British eyewear brand Cubitts has unveiled its first shop in Manchester, designed by locally based studio Youth to reflect the city's industrial and musical history without resorting to the obvious. More about Youth avoids Manchester cliches for city's first Cubitts eyewear store
Local studio EBBA Architects has designed the first London outpost for Istanbul cafe chain Cup of Joy, using clay plaster, stone and an opaque-glass ceiling to evoke the feeling of being in a courtyard. More about EBBA Architects designs Cup of Joy cafe in Marylebone to "provide a sense of delight"
Kim Kardashian has opened the London flagship branch of her apparel brand Skims, featuring voluptuous interiors by New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas. More about Kim Kardashian unveils nude-hued Skims London flagship store
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has been cleared of health and safety breaches after the death of a man killed by a window that fell from one of its buildings in London, following a five-week criminal trial. More about Foster + Partners found not guilty over window fall death
Agricultural barns and sheds informed the corrugated metal-clad volumes of House in a Clearing, a house in East Sussex completed by UK studio TaylorHare Architects. More about Farmsteads inform corrugated metal-clad home in Sussex
Plans unveiled by architecture studio Buckley Gray Yeoman for offices, homes and a data centre near Brick Lane in London have been approved. More about Data centre approved as part of Truman Brewery masterplan in east London
The UK government has announced the arrival of plug-in solar panels that can be fitted onto balconies to reduce household energy costs. More about Plug-in solar panels to be available in UK by end of summer
British studio Charles Gillespie Architecture has completed The Linhay, a family house in rural Somerset wrapped by a deep concrete colonnade that provides sheltered nesting spaces for birds. More about Charles Gillespie Architecture completes Somerset house with wildlife-friendly colonnade
Certification company Bureau Veritas has launched the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, a voluntary verification scheme that determines a building's carbon performance. More about Net zero verification scheme launched for UK buildings
British youth organisation Girlguiding has unveiled the first update to its formerly regimented uniform in 30 years, intended to allow more freedom of expression.
More about Girlguiding redesigns uniform "to be styled any way the girls want"
London studio Bricolage has self-built Castlands Road, a house in Lewisham defined by a budget-friendly palette of salvaged bricks and clay blocks. More about Bricolage uses salvaged bricks for self-build home in London
Handmade bricks, wooden shakes and a cob wall enclose a trio of buildings at this community garden in London, which has been designed by local studio Jan Kattein Architects. More about Bio-based community garden by Jan Kattein Architects opens in London
Spanish designer Isern Serra has used rounded corners and curved built-in furniture to create a "relaxed and welcoming atmosphere" inside Napoli on the Road, a pizza restaurant in London's Soho area. More about Isern Serra draws on Mediterranean vernacular architecture for London pizzeria
An office campus in central Manchester, designed by infrastructure company AtkinsRéalis, is tipped to become the future home of No 10 North – the northern outpost of 10 Downing Street. More about Manchester Digital Campus slated to become No 10 North
Architecture studio Red Deer sourced Gerolakkos stone and hand-crafted Lefkara lace from Cyprus, which it juxtaposed with stainless steel and oversized basket-like lamps at Zylia in Covent Garden. More about Stone and lace details "evoke the atmosphere of Cyprus" at London restaurant Zylia
The Glasgow School of Art has announced that it cannot afford to rebuild the iconic Mackintosh Building without external funding, following the second fire that tore through the building in 2018. More about Glasgow School of Art "cannot rebuild" Mackintosh Building
Architecture collective Assemble has converted a pair of former dairy warehouses into a "robust and adaptable" community centre and church on Becontree Estate in east London. More about Assemble turns former dairy warehouses into adaptable community hub
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we take a look at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, where Populous aimed to innovate the stadium typology with a multifunctional design that prioritised the fan experience. More about Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by Populous "democratised the stadium experience"
Recycled plastic tiles that mimic natural slate cloak a dormer extension at this terraced home in London, which has been updated and expanded by local practice YN Studio. More about YN Studio extends London home around light-filled stairwell
UK studio HTA Design and Donald Insall Associates have renovated a group of 19th-century dinosaur sculptures as part of a wider revamp of Crystal Palace Park in south London. More about HTA Design restores Crystal Palace's historic concrete dinosaurs