Architecture studio VATRAA has converted a former artist's studio in west London into a house featuring a six-metre-high lightwell that allows daylight to reach a new basement level. More about VATRAA transforms "introverted" artist's studio into light-filled London home
Designer Yinka Ilori has collaborated with British architect Sam Jacob to give his London studio and office a bright revamp. More about Yinka Ilori gives London studio colourful revamp
Fashion brand Balenciaga has transformed its Mount Street store in London, creating a maximalist look to launch its Le Cagole collection by blanketing the interior in bright pink faux fur. More about Balenciaga wraps London store in pink faux fur to celebrate its Le Cagole "it-bag"
Low-lit bathrooms informed by dressing rooms and a stage-kitchen-like restaurant feature in a members' club at iconic music venue Koko, which pays homage to its theatrical past. More about Pirajean Lees and Olly Bengough design "timeless" interiors for House of Koko members' club
Architecture studio Haworth Tompkins has connected a pair of listed warehouses with a chainmail-clad pavilion to create an entrance to immersive theatre company Punchdrunk's London home. More about Haworth Tompkins creates "sense of arrival and intrigue" with chainmail theatre entrance pavilion
Umber-coloured oak joinery divides the interior of this end-of-terrace home in London's Willesden Green, which has been extended and refurbished by local architecture firm Studio McW. More about Studio McW carves up "post-lockdown" London home extension with darkened oak joinery
Design studio Daytrip has taken a less-is-more approach to the renovation and extension of this Victorian terrace house in London's Clapton, which is now home to three separate apartments. More about Daytrip transforms east London terrace house into understated apartments
British designer Thomas Heatherwick is creating a 21-metre-high sculpture named Tree of Trees at Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations. More about Thomas Heatherwick designs sculpture covered in 350 trees for Buckingham Palace
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and architect India Mahdavi have redesigned the Gallery dining room at London venue Sketch, adding site-specific artworks, warm golden colours and textured materials to its interior. More about Yinka Shonibare and India Mahdavi bring "a warm feel of Africa" to London restaurant Sketch
Large projects in London will have to meet embodied carbon benchmarks and prioritise retaining existing buildings over demolition under updated planning guidance published by mayor Sadiq Khan. More about Retention of existing buildings must be "the starting point" for major London developments
UK housing secretary Michael Gove has halted the planned demolition of Marks & Spencer's flagship store on London's Oxford Street, which was criticised for wasting the embodied carbon of the existing building, to allow the scheme to be reviewed. More about Controversial Oxford Street M&S demolition blocked by UK housing secretary
Aviation and aerospace manufacturing company Urban-Air Port has designed Air One, an airport for electric flying cars and large drones in Coventry, UK. More about Urban-Air Port designs "world's first urban airport" for flying cars and drones
Workspace brand Patch has converted the former Gray & Sons Brewery in Chelmsford, Essex, into a co-working space that aims to offer its members a positive work-life balance. More about Patch opens first "work-near-home" venue in former Essex brewery
Hugh Broughton Architects has conserved and upgraded the 800-year-old Clifford's Tower in York, England, adding a timber deck to partially cover the ruin and provide a viewpoint overlooking the city. More about Hugh Broughton Architects adds viewing deck to restored 13th-century tower
London studio Simon Gill Architects has extended and renovated a Victorian lodge in Fulham cemetery to create a house with a subterranean pool, courtyard gardens and lightwells. More about Simon Gill Architects "juxtaposes a house for the living beside a home for the dead"
More important than the aesthetic shortcomings of London's planned spherical venue is the failure of democracy that is allowing it to be built, writes Anna Minton. More about "The red flags raised by the MSG Sphere relate to democratic failure not to aesthetics"
London mayor Sadiq Khan will not intervene to stop the controversial demolition of the Marks and Spencer store on Oxford Street after a "thorough assessment" of its carbon footprint. More about London mayor will not halt M&S demolition as "grounds did not exist" to intervene
UK studio Hudson Architects has built a house in a Norfolk coastal village with Corten steel, glass and flint walls. More about Hudson Architects wraps Coast House in flint and Corten walls
UK delivery company Hermes has been given a new name, Evri, and a multi-font logo with thousands of variations in a sweeping rebrand devised by the creative agency Superunion in collaboration with type foundry Monotype. More about Superunion designs variable font logo for Hermes as part of Evri rebrand
Studio Merlin has revamped a Stoke Newington flat for its founder, Josh Piddock, by incorporating an abundance of storage to form serene, clutter-free living spaces. More about Maison Pour Dodo by Studio Merlin is a north London flat with a "spectrum of storage"