Inside Festival 2015: architect Jason Flanagan discusses how his practice Flanagan Lawrence transformed the Grade II-listed Shepherd's Bush Pavilion cinema in London into a four-star hotel (+ movie). More about Flanagan Lawrence's hotel converted from a 1920s cinema has an atrium "like a gold chandelier"
Nonconformists have a crucial role in shaping British architecture, says the curator of a new Royal Academy exhibition on the work of 12 "maverick" architects. More about British architecture needs mavericks more than ever, says Royal Academy exhibition curator
Stirling Prize winner Haworth Tompkins has been appointed to design some of the housing that will replace Robin Hood Gardens, the historic east-London estate by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson. More about Haworth Tompkins appointed to work on Robin Hood Gardens redevelopment
Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones describes the reflective aluminium Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, created by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA in 2009, as "strange and gorgeous" in this exclusive movie. More about SANAA's reflective Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 "merged into the landscape"
Glass walls and a generous light-filled atrium offer plentiful views of the surrounding garden and sky for residents of this north London house by Threefold Architects (+ slideshow). More about Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d'art collectors
Modernist lamps by mid-century French designers including Pierre Guariche and Jean-Boris Lacroix are on show at Galerie Kreo in London's Mayfair. More about The Enlightened 50s lighting exhibition illuminates London's Galerie Kreo
Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More about Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard
Soft tones and metallic details feature across the two floors of this London boutique created by Barber and Osgerby's Universal Design Studio for fashion brand J&M Davidson (+ slideshow). More about Universal Design Studio uses muted colours and brass fittings for J&M Davidson store
Farrells has proposed a series of low-level bridges over the River Thames to help stimulate water-side development in east London. More about Terry Farrell proposes six new bridges across River Thames in east London
Patterned tiling, oak floorboards and a sliding translucent screen all feature inside this refurbished home in a 19th-century London mansion block, completed by local office Rise Design Studio (+ slideshow). More about Rise Design Studio renovates flat inside a 19th-century London mansion block
Renzo Piano's proposal for a 72-storey skyscraper in London's Paddington has been withdrawn following protests against the development. More about Renzo Piano's plans for controversial "Paddington Pole" skyscraper withdrawn
A one-bedroom flat in a 1960s housing block in northwest London has been updated with modern fittings and furniture in this project by designer Adrian Manea (+ slideshow). More about Adrian Manea refurbishes Modernist flat in London's Belsize Park
Movie: Frank Gehry's chunky wooden pavilion from 2008 is the subject of our next exclusive video with Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones. More about Frank Gehry's wooden Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2008 was "hugely hefty"
Architecture studio APA has renovated a Victorian townhouse in London's Canonbury neighbourhood, creating a bright and open interior intended to recreate the spaciousness of a converted warehouse (+ slideshow). More about APA creates warehouse-inspired interior for refurbished London townhouse
Opinion: Walter Segal's self-build houses in south London and Assemble's Turner Award-winning Granby Four Streets project in Liverpool are rightly celebrated, but they're not the answer to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley. More about "The cult of self-build and do-it-yourself won't solve the housing crisis"
Movie: Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones discusses the spinning top-shaped pavilion designed by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen in 2007 in the next instalment from our exclusive video series. More about Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion "looked like a spinning top"
Bespoke joinery and minimal materials feature throughout the interior of this London apartment, recently transformed into a contemporary home by local architecture practice MWAI (+ slideshow). More about MWAI adds copper fixtures and marble surfaces to Victorian apartment in London
Dezeen promotion: the Surface Design Show event is set to present materials for architecture and interior design at London's Business Design Centre from 9 to 11 February 2016. More about Surface Design Show 2016 to exhibit architectural materials in London
Knox Bhavan Architects designed this pair of sandstone residences to complete an Edwardian terrace in Dulwich, south London (+ slideshow). More about Knox Bhavan Architects completes pair of brownstone terraces in south London
Tables and desks by a member of Turner Prize-winning studio Assemble are paired with vintage furniture and contemporary artworks in the new office of architecture-led estate agent The Modern House (+ slideshow). More about Assemble's Louis Schulz creates furniture for The Modern House's new London office