Architect Henri Bredenkamp has overhauled a London house once used as a teaching space by Goldsmiths university to create a light-filled home for his family. More about Henri Bredenkamp converts derelict university building into family home
Peter Barber Architects has completed a row of terraced houses in London's Stratford, featuring a monolithic brick facade punctuated by recessed arches and balconies. More about Peter Barber creates "cosy" brick arches for London housing scheme
Carmody Groarke has completed a north London house featuring three brick volumes and a grand window facing into woodland, as documented in these images by Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet. More about Trio of brick volumes form Highgate House by Carmody Groarke
Northern Ireland studio McGarry-Moon Architects has renovated a historic house in west London, and added a contemporary timber and concrete extension connected by a glass-lined corridor (+ slideshow). More about McGarry-Moon Architects updates Richmond Park gatehouse with contemporary extension
Multi-coloured bricks cover the facades of this residential scheme by architects dRMM, which is built on the site of the former brutalist Heygate Estate in south London and has been shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More about DRMM's Trafalgar Place development features multi-hued brickwork and communal gardens
A cream-painted staircase connects the four floors of this London mews house, which has been renovated by architecture studio Alma-nac to create more light and space (+ slideshow). More about Cornwall Mews renovation by Alma-nac centres around a cream staircase
Architecture studio Hayhurst and Co has built a home and studio for leading leather-design duo Whitaker Malem, featuring a steeply stepped roof covered in over 800 plants (+ slideshow). More about Hayhurst and Co creates "hanging-basket roof" for designers' home and studio
Architecture studio Selencky Parsons has extended a typical midcentury end-of-terrace house in southeast London by adding a pair of brick gables that diminish in size like Russian dolls (+ slideshow). More about Selencky Parsons adds stepped extension to 1960s terraced house in London
Kirkwood McCarthy has added a black zinc-clad wing to the rear of a London house, creating a light-filled living space that sits between the garden and a new courtyard. More about Kirkwood McCarthy adds zinc-clad garden wing to north London house
London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). More about Twisted staircase features in Casa Vota renovation by 51 Architecture
Jo Cowen Architects has converted a 19th-century bakery complex in south London into housing, featuring glazed brickwork, cast-iron columns and industrial-style glazing (+ slideshow). More about Jo Cowen Architects transforms Victorian bakery in London into 12 factory-inspired homes
Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a "macabre" upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) More about Denizen Works adds burnt wood cladding to Modernist house in London's Highgate
British studio Nimtim has updated a London flat with pastel blue cabinetry, zigzagging parquet and marble to create an urban retreat for a children's heart surgeon (+ slideshow). More about Nimtim modernises Victorian terrace to create pied-a-terre for a heart surgeon
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More about Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
Brick piers frame the double-height windows of these three houses that husband-and-wife team Robert and Jessica Barker have slotted behind a row of Victorian terraces in southeast London (+ slideshow). More about Robert and Jessica Barker build trio of London houses including live-work space for themselves
Rise Design Studio has added a glazed extension to the rear of a house in London, creating a light-filled kitchen and dining room that opens up to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Rise Design Studio adds glazed extension to north London house
A three-metre-high pivoting glass door protrudes from the sloping roof of this London house extension, which is clad in fibre-cement panels to match a refurbished dormer window (+ slideshow). More about Alma-nac creates huge pivoting door for London house extension
A narrow window extends up to the roof of this chapel-like wooden house in southwest London, bringing light into a compact interior that is partly sunken below ground (+ slideshow). More about Giles Pike Architects completes timber-clad house for a tiny London plot
Architect Sean Griffiths has unveiled plans to add a shed-inspired roof extension to the Blue House, one of the best-known projects of his former studio FAT. More about FAT's seminal Blue House set for rooftop extension
Architect Sam Jacob has unveiled plans to convert a former east-London pub into a home for himself and a nursery, including curving facades and assorted window shapes. More about Sam Jacob to convert former London pub into house and nursery