Dezeenwire: the Mayor of London has published a guide containing 90 standards for new housing in London - London Evening Standard
The new London Housing Design Guide can be downloaded here.
Dezeenwire: European architects are becoming more enthusiastic about using prefabricated elements according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: the Strata tower in south London by BFLS architects has won The Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually by Building Design magazine to the ugliest building completed in the UK during the past 12 months - Building Design
Also on Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey's review of the Strata tower
Dezeenwire: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London have published a trends survey indicating that a significant downturn in overall levels of business for British architects is expected. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick interviews London architects Muf, curators of the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale that opens later this month - Independent
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn interviews humanitarian architect Nathaniel Corum, who designed the cabin of the Plastiki boat made of plastic bottles (see our earlier story) - New York Times
Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk on London's new Barclays Cycle Superhighways - Guardian
Dezeewire: Rowan Moore on the projects that didn't make this year's RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist - Observer
See also: our story announcing the RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2010
Dezeenwire: Angela Brady has been elected the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: the Plastiki boat made entirely from plastic bottles (see our earlier story) has arrived in Sydney after a 130-day voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco. More information on the Plastiki blog.
See also: our story about the boat's design.
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on the rollout of Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project, creating contemporary holiday homes in the UK - Independent
See also:
Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture (July 2010)
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects (May 2009)
Dezeenwire: Norwegian firm Snøhetta have been selected to design an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - more details in press release below More
Dezeenwire: a team led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won a competition to redesign Times Square in New York: More
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reviews London's recently-opened Strata tower, the world's first skyscraper with built-in wind turbines - Guardian
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ahead of La Biennale di Venezia 12th International Architecture Exhibition next month. More
Dezeenwire: the RIBA in London have published a survey that points to tougher times ahead for British architects. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert museum in London are to launch an open international competition this autumn to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road - Independent
Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de
Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his non-resident tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation - The Press Association.
Dezeenwire: the UK government has announced it is abandoning plans to build or refurbish 715 schools and scrapping the Building Schools for the Future programme in a £5 billion cost-cutting drive: Department for Education