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Design studio AfroditiKrassa looked to the streets of Tel Aviv to create the interiors of central London's Bala Baya restaurant, which was the venue for the 2019 Dezeen Awards judges dinner. Read more

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…) View the full article

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. Read more View the full article

News: plans have been revealed this morning for a series of loaf-shaped skyscrapers to accompany the Cheesegrater, Can of Ham, Toast Rack and Gherkin buildings in central London. (more...) View the full article

Music: a selection of the UK capital's most prominent Brutalist buildings are featured in the video for post-punk band Omi Palone's track Architecture. (more…) View the full article

The Design Museum is closing its doors today, following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official advice that citizens should avoid all public gatherings and non-essential travel in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London in an effort to improve road safety in the area. Read more

This series of images by architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson envisages how London's skyline might look in 20 years time. (more...) View the full article

King's Cross in London is using facial recognition technology to surveil the tens of thousands of visitors that frequent the site each day, and Canary Wharf is "considering" following suit. Read more

London design trade fair 100% Design will rebrand as Design London in time for London Design Festival 2020, and move from Olympia in the west of the city to the new Design District in Greenwich. Read more View the full article

Design studio AfroditiKrassa "deliberately went dark" to create the anti-Instagrammable interiors of central London's Lucky Cat restaurant, which almost exclusively features jet-black surfaces. Read more

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 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

John Pawson and OMA have completed the Design Museum's new £83-million London home, which is set to open next week at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. Read more View the full article

Over 100 new tall buildings have been proposed for the British capital in the last year, but only a small number are actually being built, according to the latest industry research. (more…) View the full article

A growing thirst for contemporary design is transforming the market for house extensions in London, according to architects working in the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the Long Distance watch by Kitmen Keung displays two time zones at once and Dezeen Watch Store is the very first reseller to stock the timepiece! (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house in rural England was designed by British architect Lucy Marston to reference old English farmhouses and features red brickwork, a steep gabled profile and a corner chimney (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Santa Monica office Kanner Architects have designed a see-through house overlooking the ocean for Long Island, New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio PATALAB Architecture made the most of the space inside this awkward-shaped residence in the north of the city by running a staircase along the entire rear wall and adding a door that folds around a corner (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Saunders Architecture of Norway have recently completed the first of six artists’ studios on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This narrow house in Tokyo by local studio Another Apartment has no windows or doors on its front to prevent neighbours from seeing inside. (more...) View the full article

Explore this year's Serpentine Pavilion, a secluded courtyard designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, in this exclusive 360-degree video filmed by Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Daylight Saving Time has ended and clocks have gone back for winter, but this week's featured Pinterest boards are here to bring some light into your day. Lighten up with impressive installations and flood your room with skylights and lightwells so you're never left in the dark. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › Read more View the full article

Five little robots travel along lines drawn in felt-tip-pen and turn coloured scribbles into music in this installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ movie). (more...) View the full article