The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has refused a planning application for the Populous-designed spherical music venue MSG Sphere London, as it would have caused "unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents". More about Sadiq Khan rejects plans for MSG Sphere in east London
If you're visiting London for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party taking place on 28 November, here are 10 architecture and design exhibitions also taking place in the city this month. More about Ten architecture and design exhibitions to see in London
Portholes and semi-circular motifs characterise this colourful renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace house in Hackney, London, by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. More about Gundry & Ducker revamps Victorian terrace to feature "different characters within a single house"
London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. More about Stacks of timber inform "inspirational" industrial units by dRMM
Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a "cabin in the woods", surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. More about Polysmiths refurbishes Walden basement flat to evoke woodland cabin
Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. More about Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London
Architecture studio McLaren Excell has converted an industrial building in north London into a house that includes dedicated spaces for arts and crafts activities. More about McLaren Excell turns Camden warehouse into craft-focused family home
English practice Delve Architects has used joyful colours and natural, tactile materials to outfit a newly established kindergarten by the River Thames in east London that can be accessed via boat. More about Delve Architects designs "nurturing but playful" nursery in east London
French interior design Studio FB and the co-founder of fashion brand Frame, Erik Torstensson, have designed a California-informed store for the brand in London. More about Studio FB creates gallery-like interior for Frame store in Marylebone
London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist's studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. More about Coffey Architects references industrial history for London housing and arts spaces
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the completion of Europe's tallest modular residential tower. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Europe's tallest modular residential tower
Local studio Architecture for London has designed an interior for stationery store Present & Correct in London, which features gridded joinery and draws on "wunderkammer" cabinets of curiosities. More about Architecture for London creates demountable wood interior for Present & Correct store
Architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann balanced "studious conservation and bold intervention" for its redevelopment of the historic Courtauld Institute of Art in London. More about Witherford Watson Mann "opens up" The Courtauld's 18th-century home
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More about HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon
To mark POOR Collective winning London's Emerging Design Medal, co-founder Shawn Adams rounds up eight must-know projects by the social enterprise, focused on involving young people in the regeneration of their communities. More about Eight projects by POOR Collective that reimagine co-design as "a two-way street"
Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled designs to turn London's Kingsway Exchange Tunnels into an experience centre, revealing their wartime history as a secret government communications exchange. More about WilkinsonEyre set to open London's secret world war two tunnels to the public
At London's Gallery Fumi, British designer Max Lamb is showing 33 different furniture pieces made using cardboard waste from his own studio in a bid to push the material's structural capabilities. More about Max Lamb turns cardboard boxes into furniture that "can be infinitely repaired"
Architectural designer George Fisher has created an outdoor social space for Project Malachi, a homeless hostel in London, using the modular U-Build system developed by Studio Bark. More about George Fisher creates modular social space for homeless hostel in London
French design and interiors studio Dion & Arles drew on the work of 20th-century Italian designers Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti for the interior of Italian restaurant Il Gattopardo in London's Mayfair. More about Dion & Arles creates "salon in which you can dine" for Il Gattopardo restaurant
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More about Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse