Labour MP Emma Dent Coad has speculated that recent renovation works may have contributed to the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in west London, as prime minister Theresa May announces a public inquiry. More about Theresa May orders public inquiry into Grenfell Tower fire as renovations blamed
Architects and construction experts are trying to understand the cause of a devastating fire at a recently refurbished tower block in west London, which has killed 12 people. More about Grenfell Tower fire deaths raise questions about safety of post-war renovations
Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture has drawn up plans for "London's greenest public building", a school that would be entirely powered by tidal movements of the River Thames. More about Vision unveiled for London school powered by Thames tide
Rooms topped with chimney-like roofs surround a secluded courtyard to from this house in Kent, England, which takes its angular form and russet colouring from the area's hop-drying oast towers. More about James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell model Kentish country house on traditional hop kilns
British firm Guard Tillman Pollock punched a hole through a detached Edwardian property in north London to create a driveway leading to this modernist-inspired house that faces onto a secluded garden. More about Guard Tillman Pollock slots modernist-styled Holm House behind Highgate residence
Architectural educationalists Matt+Fiona worked with school pupils in the city of Hull to design and build a classroom with pivoting walls on their allotment. More about School children design and build green den with moving walls for Hull allotment
With London Festival of Architecture kicking off today, architecture editor Jessica Mairs has revealed her top picks, from a stomach-churning installation based on the Smithfield meat market to tours of the capital's ill-fated housing estates. More about 10 events that are not to be missed at London Festival of Architecture 2017
Two years after inviting Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick to design its new London campus, Google has submitted a planning application for a building featuring a huge rooftop garden, a running track and a swimming pool. More about Google finally reveals its plans for London HQ by BIG and Heatherwick
Anish Kapoor's plans to add a roof extension to his studio in London's Camberwell may be scuppered by complaints that it will block light and create "prison-like" homes for neighbours. More about Anish Kapoor's plans for London studio extension cause "upset and dismay" for local residents
The Japanese House exhibition at London's Barbican doesn't offer solutions to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley, but it does show what's possible when architects respond to extreme change and instability. More about "The Japanese House is about fear, imagination, aggression and dreams"
Mulroy Architects has added a glazed extension to this house in north London, which features interiors and bespoke oak joinery by local studio Manea Kella. More about Mulroy Architects and Manea Kella extend Edwardian home in north London
Giant saw-tooth sections containing north-facing windows channel daylight into the machine and assembly halls of this car manufacturing factory for Jaguar Land Rover in England's West Midlands. More about Arup Associates completes enormous day-lit factory for Jaguar Land Rover in England
Robots were used to manufacture the components of these two pavilions, which form the new shop for the V&A museum in London. More about Friend and Company harnesses "robotic craft" to build new shop for V&A museum
British interiors studio Black & Milk has redesigned an apartment for a city trader in Canaletto Tower, a luxury residential skyscraper designed by UNStudio on London's City Road. More about Black & Milk creates understated bachelor pad in London's Canaletto Tower
Bennetts Associates has renovated a 1930s cinema and added a brick, frosted-glass and copper extension to create this cultural centre in Chester, England. More about Bennetts Associates converts Art Deco cinema into cultural centre in northern England
London studio Trevor Horne Architects has completed a gallery and apartment building on the site of the former Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, featuring folded brick walls topped with a glazed events space. More about Trevor Horne Architects completes 12-sided art gallery in south London park
Ten thousand ceramic tiles make up the facade of this office building on London's Savile Row by EPR Architects, which is shown in a movie by photographer Jim Stephenson. More about Hand-glazed tiles cover Savile Row office building by EPR Architects
UK architect Simon Astridge has used shipping containers, exposed plasterwork and clay lighting to create the offices and showroom for a London tile manufacturer. More about Simon Astridge stacks shipping containers to create backyard London office
Glass doors are set into arched frames resembling a colonnade in this extension to a Victorian-era house in Birmingham, England, which Intervention Architecture designed for a choir singer. More about Colonnade-like glazing fronts Birmingham house extension by Intervention Architecture
A former bank in the City of London designed in 1924 by British architect Edwin "Ned" Lutyens has been converted into a lavish hotel, club and dining venue by Soho House and named "The Ned" in his honour. More about Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members' club The Ned