2LG Studio enlivens Louisville Road house in London with bright hues
In a colourful overhaul of this period house in Tooting, south London, 2LG Studio has added dusky pink walls, blue tilework and coral-orange cabinetry. More
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Forensic Architecture uses virtual reality to question police account of Mark Duggan shooting
Research agency Forensic Architecture has recreated the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, using virtual reality to show he "could not have been holding a firearm" when shot by police. More
Ini Archibong launches proposal to represent displaced Africans with Pavilion of the Diaspora at London Design Biennale
Designer Ini Archibong has launched a fundraiser to build a pavilion for the African diaspora to represent people who "don't have a flag to represent us". More
Heatherwick Studio designs plant-filled Maggie's Centre in Leeds
Grassy gardens top the Maggie's Centre for cancer patients built by Heatherwick Studio in the grounds of St James's University Hospital in Leeds. More
Szczepaniak Astridge focuses London loft extension on timber bath
Szczepaniak Astridge has added a rooftop extension to Leaf House, a terrace in south London for architectural photographer Edmund Sumner and writer Yuki Sumner. More
The Cass architecture and design school will be renamed to remove slave trader's name
London Metropolitan University has announced that it will be renaming The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design to remove the name of the prominent slave trader. More
Yinka Ilori creates message of hope in support of NHS
Designer Yinka Ilori has created a colourful artwork that states "Better days are coming I promise" in support of the work the UK's National Health Service is doing to fight coronavirus. More
Laurent Deroo Architecte furnishes APC London store with aluminium "cabin modules"
Aluminium modules form display cases for this clothing store in London's Covent Garden, which Paris studio Laurent Deroo Architecte designed for French clothing brand APC. More
Racism increasing in UK architecture industry finds AJ survey
Over a quarter of black architects in the UK deal with racism in the workplace as discrimination becomes "widespread", a survey from the Architects' Journal has shown. More
Débora Silva 3D scans Black Lives Matter protestors "to immortalise this historic moment"
Digital artist Débora Silva has created a series of 3D scans of people who took part in the Black Lives Matter protest in London's Hyde Park on Wednesday, following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More
Adam Nathaniel Furman selects 10 projects that showcase the colourful New London Fabulous style
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has picked out 10 projects that represent the New London Fabulous movement of "designers who resolutely seek out beauty, complexity and joy". More
UNIT Fabrications builds social-distancing furniture for London primary school
UK furniture brand UNIT Fabrications has created a series of mobile screens for a primary school in London to help pupils returning from coronavirus lockdown to social distance. More
Daytrip completes eclectic offices for media company in Clerkenwell
Mid-century homes in Palm Springs and vintage advertisements from the 1950s are just some of the things that design studio Daytrip drew upon to create the vibrant interiors of this central London office. More
Graeme Nicholls Architects designs stadium-shaped housing block alongside Ibrox in Glasgow
Graeme Nicholls Architects has extrapolated the form of a former greyhound stadium for a proposed oval of red-brick housing by Ibrox football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. More
Short film Walmer Yard: Architecture for the senses is "an exploration of the incredible light that passes through the buildings"
The final film from Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson is a meditative look at the Peter Salter-designed Walmer Yard. More
Six women architects that "deserve to win the RIBA Royal Gold Medal"
Women's collective Part W has selected six women that it believes are deserving of winning the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, to help address the gender imbalance of past winners. More
Alma-nac wraps London home in brick to create House-within-a-House
Architecture studio Alma-nac has extended and added a second grey-brick skin to a 1950s property in Brockley, south London to create a contemporary family home. More
Coronavirus pandemic causing "significant decline" in UK architects' mental health
Loneliness, money worries and the stress of trying to juggle working from home with caring commitments has had a negative impact on architects' mental health, the RIBA has warned. More
Mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers could immunise 60 million people in four months, says Waugh Thistleton Architects
Waugh Thistleton Architects has proposed creating 6,500 mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers that could travel around the UK and immunise the entire population against coronavirus in 16 weeks. More
DK-CM unites post-war and 1990s schools with CLT reception pavilion
DK-CM has built a cross-laminated timber reception pavilion with a diagrid roof in the gap between two junior schools in Norfolk, UK, to connect the previously separate institutions. More