A faceted form wrapped in bricks characterises The Oren, a retirement complex overlooking Hampstead Heath in London, completed by local architecture studio Stanton Williams. More about Stanton Williams creates faceted retirement complex in Hampstead
Stone makes up the facade, frame, foundations and floor slabs in the Stone Demonstrator, a project by London's Design Museum aimed at getting the British construction industry to embrace the "ultra-low-carbon" material. More about Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator
A video of London's Olympic velodrome, designed by local studio Hopkins Architects, has gone viral on social media for echoing fart-like sounds while fireworks exploded nearby. More about Viral video captures London's Olympic velodrome "reflecting fireworks as farts"
Architecture studio Jam has designed the Manor Place sports hub in south London for brands Nike and Palace Skateboards, which includes a skatepark that can be transformed into a football pitch. More about Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse
Visitors to a recently pedestrianised public space on the Strand in central London can perch, lounge and relax on sculptural seating designed by landscape architecture firm LDA Design and fabricated by Millimetre. More about Undulating wooden benches provide versatile public seating on London's Strand
Universal Design Studio has brought in weavers, enamelers, and other creative makers to decorate workspaces within the Norton Folgate development in east London's Spitalfields neighbourhood. More about Crafty past of London's East End informs Norton Folgate offices
Architecture studios Hawkins/Brown and East have been selected to lead the pedestrianisation plans for Oxford Street, initiated by London mayor Sadiq Khan. More about Hawkins/Brown and East to lead pedestrianisation of London's Oxford Street
Local residents contributed to the renovation of this multi-use games area in Mitcham, London, which was overseen by two members of social enterprise POOR Collective who grew up on the adjacent housing estate. More about POOR Collective completes colourful transformation of neglected south-London games area
A better sense of flow has been created between the rooms of this London penthouse, which design firm Uncanny Studio has decked out with marble, walnut wood and other luxury materials. More about Uncanny Studio revamps and reconnects rooms within 1930s London penthouse
Design studio Haberdashery has transformed the frenetic sounds of London into a sculptural lighting centrepiece for the lobby of Shard Place at London Bridge, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Haberdashery transforms London Bridge rush hour noise into sculptural lighting installation
Local studio Owain Williams Architects has transformed a disused garage site in London into the Stroud Green Housing Centre, creating a public drop-in space and office fronted by a large timber gate. More about Infill housing centre by Owain Williams Architects is "a public building in miniature"
Design studio Uchronia has showcased works by British artists, including chairs made from extruded plastic and seafoam-green glass sculptures, in a suite at London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park for Frieze Art Fair. More about Uchronia designs celadon-hued suite at Mandarin Oriental hotel as "weird underwater world"
London studios AHMM and TiggColl have completed a 12-storey building near Notting Hill, combining hotel stays and residences under the same roof. More about Mason & Fifth offers short and long stays in canal-side building by AHMM and TiggColl
The Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London, designed by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects, has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. More about "Hopeful and imaginative" social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025
An exposed concrete-framed extension frames views across a garden and sunken studio at this Victorian townhouse in Hampstead, converted into apartments by local architecture studio Pinzauer. More about Pinzauer transforms historic Hampstead home with concrete-framed pavilion
Local architecture practice Studio Dera has transformed a disused swimming pool into The Pool, a multifunctional, light-filled teaching space for Waltham Forest College in London. More about Studio Dera converts disused swimming pool into flexible teaching space
Forty-eight rocks were handpicked from a Chilean mine to form the centrepiece of Mareida, a London restaurant designed by Macarena Aguilar Izquierdo of Santiago-based studio DAW. More about Chilean rock library forms centrepiece of Mareida restaurant by DAW
Architecture collective Assemble has married thatch and timber to craft Fibredog, a public artwork that doubles as a shelter in London, on show as part of Frieze Sculpture. More about Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for dog-like shelter in London
Local architecture studio Cuozzo.Company has completed 112 Peckham High Street, a mixed-use infill block in London, which is organised around a communal lightwell and fern garden. More about Cuozzo.Company wraps London infill block around deep lightwell
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has converted the former US Embassy building in Mayfair, created by architect Eero Saarinen, into a hotel designed as a "palace on the park". More about David Chipperfield Architects transforms Saarinen-designed US Embassy into The Chancery Rosewood