Bristol university laboratories by Sheppard Robson
London studio Matheson Whiteley has revitalised a trio of dilapidated 1940s warehouses to create a new contemporary art gallery opposite one of the city's historic churches (+ slideshow). More about Modern Art gallery takes over three London warehouses opposite a Hawksmoor church
When visitors step inside this viewing tower on the coastline of Lincolnshire, England, an inner chamber tilts forward so the nearby beach becomes visible through a pair of aligned horizontal slots (+ slideshow). More about Angular seaside tower by Gruff and MSA contains a viewing platform that moves underfoot
London studio Softroom has renovated a 19th-century village pub in southern England to host a culinary school, a bar and a glass-fronted restaurant (+ slideshow). More about Softroom converts thatched-roof pub into contemporary restaurant and cookery school
British architect Richard Rogers is gifting the seminal Wimbledon home he designed for his parents in the late 1960s to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. More about Richard Rogers donates house designed for parents to Harvard architecture school
The sloping roofline of an old extension to a London residence is surrounded by the pale brickwork of its replacement, designed by local studio Tsuruta Architects (+ slideshow). More about Remodelled London house extension reveals the outline of its predecessor
Photographer Ed Reeve has applied for planning consent to dig a private railway station underneath his home – the David Adjaye-designed Sunken House in north London. More about Private Crossrail station planned underneath Adjaye-designed London house
A collection of old school buildings in Rye, East Sussex, has been converted into a cinema and arts centre with the addition of a shed-like extension (+ slideshow). More about Jonathan Dunn converts Victorian school house into cinema for an English town
Architecture studio AOC has created an interactive gallery space at London's Wellcome Collection museum, featuring a grand stairway lined with cushions where visitors are invited to sit and read (+ slideshow). More about AOC combines a reading room with a gallery for London's Wellcome Collection
A naturally filtered outdoor swimming pool is taking shape as part of the redevelopment of King's Cross in London. More about Freshwater bathing pond to open in London's King's Cross
Curved wooden benches and stools "grow" from a gridded floor of dyed timber installed in the sculpture gallery at English stately home Chatsworth House. More about Raw Edges installs dye-soaked wooden floor across 19th-century sculpture gallery
Slender batons of untreated larch cover two extensions erected in the garden of this semi-detached home in London, as part of a refurbishment and remodelling by architecture studio Haptic (+ slideshow). More about Haptic adds a pair of extensions to a Victorian home in west London
Architecture office Stanton Williams has unveiled its plans to upgrade the entrances and public spaces of London's Royal Opera House, which have just been granted planning permission. More about Stanton Williams wins approval for plans to open up the Royal Opera House
Penoyre & Prasad has reskinned the Constructivist-influenced Guy's Tower in London, giving it back its crown as the tallest hospital in the world. Architect Sunand Prasad explains how his team updated an "ugly building designed with a great deal of love" (+ slideshow + interview). More about Penoyre & Prasad reclads "ugly" London hospital tower with origami-like skin
Amanda Levete and Hopkins are among the architects shortlisted to design a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge across London's River Thames (+ slideshow). More about Shortlist unveiled for Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge competition
A high-profile campaign to save the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London has been revived. More about Last-ditch bid launched to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition
Adjaye Associates has unveiled plans to transform a collection of post-war buildings opposite The Ritz hotel in central London into a hotel and apartment complex. More about David Adjaye reveals £600 million project for London's Piccadilly
A cylindrical tower clad in weathered steel forms part of this extension to a 19th-century stone cottage in the English countryside, designed to recall a gasworks that previously stood on the site. More about Chris Dyson Architects adds a rusty steel tower to a rural stone cottage