Woods Bagot tops school library with "tree-like" timber ceiling
Woods Bagot has completed a library building at a girls' boarding school in Wiltshire, England, that features a faceted wooden ceiling designed to evoke spreading tree branches. More
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"Architects need to stand in vocal opposition to the government's segregated toilet proposals"
The UK government's consultation on desegregated toilets is a direct attack on trans rights, says the United Voices of the World – Section of Architectural Workers union. More
KPF designs trio of interconnected skyscrapers for London
Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled its design for a trio of skyscrapers linked by vertical planters, which is set to be built at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London. More
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Boris Johnson proposes roundabout beneath Isle of Man as part of tunnel system under Irish Sea
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has proposed connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland via tunnels connected to a giant underground roundabout beneath the Isle of Man. More
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Note Design Studio creates colourful interiors to "break the grid" of 1930s office building
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used neutral colours and contrasting bright hues to reinvigorate the interiors of the Douglas House office building in London. More
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Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More
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House by Urban Splash approaches housebuilding like product design
Dezeen promotion: House by Urban Splash is adding two new products to its family of modular housing: a modern mews called Row House, and Mansion House – European-style, mid-rise apartments. More
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MVRDV to build artificial hill alongside London's Marble Arch
MVRDV has revealed visuals of its Marble Arch Hill viewpoint, which will be built in central London near Oxford Street to attract people back to the shopping street following the coronavirus pandemic. More
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New York High Line designer to create raised park on disused railway in Camden
US studio James Corner Field Operations has won a competition to convert a kilometre-long section of disused railway in central London into "a garden in the sky" named the Camden Highline. More
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Intervention Architecture opens up 1970s bungalow
Intervention Architecture has overhauled a 1970s bungalow in Birmingham, transforming an interior that once seemed small and cramped into one that feels bright and spacious. More
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Morrow + Lorraine completes Clifftops luxury lodges on England's Jurassic Coast
London studio Morrow + Lorraine has completed a group of five seaside holiday homes in Dorset, England, featuring stone dividing walls that resemble the irregular surface of the nearby cliff face. More
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RIBA "frankly shocked" by limit of £3.5 billion cladding-removal plan
The Royal Institute of Britsh Architects has criticised the British government for its "naive" decision to only fund the removal of Grenfell-style cladding on housing over a certain height. More
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Jonathan Tuckey Design creates school theatre clad with red cement
Jonathan Tuckey Design has designed the David Brownlow Theatre for a school in Berkshire that was informed by Renaissance architecture and constructed using cross-laminated timber and red composite cement panels. More
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Grimshaw unveils latest HS2 ventilation shaft disguised as barn
Architecture studio Grimshaw has revealed its latest barn-shaped ventilation shaft that will be built near Chalfont St Giles in the Chilterns as part of the UK's HS2 high-speed railway. More
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Adams+Collingwood Architects builds "inconspicuous" home in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
London studio Adams+Collingwood Architects has embedded a house within the hillside overlooking Salcombe Estuary in Devon, England, to lessen its impact of the surrounding countryside. More
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DeDraft completes green metal extension to east London home
Architecture studio DeDraft has remodelled a terraced house in east London, adding a kitchen extension clad in green aluminium panels that connects the interior with the garden. More
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Noiascape brings variety and maturity to co-living with High Street House
Architects and developers Tom and James Teatum have launched a co-living building in west London where no two homes are the same, and residents can access spaces for working, learning and socialising. More
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Sandy Rendel Architects converts barrel-vaulted barn into home in the South Downs
UK studio Sandy Rendel Architects has converted a Dutch barn at Morlands Farm in West Sussex, England, into a house clad in corrugated steel. More
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EBBA Architects remodels London apartment with bespoke joinery
Structural ash and pine joinery – including a staircase, mezzanine and double-height storage wall – delineate the space within this refurbished, open-plan apartment in London by EBBA Architects. More
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Threefold Architects unveils a model for post-Covid co-working
Threefold Architects has completed Paddington Works, a co-working and events space in London that was designed around wellness principles. More
