Apple reveals Foster + Partners-designed offices at Battersea Power Station
Apple CEO Tim Cook has unveiled visuals of the tech giant's offices within Battersea Power Station, which it is designing with UK studio Foster + Partners. More
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"Highly-intelligent" 333 Kingsland Road named UK's best affordable housing
Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road in London, which was designed by local architecture studio Henley Halebrown, has won RIBA's Neave Brown Award for Housing. More
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Before and after photos reveal extent of Battersea Power Station redevelopment
Battersea Power Station reopens tomorrow after a long-awaited redevelopment. This series of before and after photos show the rejuvenated building alongside historic pictures of it in use and as a ruin. More
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Panter Hudspith Architects creates "contemporary vernacular" for Orchard Gardens housing
UK studio Panter Hudspith Architects has created a city block of housing in London's Elephant and Castle, which is shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More
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Margate's Fort Road Hotel celebrates British art and seaside history
Frieze co-founder Matthew Slotover, developer Gabriel Chipperfield and artist Tom Gidley have teamed up with Fleet Architects to turn a partially collapsed building in Kent, England, into a 14-room hotel. More
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WilkinsonEyre completes long-awaited redevelopment of iconic Battersea Power Station
Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled the redeveloped Battersea Power Station in London ahead of its opening next week, almost 40 years after the building was decommissioned. More
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Hopkins Architects adapts deep-plan office in London to suit "modern 24/7 lifestyle"
Hopkins Architects has reused elements of a 1980s office block to create the commercial 100 Liverpool Street building in London, which is shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More
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Studio Egret West unveils Manchester's first city centre park for 100 years
London-based Studio Egret West has designed Mayfield Park in Manchester, which is said to be the city's first new central park in more than 100 years. More
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"Open House champions the city as a form that can inspire you"
As the 30th-anniversary edition of the Open House Festival draws to a close today, commenters including mayor of London Sadiq Khan and architect Farshid Moussavi and incoming RIBA president Muyiwa Oki reflect on the impact the event has had on the city. 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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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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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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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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"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
