Bamboo and carbon fibre can be used together to build earthquake-proof architecture, says Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose Bamboo Ring is installed at the V&A for London Design Festival. More about Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create "material for the future"
As London Design Festival approaches, Dezeen's Jennifer Hahn picks the 12 highlights to see and do during the week-long event, from a circular bamboo nest by architect Kengo Kuma to grow-it-yourself couture. More about Twelve exhibitions, events and installations to take in at London Design Festival 2019
White Red Architects has completed a study room for the members-only area of central London's The British Library, with interiors informed by the building's aesthetic. More about White Red Architects completes members-only study room in The British Library
London pop-up store Pass on Plastic was decorated floor to ceiling with wallpaper depicting plastic waste to serve as a visual reminder to consumers of the growing problem of ocean plastic. More about Shed prints plastic pollution on walls to highlight the problem of ocean waste
A zigzagging structure of spruce beams supports the roof of a science laboratory at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Kentish Town, London, designed by AY Architects. More about AY Architects adds timber science laboratory to London school
British designer John Pawson has applied his signature minimalist aesthetic to a Barbican flat, which is simply arranged around a timber volume. More about John Pawson pares back Barbican apartment to "a state of emptiness"
Morris + Company has completed a retirement living scheme with a bevelled brick facade for developer Pegasus Life in Hampstead, London. More about Morris + Company clads Hampstead retirement home in modulated brick
Textile brand Kirkby Design has collaborated with Transport for London to recreate seven heritage moquette designs featured on the city's Underground tube seats. More about Kirkby Design creates fabric collection based on London Underground seats
Brickwork, terrazzo surfaces and green-hued furnishings add character to the interiors of this east London townhouse, which has been renovated and extended by architecture studio HÛT. More about Materials unite old and new living spaces inside De Beauvoir Townhouse
Waste heat from one of the London Underground's tube lines will be used to warm over a thousand homes in the UK capital from this winter. More about London Underground's waste heat to warm hundreds of homes
Warm and tactile materials help create a domestic feel inside this north London homeless shelter, which Holland Harvey Architects has created inside a former supermarket. More about Holland Harvey Architects transforms disused London supermarket into homeless shelter
The City of London has introduced a set of guidelines for proposed developments to protect pedestrians and cyclists from wind tunnels created by the increasing number of skyscrapers. More about London introduces guidance to protect cyclists from wind tunnels created by skyscrapers
Architecture studio Red Deer has completed a virtual reality entertainment space in an east London railway arch with neon interiors that draw on the work of light artist James Turrell. More about Otherworld is an immersive VR arcade with interiors influenced by James Turrell
Architecture for London has designed the interiors of this north London extension to appear "like a neatly ruled grid in a notebook", hinting at the professions of its two inhabitants. More about Graphic details appear inside north London's House for a Stationer
Angled windows in deep reveals zig-zag across the elevation of Bennetts Associates' brick and concrete home for the Royal College of Pathologists in Aldgate, London. More about Bennetts Associates completes HQ for the Royal College of Pathologists
Danish fashion label Ganni has opened a UK store in London's Soho that's been completed with homely, pastel-tone interiors created in collaboration with Stamuli Architecture. More about Ganni's first UK flagship is meant to resemble a Danish home
An ironwork bandstand in south London where David Bowie organised and performed at a festival 50 years ago has been given Grade II-listed status. More about London bandstand where David Bowie played given listed status
Hølte, a company that offers bespoke fronts for IKEA kitchens, has unveiled a new design studio and showroom in London's Hackney. More about Hølte opens Hackney design studio for customising IKEA kitchens
Yinka Ilori's bold, colourful style can be seen all over London this summer, but the designer tells Dezeen there's a lot more to him than bright graphics. More about "I don't want to be seen as the guy that just slaps a bit of colour on" says Yinka Ilori
Rodić Davidson Architects has transformed a pair of artists' studios in London into a lofty family home filled with eclectic furniture and striking artworks. More about Rodić Davidson merges two 19th-century art studios to create home in London's Chelsea