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
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"
Women working in architecture are more than twice as likely to feel that having children has harmed their career than women in the UK in general, a major RIBA-commissioned report has said. More about Landmark report finds "blatant and uncompromising sexism" in UK architecture
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
British studio Foster + Partners has announced plans to restore The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, UK, which is the architecture firm's first-ever project involving a public house. More about Foster + Partners unveils plans for first pub project
The proliferation of St George's flags across England raises questions about design's capacity to influence political forces in today's world, writes Catharine Rossi. More about "The St George's cross speaks of the power of design to transform public 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
This year's Stirling Prize shortlist has again raised concerns about London bias. Ahead of the winner announcement this week, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft crunches the numbers on whether the award for Britain's best new building unfairly favours the capital. More about Is the Stirling Prize too London-centric?
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 studio Carmody Groarke has overhauled a gallery at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK, reinstating 19th-century details including timber trusses and cobbled floors. More about Carmody Groarke completes "transformative yet discreet" overhaul of Manchester museum