Pollard Thomas Edwards completes UK's first over 50s co-housing scheme
Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed the UK's first co-housing project for older residents in north London, comprising brick mews houses arranged around a communal garden. More
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"With a good culture war, you can ignore the real reason why British transport architecture is so grim"
The problem with Britain's railway stations isn't anything to do with style, it's that they are all just malls waiting to happen, argues Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More
Amanda Levete and PLP Architecture create Sky headquarters for west London
Amanda Levete's studio AL_A and PLP Architecture have created a shed-like headquarter for broadcasting and telecommunications company Sky, featuring open-planned mezzanines and a wood-lined interior. More
Former London council home remodelled to create bright and open living space
R2 Studio has renovated a 1960s home on a London council estate, creating a playful interior for a family with two young children. More
Zaha Hadid Architects' mathematics gallery opens at London Science Museum
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the new mathematics gallery for London's Science Museum, which is modelled on a wind tunnel for a 1920s plane. More
UK designers could still qualify for European patents and Erasmus exchanges after Brexit
Brexit: UK design firms might still be able to protect their ideas in Europe's new patent system after Brexit, while students could continue to participate in the Erasmus student exchange programme, it has emerged. More
Herringbone parquet, grey marble and brass feature in revamped Stoke Newington house
Herringbone-patterned parquet, grey-veined marble and shiny brass fittings adorn the kitchen of this renovated north London house, while black paintwork creates a cosy lounge. More
London's best new house extensions revealed in Don't Move, Improve! 2017 shortlist
A garden studio dedicated to rug making, a sunken Japanese-style bath and a spacious kitchen built from pale bricks feature among the 24 projects shortlisted in a competition to find London's best home extensions. More
Zaha Hadid's early paintings to go on show at Serpentine Sackler Gallery
An exhibition of abstract paintings and drawings by late architect Zaha Hadid is to be hosted at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London. More
Rory Gardiner photographs the Design Museum's new home
These photographs taken by Rory Gardiner capture the new home of London's Design Museum inside the former Commonwealth Institute, which was renovated by John Pawson and OMA. More
V&A museum acquires most headline-making designs of 2016
London's V&A museum has purchased a number of design objects that "mirrored society" in 2016, including a burkini, a Vote Leave leaflet, a tile from Grayson Perry's holiday house and the flag of the Refugee Olympic Team. More
Grzywinski + Pons tailors Leman Locke hotel to make nomadic workers feel at home
The interiors of this London hotel, designed by New York firm Grzywinski + Pons for hospitality chain Locke, are intended to bridge the gap between home and hotel stay. More
Modernist ruin in London canal provides a glimpse at an uncertain future
British artist Alex Hartley has installed this crumbling modernist ruin in the gardens of London's Victoria Miro Gallery. More
James Stirling's postmodern No 1 Poultry granted listed status
Following a protracted preservation campaign, James Stirling's No 1 Poultry has been granted listed status as an "unsurpassed example of commercial postmodernism". More
Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube
British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More
Two skyscrapers proposed for London's Blackfriars
Wilkinson Eyre and Brisac Gonzalez have revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers near London's Blackfriars Bridge, providing 52 floors of housing and 32 storeys of offices. More
Upside-down Christmas tree suspended from Tate Britain ceiling
London's Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling. More
Scenario Architecture founders add glass-roofed extension to their own London home
Architects Ran Ankory and Maya Carni of Scenario Architecture have opened up the interior of their Victorian terraced house in north London and added a glazed extension at the rear. More
Activists protest at Zaha Hadid Architects' office over Patrik Schumacher speech
Angry protesters picketed the Zaha Hadid Architects office in London today, following director Patrik Schumacher's call for the city's social housing to be scrapped. More
Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt completes angular youth centre in Hampshire
Recessed windows set into the facades of this youth centre in the English town of Tadley feature faceted timber-lined frames that contrast the building's dark fibre-cement cladding. More