Kanye West and IKEA among Designs of the Year 2017 nominees
Kanye West, IKEA, OMA and David Adjaye are among the nominees for this year's Designs of the Year awards, which were announced by London's Design Museum today. More
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Glowing polycarbonate "lighthouse" designed to rejuvenate industrial stretch of River Thames
London-based studios DK-CM and The Decorators created this pop-up polycarbonate events space lighthouse to test the waters for long-term cultural programming in the Thames-side town of Erith. More
Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge officially scrapped
The final nail in the coffin for the controversial Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge has come today, as the trust behind the project announced its closure following lack of support by London mayor Sadiq Khan. More
Eda Kutluozen proposes affordable housing above tube stations for London's key workers
Royal College of Art architecture graduate Eda Kutluozen's Vertical Open City project proposes inserting dense affordable housing and public spaces into disused sites across London. More
"Stunning" car park will be demolished to make way for Eric Parry-designed hotel
The demolition of a brutalist-era car park behind London's Oxford Street has been approved to make way for a hotel designed by Eric Parry Architects. More
West London needs cultural investment, says Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva
The thriving creative scene in east London is leaving the west of the city starved of culture, according to Rohan Silva, who is preparing to launch a new Holland Park branch of his workspace community Second Home. More
Robin Hood Gardens demolition is an "act of vandalism" says Simon Smithson
Simon Smithson, the son of the architects behind the soon-to-be-demolished Robin Hood Gardens, has attacked politicians for tampering with the heritage-listing system, to erase prime examples of the UK's post-war architecture. More
Random International fills London's Roundhouse theatre with "swarming" drones
A flock of giant spherical drones move in response to visitors inside London's Roundhouse, which is hosting the latest installation by Rain Room creators Random International. More
Built-in storage redefines layout of 1960s apartment overhauled by MWAI Architects
MWAI Architects has updated an 1960s apartment in Hampstead, London, by rearranging a series of minimalist living spaces around an integrated wooden storage unit. More
Over 800 buildings open to the public for Open House London 2017
Dezeen promotion: a quirky Haringey house, a Stirling Prize-nominated apartment block with wicker balconies and the new home of New Scotland Yard are among the buildings that open up their doors to the public next month, as part of Open House London. More
Jiaji Shen proposes turning abandoned coal pier into workshop for "mudlarking" jewellery maker
Royal College of Art graduate Jiaji Shen has proposed transforming a disused pier on London's River Thames into a workshop for a designer who makes jewellery with items scavenged from the mud. More
PUP Architects builds rooftop pavilion disguised as warehouse air duct
PUP Architects has installed a "subversive" duct-shaped pavilion on the roof of a canal-side warehouse in east London, to provoke local planning authorities to reconsider the area's development. More
"Designers, contractors or the local authority could all be blamed for breaching a duty to warn"
Six weeks on from the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower, architects, construction firms or the council could be found liable under the "duty to warn" principle, says construction lawyer Jason Kallis. More
Glass box defines extension with basement pool for Victorian home in south London
British studio Guarnieri Architects has added a glazed box containing a swimming pool, hot tub and steam room to the rear of a Victorian terrace in Clapham Common, south London. More
Alex Chinneck creates giant rip in the brick facade of a London building
British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled his first permanent public installation – a 10-tonne ripped page made from 4,000 bricks. More
Grace Quah's Bartlett graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that perform domestic chores
Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Grace Quah has produced a feminist film featuring a conceptual housing estate where appliances become the architecture, reducing the amount of unpaid domestic labour women are required to carry out. More
Plywood-lined bedrooms feature in London loft conversion by Widger Architecture
Behind a charred larch exterior, this London loft extension contains a pair of plywood-lined bedrooms that double up as quiet study spaces. More
Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam
Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building's walls. More
Cooke Fawcett's rooftop observatory gives views of London's skyline from above a Peckham car park
Architecture studio Cooke Fawcett has built an elevated walkway atop a multi-storey car park in south London, a space that is also used as an open-air gallery by arts organisation Bold Tendencies. More
Revamped London house features white surfaces and concrete details that match a brutalist neighbour
William Tozer Associates has overhauled a Victorian terraced house in north London, introducing a white, modern living area that faces out onto a neighbouring brutalist estate. More