Baca Architects moors modular floating home on Chichester Canal
Baca Architects – the studio behind the UK's first amphibious house – has completed a boxy floating home on Chichester Canal in southern England. More
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vPPR converts 130-year-old store into cafe with scalloped details
Architecture studio vPPR has borrowed architectural details from a historic department store in Surrey to design the interiors for Café M, which features a scalloped counter and pendant lighting. More
Diamond-shaped latticework covers Victoria Gate shopping centre by Acme
London firm Acme has completed a shopping centre in Leeds, England, featuring a white latticed concrete facade and an interior modelled on old-fashioned arcades. More
6a Architects adds timber-clad halls to 1960s campus at University of Cambridge
London studio 6a Architects designed these student halls at the University of Cambridge's Churchill College to pay homage to the "picturesque Brutalism" of the original 1960s campus architecture. More
Heritage body seeks to block Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville's Manchester plans
Plans by former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs to build a luxury hotel and shopping centre in Manchester may be scuppered as the Twentieth Century Society seeks emergency heritage listing for a synagogue on the site. More
Steam-bent wood wraps house in the Cornish woods
Furniture designers Tom and Danielle Raffield have used steam-bent timber to cover this extension to an old gamekeeper's lodge in Cornish woodland, which featured in UK television show Grand Designs earlier this month. More
Brick bulges embellish ceiling of Fucina restaurant by Andy Martin Architects
Hump-like protrusions extend down from the brick ceiling of this restaurant in London's Marylebone by Andy Martin Architects, referencing the domed interior of pizza ovens. More
6a Architects completes concrete photography studio for Juergen Teller
Fashion photographer Juergen Teller has posed naked on a donkey to celebrate the completion of his new west London studio by 6a Architects. More
Gort Scott to replace disused London office block with micro apartments
Architecture studio Gort Scott has unveiled plans to replace an out-of-use office block in London's Walthamstow with 45 "pocket" apartments. More
Muf creates "wonderlab" inside Science Museum gallery
Architecture studio Muf has created a new interactive gallery at London's Science Museum, featuring playground slides, a quilted theatre and a huge model of the solar system. More
Custom joinery creates tailored storage systems inside home for Emil Eve Architects founders
Architect couple Emma and Ross Perkin used plywood to create bespoke storage solutions inside this tiny London flat, allowing them to showcase books, toys and cooking ingredients. More
Wilkinson Eyre inserts contemporary details into Giles Gilbert Scott's Oxford University library
Wilkinson Eyre created a dramatic lightwell and a rooftop reading room for its revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford – one of the six projects vying for the Stirling Prize later today. More
London's Natural History Museum set for major extension by Niall McLaughlin Architects
The Natural History Museum in London has won planning permission for a major upgrade of its entrance areas, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects and landscape firm Kim Wilkie. More
Blee Halligan Architects updates north London house with lantern-like extension
Blee Halligan Architects has renovated and extended a house on Highbury Hill in north London, using black gridded glazing and pale brickwork to frame views into the back garden. More
India Mahdavi uses pink and yellow velvet for first RED Valentino store in London
French architect India Mahdavi has used bubblegum-pink and mustard-yellow velvet panels for the interior of this London fashion boutique for RED Valentino. More
Raw Color turns office supplies into chromatic experiments for Aram Gallery exhibition
London Design Festival 2016: responsive paper shredders and fans that create moving colour effects feature in the Blend exhibition created by Dutch studio Raw Color at London's Aram Gallery (+ slideshow). More
"Design is about form and art is more about ideas" says David Shrigley
As his giant thumbs-up sculpture Really Good is unveiled in Trafalgar Square, David Shrigley explains how his work straddles art, graphics and cartoons (+ interview + slideshow). More
Richard Rogers and David Adjaye to select next Serpentine Pavilion architect
The designer for next year's Serpentine Pavilion in London will be selected by a team including architects Richard Rogers and David Adjaye, it was announced today. More
"Let's move to radical Essex"
The radical buildings in the English county of Essex suggest that avant-garde architecture is better found in the suburbs than the cities, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More
David Shrigley releases "thumbs up" teaser for his Really Good Fourth Plinth sculpture
Artist David Shrigley is set to unveil his gigantic "thumbs up" installation on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square tomorrow and has released a gif to accompany it. More