Dezeen promotion: designers are invited to come up with innovative solutions to revamp public spaces in the City of London, in the first of three competitions as part of the A Smarter City initiative. More
Monolithic volumes against gradated backgrounds and staircases that lead to nowhere are depicted in the architectural paintings of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, which are set to go on show in London next month. More
A crowdfunding campaign to bring a lightning-bolt statue in memory of David Bowie to London aims to raise just under £1 million in 28 days. More
Eastwest Architecture has sunken a compact gym into the garden of an east London home, featuring bright birch-lined interiors and a mirror wall that creates the illusion of a larger space. More
Studiomama has overhauled this tiny single-storey house in north London with adjustable plywood furniture including a fold-out bed, a standing desk and extendable dining benches with pink cushions. More
African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been selected to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which is set to feature a roof that mimics a tree canopy and a central waterfall. More
Studio Four23 used a photograph of a toolbox as inspiration when designing its own workspace in London, which is finished with industrial materials. More
Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. More
Filmmaker Tapio Snellman has documented the home of Jonathan Tuckey in this movie, produced 14 years after the designer overhauled a 19th-century London workshop to create it. More
Design studio Biasol has transformed a 19th-century warehouse in Clerkenwell into a restaurant and bar with marble and velvet accents. More
Korean artist Do Ho Suh references the different places he has lived and worked with this colourful installation at London's Victoria Miro Gallery, which explores ideas about identity and migration. More
Azman Architects has overhauled a one-bedroom apartment in London's Barbican Estate, adding cherry-wood sliding doors, Missoni-inspired carpet and custom-made furniture. More
Architect Sam Jacob has overhauled a hairdressers-cum-gallery in southeast London, so now customers stare at artworks rather than their reflections while they get a trim. More
Mies van der Rohe's unbuilt London tower would have been more than a modernist icon, it would have created the only useable space for protest in the City of London, says Jack Self in this Opinion column. More
The Twentieth Century Society is calling for a heritage listing to be applied to Foster + Partners' North Greenwich Interchange, which is threatened with demolition by Santiago Calatrava's recently unveiled £1 billion development. More
Santiago Calatrava has unveiled a £1 billion development on the edge of London's River Thames, which will host a new tube station, performance venue and winter gardens topped by a crown-like arrangement of towers. More
Layers of coarse clay line the walls of this London apartment, which has been overhauled by architect Simon Astridge to include a bathing area with tatami matting and smoked-oak panelling. More
Mies van der Rohe's unrealised design for an amber-glass office tower in the City of London has been revealed in detail for the first time, ahead of an exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects next month. More
London-based studio Black & Milk has used a neutral colour scheme with rich textures to upgrade the interior of a property completed last year in London's Hampstead. More
Selencky Parsons has designed its own London studio, using a cork pod with pegboard walls for storing stationery, displaying models and hanging plants. More