OMA wins competition to design huge Manchester arts venue The Factory
Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA is to build its first major public building in the UK after winning an international competition to design The Factory in Manchester. More
Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA is to build its first major public building in the UK after winning an international competition to design The Factory in Manchester. More
Paris-based ARRO Studio has transformed a 19th-century warehouse into the design studio for British shoe brand Clarks, adding factory-shaped volumes that house meeting rooms and offices (+ slideshow). More
London studio reForm Architects has revealed plans for an opening bridge that would allow both pedestrians and cyclists to travel across the River Thames between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe (+ movie). More
Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Richard Rogers, Jasper Morrison and Tom Dixon have joined a campaign against plans to move The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design and cut 19 of its courses. More
After a spate of luxury developments with private suspended swimming pools, developer Guildhouse has announced plans for a Croydon skyscraper with a glass-bottomed pool on the 14th floor that would be open for everyone. More
Transport for London has released renderings and a video showing the trains originally designed by Barber and Osgerby for the city's east-west rail link Crossrail (+ movie). More
Foster Wilson Architects has converted a heritage-listed church in Bedford, England, into a theatre with a new curved timber and glass foyer bar (+ slideshow). More
Alexander Martin Architects has added a three-storey extension to a Victorian house in north London, featuring brick walls and a big window facing out to the garden (+ slideshow). More
Studio C102 wants to make going to the gym feel like a night out, so fitted out this London basement with neon lighting, black walls and a pop-up bar (+ slideshow). More
A London borough came under fire earlier this month for rejecting plans to transform a car park into 800 creative studios, but architect Carl Turner says his alternative proposal will offer a resource for the entire local community, not just artists. More
This London townhouse by Jamie Fobert Architects features handmade bricks, bronze panelling and Georgian-inspired window shutters. More
Architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has created a new archival space for London's Southbank Centre featuring a mid-century shelving system that reflects the building's heritage. More
Planning permission has been granted for 22 Bishopsgate, a 62-storey skyscraper by PLP Architecture that is set to be the tallest building in London's financial district. More
PLP Architecture has revealed plans to build a high-rise housing block in London's Stratford, containing homes modelled on student accommodation. More
Hood-like roofs funnel natural light into these brick terraced houses in London by Bell Phillips Architects, which provide cost-effective homes for elderly and disabled residents (+ slideshow). More
Six vaulted skylights form the roof of this west London house by architecture studio vPPR, which also features two sunken courtyards (+ slideshow). More
A proposal by architects SelgasCano to turn a south London car park into 800 creative workspaces has been rejected by the local council. More
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More
A Victorian gas holder has been converted into a park with a circular lawn and a polished steel pavilion as part of the ongoing redevelopment of King's Cross, London. More
Movie: in our next exclusive movie with Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Gallery director discusses the artificial mountain MVRDV proposed for the 2004 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which eventually proved too expensive to build. More