London Design Festival 2014: the British capital's annual celebration of design officially kicks off on Saturday, so our design editor Dan Howarth has selected his pick of the best installations, locations and exhibitions to visit around the city between 13-21 September. More about Dezeen selects the top 7 things to see at London Design Festival 2014
The entire glazed front of this beach house in Hampshire, England, concertinas open to join a waterfront terrace (+ slideshow). More about The Kench is a British seaside chalet designed to "encourage outdoor living"
The shell of the Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners – also known as the Cheesegrater – is now complete and has been handed over to its future tenants for fit out (+ slideshow). More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners hands over the Leadenhall Building for fit out
Brutalism: to kick off a series of building studies looking back at classic Brutalist buildings from around the world, we revisit Park Hill – the housing estate that brought "streets in the sky" to Sheffield, England, after the Second World War. More about Brutalist buildings: Park Hill, Sheffield by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith
British firm Austin-Smith:Lord used textured brick for the internal and external surfaces of this monastery in Liverpool to give it an austere but coherent aesthetic (+ slideshow). More about Carmelite Monastery by Austin-Smith:Lord designed to be "calm, ordered and uplifting"
Design duo Something & Son has created a sustainable farming initiative on a rooftop in Folkestone, England, but has concealed it behind a traditional fish and chip shop facade (+ slideshow + interview). More about Rooftop fish and chip shop by Something & Son is (slowly) growing its own produce
Gianni Botsford Architects has added a subtle extension to a London townhouse, which is partly submerged in the garden and has transparent walls to help camouflage it from sight (+ slideshow). More about Gianni Botsford sinks "invisible" extension into the garden of a London house
Architect Jamie Fobert combined pale brick walls with a sunken concrete floor and bronze embellishments to create this south-west London home – one of six projects shortlisted to receive the RIBA Manser Medal for best house of 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Jamie Fobert's Luker House makes the most of its site with subtle detailing
London studio Sam Tisdall Architects has incorporated Victorian-style criss-cross ceiling struts into the contemporary interior of this new house. More about Sam Tisdall subtly recreates period details with modern Dorset Road house
News: the six houses shortlisted for this year's RIBA Manser Medal have been announced, including a cliffside home on Scotland's Isle of Skye, an angular house extension in London and a Welsh countryside residence near the remains of a Celtic fort (+ slideshow). More about RIBA reveals shortlist for best British house of the past year
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More about Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Architect Simon Astridge employed a varied material palette of plywood, concrete, brick and stone to create this extension to a Victorian terraced house in London (+ movie). More about Simon Astridge opts for a variety of raw materials in Balham House extension
News: this competition-winning design by SURE Architecture envisions a futuristic skyscraper that could house an entire city – with its own ecosystem and a spiralling form that could be extended infinitely upwards. More about Conceptual skyscraper designed for London could house its own metropolis
The wild rural landscape extends up over the roof of this riverside house in Suffolk, England, which was designed by British firm Soup Architects with walls built from handmade bricks (+ movie). More about Broombank house by Soup Architects planned as "two white sugar cubes" floating over a meadow
London-based Studio Tilt used 17th and 18th-century coffee houses as a reference for the design of this canal-side cafe and cultural venue (+ slideshow). More about Studio Tilt creates flexible interior for Proud Archivist cafe and events space
Visitors to the Folkestone Triennial opening this weekend are invited to climb inside a three-dimensional bamboo lattice built by Dutch artist Gabriel Lester over a harbour railway viaduct (+ slideshow). More about Bamboo lattice by Gabriel Lester perches over a Folkestone railway viaduct
London artist Pablo Bronstein has created a combined lighthouse and beach hut for the Folkestone Triennial, incorporating exaggerated features that reference the work of 18th century architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. More about Pablo Bronstein honours Nicholas Hawksmoor with lighthouse/beach hut hybrid in Folkestone
This pop-up wooden theatre in Southampton, England, was designed by London architecture collective Assemble to look like a cross between a performance venue and a football stadium (+ slideshow). More about Assemble's latest pop-up theatre combines Tudor design with stadium architecture
Boyarsky Murphy Architects sandwiched this glass-fronted family residence between two terraced houses in west London, on a site less than three metres wide at the front. More about Sliver House by Boyarsky Murphy Architects slots into a three-metre-wide space
This London house extension by Tigg Coll Architects features sliding glass doors that retract into the brick walls to open the space up to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Glazing disappears into the walls of Tigg Coll's Malbrook Road extension