Opposite Office has proposed redesigning and extending London's Buckingham Palace to create the Affordable Palace where 50,000 people would co-habit with the queen. More about Opposite Office redesigns Buckingham Palace as co-living space for 50,000 Londoners
A grooved timber partition is the focal point of this pared-back apartment in central London, which Proctor & Shaw has decked out in ceramic-inspired hues. More about Proctor & Shaw uses grooved wooden wall to divide London apartment
AvroKO blended the aesthetic of street corner convenience stores in New York with the 1970s to design this cocktail bar in central London, which features retro checkered floors and bright neon signage. More about New York bodegas inform interiors of Genuine Liquorette bar in London
Metropolitan Workshop's tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a "chameleon-style" facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. More about Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles
The American Institute of Architects has bestowed its 25 Year Award upon Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. More about Venturi Scott Brown's postmodern Sainsbury Wing wins AIA 25 Year Award
Natural timber, white-painted brick and gingham fabric feature inside this dim-sum restaurant inspired by a farmer's market, by Brooklyn-based Crème. More about Crème creates "non-traditional" Chinese restaurant RedFarm in London
The Berthold Lubetkin-designed Penguin Pool at London Zoo, an icon of modernist architecture, should be demolished says the architect's daughter. More about Berthold Lubetkin's empty Penguin Pool should be blown "to smithereens" says daughter
A red corrugated aluminium extension, named East Street Exchange, has been added to a 1960s library in southeast London, to give it "a new lease of life". More about We Made That adds bright red metal extension to East Street Library in London
Clay walls and plenty of built-in storage feature inside this renovated and extended garden flat in northwest London by Rise Design Studio. More about Rise Design Studio remodels London garden flat to maximise storage and light
David Chipperfield Architects has teamed up with Karakusevic Carson Architects to create a pair of matching, hexagonal housing towers on an estate in east London. More about Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield unveil sister towers in London's Hackney
Traditional African crafts and the typically restrained Scandinavian colour palette informed the interiors of this members' club in west London, which has been created by Cavendish Studios and Russell Sage Studio. More about The Conduit members club subtly mixes Scandinavian and African aesthetics
Architecture studio Morris + Company proposes transforming a London Underground station into a co-working space and hostel for homeless people. More about Morris + Company designs housing for London's homeless in old tube station
Zaha Hadid Architects' Vauxhall Cross Island towers, which caused controversy at the planning stage, have received planning approval in south London. More about Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for pair of London skyscrapers
The shutdown of London's Gatwick Airport highlights the weakness of existing measures to protect vital infrastructure against drone attacks, according to designers and experts. More about Drone counter-measures "don't work" say experts following Gatwick Airport shutdown
More than 280,000 homes could be built in unused space above train tracks, tube lines and the overground network in London according to engineering firm WSP's Out of Thin Air – One Year On report. More about Over 280,000 homes could be built above London's railway tracks
London's rising homelessness problem is most visible on Tottenham Court Road, where a tent village springs up each night in front of furniture and lighting stores Habitat and Heal's. Dezeen speaks to two of the rough sleepers. More about "Most people are one pay cheque away from where I am" says homeless man who sleeps outside Habitat
House and Studio Lambeth is a new building that architecture office Carmody Groarke has slotted into the brick shell of a Victorian warehouse in south London. More about Carmody Groarke inserts concrete house inside old brick warehouse in London
Scallop-edged doors, vaulted storage cupboards and baby pink surfaces are just some of the features that 2LG Studio has included in the whimsical overhaul of its office-cum-residence in southeast London. More about 2LG Studio mix pastel hues with quirky details for home and workplace in London
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London, where they will be left to melt. More about Olafur Eliasson installs giant blocks of glacial ice across London
British artist Monster Chetwynd lights up London's Tate Britain gallery with giant leopard slugs and their glowing slime trails, in a bid to spark conversation about our unsustainable use of energy. More about Monster Chetwynd illuminates Tate Britain with giant glowing slugs