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
UK gallery Slancha brought together 16 emerging designers from across the country to capture the spirit of car boot sales as part of its latest show, featuring products made from offcuts, found objects and flea market bargains. More about Slancha squeezes scruffy Fiat 126 into London gallery for The Car Boot Sale exhibition
Barbican curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and assistant curator Jon Astbury discuss the subversive role of dirt in fashion in this video produced by Dezeen to mark the opening of the London cultural centre's new exhibition. More about Barbican exhibition Dirty Looks explores the "disruptive" potential of dirt
London's discarded takeaway coffee cups are given a long and useful life in Cupsan, a new biomaterial that local design practice Blast Studio has started producing at scale. More about Blast Studio launches Cupsan biomaterial made from London coffee cups
Promotion: design fair PAD London is returning to the British capital in October, bringing together both 20th century and contemporary collectable design from the world's leading galleries. More about PAD London returns to London's Mayfair with 11 new galleries
An approach of "frugality and honesty" informed the minimally-finished plywood and plaster surfaces of Twin Pitches, the renovation and extension to a home in London by local studio Atelier Baulier. More about Atelier Baulier extends London home using "frugal and honest" materials
Plans to demolish the Museum of London and Bastion House to make way for the London Wall West scheme will be challenged at the High Court, following environmental concerns raised by campaign group Barbican Quarter Organisation. More about Campaign against Museum of London demolition to be heard at High Court
While big brands largely steered clear of major launches at this year's London Design Festival, the next generation was out in force. Below, we meet some of the most promising young furniture and lighting designers coming out of the UK. More about Twelve emerging designers who stole the show at London Design Festival