A Brutalist Landmark and Skateboarding Mecca in London Is Restored
The Southbank Centre's famous Undercroft was a global destination for skateboarders, though it was threatened by closure and decay.
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Second Home Extends Its Bold Aesthetic to Its Latest Coworking Office
The company, known for its vibrant colors and ample indoor foliage, recently opened a new London office designed by Madrid-based firm Cano Lasso.
DS+R Designs Elevated Walkway for London's Greenwich Peninsula
The first phase of the High Line–esque walkway, which features vaulted steel piers and multiple landscaped "islands," opened this week.
How the U.S. Embassy in London Uses Landscape as an Ambassador
The project, which includes design by KieranTimberlake and OLIN, features public spaces that plug into the surrounding neighborhood as well as plantings that evoke American landscapes.
Junya Ishigami's Stone-Canopied Serpentine Pavilion Is Set to Open
The Japanese architect's undulating slate-clad mass creates an airy space for contemplation, though the project was hampered by building regulations and the question of unpaid intern work.
A Boisterous "Colour Palace" Rises at London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery
The pavilion, which sits next to John Soane’s 19th-century museum, is opening as a part of the London Festival of Architecture.
John Soane's Sumptuous Architecture Is Restored at Pitzhanger Manor
Previous renovations had nearly wiped out Soane's interiors at this mansion, but a three-year project revived his designs and installed a new, modern art gallery.
With a New Design Museum Exhibition, David Adjaye Focuses on Monuments and Memorialization
While it offers some engaging installations and artifacts, David Adjaye: Making Memory struggles to broaden its scope beyond Adjaye's work and interrogate memorialization in today's culture.
Heatherwick Studio Transforms Derelict London Rail Sheds Into Retail Destination
Dubbed Coal Drops Yard, the project required adapting industrial buildings—intended for trains, horses, and carts—for people. The design team employed outdoor stairs, elevators, and walkways throughout the site's three levels.
After a Devastating Blaze, London's Battersea Arts Centre Makes a Dramatic Comeback
London-based firm Haworth Tompkins has given the 19th century performing arts hall a sensitive, yet triumphant, new lease on life after a 2015 fire.
Let There Be...Real Estate? How Developers and Churches Are Joining Forces in London
Several new projects in the English capital are seeing churches create new places of worship and community service—provided they find the right business partner.
HASSELL Designs Vibrant Interiors for a Seven-Floor London Coworking Office
The new 32,300-square-foot coworking office, operated by Fora, includes a restaurant and cafe at its base.
Architect Peter Barber Is Reinventing London's Housing
Barber, the subject of a recent exhibition at the London Design Museum, is creating practical and fantastical solutions for the city's housing crisis.
This Dazzling Brick Facade in London Harks to the City's 20th Century Architecture
Architects Stiff + Trevillion collaborated with artist Lee Simmons on the facade for 40 Beak Street, which includes famed British artist Damien Hirst among its tenants.
When Architecture Became Healthy: Examining More than 100 Years of Design and Wellness
A new show, on view at London’s healthcare-focused gallery, the Wellcome Collection, chronicles the history of the built environment and our wellbeing.
BREAKING: Stirling Prize Awarded to Foster + Partners' Bloomberg European HQ
The London office, where 4,000 Bloomberg employees work, was lauded for its sustainable architecture, workplace design, and new public spaces.
Studio Weave Conjures a Whimsical School Expansion Outside London
Completed on a tight budget, the 1,615-square-foot project in West London offers moments of play and calm for students facing moderate to severe learning challenges.
Can London’s Revamped Royal Opera House Become a Public Amenity?
The famed cultural institution, opening to the public today after a six-year renovation by Stanton Williams, is betting big on audience engagement.
6a Architects Converts a Dilapidated Victorian Fire Station Into an Art Gallery
The local firm has created a charming, yet sensitively-designed new annex for the South London Gallery in the city's Peckham neighborhood.
Psychoanalyzing the 8 Best Pavilions of the London Design Biennale
To evaluate this year’s international design festival, themed “Emotional States,” we used the lens of psychologist Robert Plutchik’s classic “wheel of emotions.”
