London - Architecture

May 5, 2017

Edwin Lutyens’ Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members’ club The Ned

The Ned Hotel by Soho House&Co and Sydell Group

Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank building in the City of London has been renovated by Soho House & Co and the Sydell Group to accommodate a lavish hotel, club, multiple dining venues and a bar in the former vault. Read more

May 4, 2017

Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple

A sunken bed and folding ping-pong table feature in this studio converted from a derelict garden shed for a pair of artists in west London. Read more

May 3, 2017

Mclaren Excell contrasts smoked oak with white panelling for London home in a former office

White ribbed panelling provides a neutral backdrop for smoked-oak furnishings and marble bathrooms in this former west London office, which McLaren Excell has converted into a family home. Read more

April 28, 2017

London mayor pulls plug on Garden Bridge

London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn support for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge by refusing to sign the vital financial guarantees that would allow building to go ahead. Read more

April 25, 2017

Overseas investors are exacerbating London’s housing crisis, say experts

Foreign investors are using illicit wealth to buy up property in luxury developments across London, out-pricing locals, according to a new anti-corruption report. Read more

April 25, 2017

Naked House and OMMX offer bare-bones affordable housing for London

British studio OMMX has teamed up with house-builder Naked House to develop an affordable housing model for London, offering homes stripped back to just their bare necessities. Read more

April 25, 2017

Giles and Pike Architects adds stepped glass extension to Victorian house in south London

Giles Pike Architects has extended this house in Putney, southwest London, using glass walls to flood the new basement living areas with natural light. Read more

April 23, 2017

Nimtim adds pergola-like extension to 1950s terrace in south London

Timber portals frame windows and skylights in this garden-facing extension, which Nimtim Architects has added to a terraced house in Peckham, southeast London. Read more

April 22, 2017

vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway

A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. Read more

April 18, 2017

Neo Bankside residents take Tate Modern to court over Herzog & de Meuron extension

Residents of Rogers Stirk Harbour's Neo Bankside apartments are taking legal action against Tate Modern to force the gallery to close part of the viewing platform of its recent Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension. Read more

April 18, 2017

Neo Bankside residents take Tate Modern to court over Herzog & de Meuron extension

April 12, 2017

“London is looking more and more like Dubai” says architect Adam Caruso

The lack of regulation over London's new architecture has turned the city into a "free for all", according to Adam Caruso, one of the architects behind the Stirling Prize-winning Newport Street Gallery. Read more

April 11, 2017

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design British Library extension

British firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been appointed to design a new research centre for the British Library in London. Read more

April 7, 2017

Garden Bridge should be ditched, finds financial inquiry

London mayor launches inquiry into finances of contentious Garden Bridge

The plug should be pulled on the contentious Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge, despite over £45 million of public money already bound up in the project, according to a new report. Read more

April 7, 2017

Grayson Perry and Apparata team up to create A House for Artists in east London

A House for Artists by Apparata and Grayson Perry

British artist Grayson Perry is working with London-based architects Apparata on an affordable-housing scheme with integrated studios for artists in Barking, east London. Read more

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Coffey Architects sets small brick home atop Victorian prison vaults in London

April 4, 2017

Neon scribbles by Cerith Wyn Evans hang in London’s Tate Britain

Almost two kilometres of neon lighting shaped into sharp lines and sweeping forms create this installation by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, which is suspended in the Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries. Read more

April 2, 2017

Pot plants cover trellis-like walls inside London cafe by Neiheiser Argyros

Potted plants and herbs clip onto a gridded metal structure inside this London cafe by local architects Neiheiser Argyros, which also features exposed ductwork and wood-panelled walls. Read more

April 1, 2017

Cement greys meet bright ochre in Grzywinski + Pons’ London restaurant interior

Ochre walls and furnishings feature in restaurant Treves and Hyde, designed by Grzywinski + Pons in London's Whitechapel. Read more

March 30, 2017

Record number of skyscrapers completed in London in 2016

More skyscrapers were constructed in London last year than ever before, with 26 opening their doors and 455 more in the pipeline, according to new industry research. Read more