Built Works creates Drying Shed sauna in East Sussex woodland
Red shingles and an oversailing roof characterise this sauna, which London studio Built Works has completed in a woodland in East Sussex. More
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Hayhurst and Co designs low-energy London home as "domestic-scale greenhouse"
Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. More
Michael Gove prohibits planning authority from blocking MSG Sphere in Stratford
The UK's levelling up secretary Michael Gove is believed to be considering calling in the planning application for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford after mayor Sadiq Khan blocked it earlier this month. More
Gensler to add planted balconies to Foster+ Partners' former City Hall
London's former City Hall, which was designed by British studio Foster+ Partners, is set to be renovated and extended as part of an overhaul by architecture studio Gensler. More
Louis Vuitton stacks travel trunks for Claridge's Christmas tree
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has unveiled a Christmas tree made from stacked travel cases at Claridge's hotel in Mayfair, London. More
Tom Dixon retrospective exhibition opens at Themes & Variations in London
London gallery Themes & Variations has opened an exhibition of furniture, lighting and sculpture by designer Tom Dixon that spans his over 40-year career, which he says is "like having a visual psychotherapy session". More
Architype transforms old telephone exchange into Entopia workspace
A 1930s telephone exchange in Cambridge, UK, has been retrofitted and converted into a "joyful and welcoming" office building by architecture studios Architype and Eve Waldron Design. More
Stacks of timber inform "inspirational" industrial units by dRMM
London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. More
Hawkins\Brown renovates Reading offices to create a "connection to nature"
A stack of meeting rooms and a moss-covered wall overlook the atriums of Here + Now, a pair of office buildings in England refurbished by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More
Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London
Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. More
Greenaway Architecture adds glazed extension to thatched cottage in shadow of castle
British studio Greenaway Architecture has added a minimalist glass extension to a 15th-century thatched cottage alongside Farleigh Hungerford Castle near Bath, UK. More
McLaren Excell turns Camden warehouse into craft-focused family home
Architecture studio McLaren Excell has converted an industrial building in north London into a house that includes dedicated spaces for arts and crafts activities. More
Stacks of reclaimed slate form facade of The Garden Retreat
Reclaimed materials were used to create this garden studio, which London practice The Environmental Design Studio has added to a compact site in Cambridge, England. More
Studio FB creates gallery-like interior for Frame store in Marylebone
French interior design Studio FB and the co-founder of fashion brand Frame, Erik Torstensson, have designed a California-informed store for the brand in London. More
Coffey Architects references industrial history for London housing and arts spaces
London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist's studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. More
Converted radio station by Van Heyningen & Haward Architects wins first-ever RIBA Reinvention Award
The conversion of an abandoned radio station into Houlton School near Rugby, UK, has won RIBA's inaugural Reinvention Award. More
OMA unveils Manchester's flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios
Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK, Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. More
Witherford Watson Mann "opens up" The Courtauld's 18th-century home
Architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann balanced "studious conservation and bold intervention" for its redevelopment of the historic Courtauld Institute of Art in London. More
HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes "scholarly, welcoming" arts faculty at University of Warwick
UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed a terracotta-clad home for the University of Warwick Faculty of Arts, near Coventry, which is one of six schemes shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize. More