The Locker Room by Belsize Architects
The locker room at the London School of Economics is now a village of cabinets with house-shaped profiles and bold graphics. More
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Archway Studios by Undercurrent Architects
A home and studio for a photographer are contained inside this Corten steel bunker that Undercurrent Architects has squeezed beside and beneath the arch of a railway viaduct in south London. More
Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
Hackney studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing design competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages into tiny pop-up homes. More
Cross-shaped skyscraper planned for Liverpool
News: architect Maurice Shapero has released plans for a cross-shaped skyscraper on the waterfront in Liverpool, England. More
Hannibal Road Gardens by Peter Barber Architects
This terrace of eight houses by Peter Barber Architects is clad with timber shingles to match the neighbouring fences and sheds of a housing estate in east London (+ slideshow). More
Residential Extension by Alison Brooks Architects
Alison Brooks Architects has extended a nineteenth century house in north London by adding two tapered volumes that project into the garden (+ slideshow). More
Tower Wharf Cafe by Tony Fretton Architects
This timber-clad cafe by architect Tony Fretton was designed as an upside-down interpretation of the neighbouring Tower of London (+ slideshow). More
Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams wins 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize
News: the Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams has been awarded the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize for the most significant contribution to British architecture this year. More
A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry
Architects FAT have teamed up with artist Grayson Perry to design a house inspired by fairytales on the east coast of England. More
MVMNT Cafe by Morag Myerscough
Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. More
Slip House by Carl Turner Architects
Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). More
The Fudge Pop-Up Salon by Zaha Hadid
London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. More
Aesop Islington by Ciguë
French designers Ciguë modelled this north London store for skin and haircare brand Aesop on a 1930s medical laboratory. More
The Hear Heres by Studio Weave
The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). More
Simon Smith Building at Brighton College by Allies and Morrison
Architects Allies and Morrison have added this gabled extension to a nineteenth century boarding school in Brighton, England. More
Old Bearhurst by Duggan Morris Architects
A converted nineteenth century farm building once used for drying hops has been nominated for the RIBA Manser Medal for the best new house in the UK, following a renovation and extension by architects Duggan Morris (photographs by James Brittain + slideshow). More
"Architecture isn't just about new buildings" - John Pawson
News: "There may be architects that can design better than me but the important thing is making it happen," architect John Pawson told Dezeen today, at the ground breaking for the new London Design Museum that he's designed. More
Seeds of Change by Gitta Gschwendtner and Maria Thereza Alves
German designer Gitta Gschwendtner and Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves have planted a garden on a derelict barge in Bristol Harbour using the kinds of foreign seeds that were once mixed up in ships' ballast before being dumped in the river (+ slideshow). More
Theatre on the Fly by Assemble
Design collective Assemble and a team of volunteers have constructed a temporary theatre in West Sussex, England, out of scaffolding, chipboard and plastic pond liner (+ slideshow). More
"The market cannot solve the housing crisis" - Justin McGuirk
Dezeen Wire: in an article for Domus magazine, design critic Justin McGuirk examines the social and physical decline of London's social housing, discussing the part played by luxury real-estate developers and how architects have been held accountable. More