Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture
The Royal College of Art has announced Adrian Lahoud will be the new dean of the school's architecture department, replacing Alex de Rijke. More
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Clive Wilkinson suggests "carpet bombing" London with a co-working office in the sky
LA-based architect Clive Wilkinson has drawn up conceptual plans for a giant shared office that would hover above London, enabling people to simply walk upstairs to their mobile workplace. More
Tigg Coll Architects integrates bright-red steel frame in London house extension
Beams supporting the rear extension of this Victorian house in west London are painted vivid red to create a bold contrast with the property's traditional interior. More
Chris Dyson Architects adds two blackened-wood extensions to a London terraced house
Chris Dyson Architects has replaced the rear of a Victorian house in east London with a two-storey extension clad in charred cedar (+ slideshow). More
Llowarch Llowarch Architects completes raven enclosure for the Tower of London
The Tower of London's famous resident ravens have a new home in a set of oak and mesh-encased aviaries designed by local firm Llowarch Llowarch Architects (+ slideshow). More
London's best new extensions revealed in shortlist for Don't Move, Improve 2016 awards
A floating window seat, a sunken roof terrace and a basement cinema room feature among the 33 projects shortlisted for Don't Move, Improve 2016 – a competition to find London's best home extensions (+ slideshow). More
Studio Egret West reveals designs for future London Underground stations
Studio Egret West has unveiled a "revolutionary new design vision" for London Underground stations of the future (+ slideshow). More
Flower-like ice rinks proposed for London's River Thames
Architecture office NBBJ has unveiled a concept for a series of natural ice rinks on London's River Thames that emerge from below the water's surface. More
Emrys Architects creates six homes in converted Covent Garden warehouses
London studio Emrys Architects has converted a pair of warehouses in London's Covent Garden into apartments, including a pair of penthouses slotted underneath the original pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
Eric Parry Architects unveils tallest tower in City of London
Eric Parry Architects has unveiled designs for 1 Undershaft, a 73-storey tower that will be the tallest building in London's financial district. More
Peter Barber Architects completes supermarket and housing complex in London's Colindale
Turrets, setbacks and balconies in an assortment of sizes help to break up the large mass of this housing and supermarket complex in north London by Peter Barber Architects (+ slideshow). More
Michael Craig-Martin's Transience exhibition traces the evolution of electronic product design
In his first solo show in 26 years, artist Michael Craig-Martin presents graphic depictions of three decades of electronic goods at London's Serpentine Gallery (+ slideshow). More
Will Alsop plans bulging skyscraper next to Damien Hirst's south London gallery
Will Alsop's studio All Design has unveiled plans to build a skyscraper with a "highly unusual silhouette" beside Damien Hirst's recently completed Newport Street Gallery. More
Herzog & de Meuron reveals latest plans for Chelsea football stadium redesign
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its final design for the revamp of Chelsea FC's London stadium, with a brick and steel addition it describes as a "contemporary sculpted form" (+ slideshow). More
ArDe architecture and design event to take place in June 2016 at London's Somerset House
Dezeen promotion: a new event aiming to unite the disciplines of architecture, art, design, development, property, technology and finance will take place at Somerset House in London from 5 to 12 June 2016. More
Siza and Souto de Moura's 2005 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was "hugely complicated"
Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones remembers the challenges involved in creating Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura's complicated, column-less Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More
Portable "parklet" by WMB Studio adds greenery to London's streets
Design collective WMB Studio has created a miniature modular park that monitors air quality and offers plant-covered seating for passersby (+ slideshow). More
Royal College of Art to build £100 million design and technology campus in south London
The RCA is set to expand with another new campus near its existing buildings in Battersea, after the UK government pledged to contribute funding for the project in its autumn spending statement. More
Bystrup triumphs in Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge contest with "elegant and simple" design
Danish firm Bystrup has been selected to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Thames in west London – the same day another crossing was unveiled for the other side of the city. More
London's first opening pedestrian and cycle bridge proposed for Canary Wharf
London studio reForm Architects has revealed plans for an opening bridge that would allow both pedestrians and cyclists to travel across the River Thames between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe (+ movie). More