Converted radio station by Van Heyningen & Haward Architects wins first-ever RIBA Reinvention Award
The conversion of an abandoned radio station into Houlton School near Rugby, UK, has won RIBA's inaugural Reinvention Award. More
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John Morden Centre by Mae Architects wins 2023 Stirling Prize
The John Morden Centre in London by UK studio Mae Architects has been named the winner of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More
OMA unveils Manchester's flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios
Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK, Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. More
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Dezeen Agenda features Europe's tallest modular residential tower
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the completion of Europe's tallest modular residential tower. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Dorothée Meilichzon nods to Alice in Wonderland for Cotswolds hotel interior
French interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon has created the interior for boutique hotel Cowley Manor Experimental, adding chequerboard details and hidden keyholes to the rooms of the former country house. More
Architecture for London creates demountable wood interior for Present & Correct store
Local studio Architecture for London has designed an interior for stationery store Present & Correct in London, which features gridded joinery and draws on "wunderkammer" cabinets of curiosities. More
Witherford Watson Mann "opens up" The Courtauld's 18th-century home
Architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann balanced "studious conservation and bold intervention" for its redevelopment of the historic Courtauld Institute of Art in London. More
HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes "scholarly, welcoming" arts faculty at University of Warwick
UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed a terracotta-clad home for the University of Warwick Faculty of Arts, near Coventry, which is one of six schemes shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize. More
Eight projects by POOR Collective that reimagine co-design as "a two-way street"
To mark POOR Collective winning London's Emerging Design Medal, co-founder Shawn Adams rounds up eight must-know projects by the social enterprise, focused on involving young people in the regeneration of their communities. More
Le Corbusier responsible for architecture's "global blandemic" says Thomas Heatherwick
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has taken aim at the "cult of modernist architecture" in a new BBC radio series. More
WilkinsonEyre set to open London's secret world war two tunnels to the public
Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled designs to turn London's Kingsway Exchange Tunnels into an experience centre, revealing their wartime history as a secret government communications exchange. More
Max Lamb turns cardboard boxes into furniture that "can be infinitely repaired"
At London's Gallery Fumi, British designer Max Lamb is showing 33 different furniture pieces made using cardboard waste from his own studio in a bid to push the material's structural capabilities. More
George Fisher creates modular social space for homeless hostel in London
Architectural designer George Fisher has created an outdoor social space for Project Malachi, a homeless hostel in London, using the modular U-Build system developed by Studio Bark. More
Dion & Arles creates "salon in which you can dine" for Il Gattopardo restaurant
French design and interiors studio Dion & Arles drew on the work of 20th-century Italian designers Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti for the interior of Italian restaurant Il Gattopardo in London's Mayfair. More
Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More
Dezeen Debate features Rishi Sunak's "regressive" plans to stop 15-minute cities
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's plans to prevent councils from implementing 15-minute cities. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
London studio Wright and Wright has completed the final phase of its redevelopment of St John's College at the University of Oxford, restoring two libraries and a 17th-century courtyard. More
UK prime minister's 15-minute city ban "baffling" says concept creator
Urbanist Carlos Moreno has urged UK prime minister Rishi Sunak to rethink his stance on 15-minute cities following the announcement that he will stop councils implementing the concept. More
"This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More