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Instant design classic: Barnsbury penthouse is an oasis of calm with pops of colour

Now this is a way to bring some peace and tranquility to your home...

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Ebb and flow: Tidal House is a harmonious retreat on the Solway Coast

Tidal House by Brown & Brown Architects redefines coastal living with a design that balances privacy, openness, and harmony with nature

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Meet Scotland's best new building: The Burrell Collection wins Doolan 2024

The Doolan 2024 award crowns The Burrell Collection in Glasgow as Scotland's finest building this year, celebrating its comprehensive recent refurbishment

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A breezy Greek island retreat lets the outdoors in

Open to the elements, an island retreat in Corfu by Invisible Studio was designed to suit the local climate, using metal mesh screens rather than windows

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Elemental House adds a Danish twist to a 1970s London house

Archmongers' Elemental House transforms a 1970s terraced house in London's Hackney into a functional, light-filled, Scandinavian-inspired family home

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Tilde House brings a listed London home up to contemporary, sustainable standards

Tilde House by Neil Dusheiko Architects blends Victorian elegance, sustainability and contemporary flair in north London’s historic Canonbury area

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Tour the Natural History Museum’s new gardens, a Jurassic lark in London

The Natural History Museum in London has unveiled two new gardens, with resident dinosaurs, after a transformation led by architects Feilden Fowles

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2024 RIBA National Awards: browse the list of worthy winners

The 2024 RIBA National Awards have been announced, comprising 26 projects across the UK

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A Suffolk house by Studio Bark pairs a fresh visual language with low-energy design

Suffolk house Water Farm is off-the-grid but defiantly on the map, a bold new object in the landscape with a strong visual impact and minimal carbon footprint

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A Putney riverside house project updates a Victorian home on the River Thames

This Putney riverside house by VATRAA showcases the contemporary transformation of a Victorian home on the River Thames

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RIBA London 2024 winners: see all the best new architect-designed homes in the capital

Fourteen homes and housing developments have all been recognised for architectural excellence

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Don’t Move, Improve 2024: Aden Grove wins Home of the Year

Don’t Move, Improve 2024 reveals its winners celebrating the best London home renovations

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A modern Peckham house by Surman Weston makes the most of an overlooked site

This Peckham house, in south London, by architects Surman Weston, is a testament to the persistence and vision required to make a success of design and build

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The colourful Common Rooms in north London is centred on community and wellbeing

The Common Rooms by Artefact is a new, purpose-designed, flexible and colourful space for the local communities in London's Stamford Hill

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Managers and leaders only: Britain’s best new building is a retirement home with entry requirements

With a verdant courtyard at its heart, the John Morden Centre in London is a touchy-feely place for a certain type of retiree – and is a very deserving winner of the RIBA’s Stirling prize

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RIBA’s architecture film screenings promise a cinematic summer

Reach for the popcorn! The RIBA in London has a series of architecture film screenings in the works, ensuring the summer unfolds with plenty of cinematic drama and fun

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National Portrait Gallery £41.3m makeover review – a breath of fresh air

Architect Jamie Fobert’s new entrance is the crowning achievement of this bold refurbishment, which opens forgotten windows and embraces the NPG’s mixed identity as temple of art-cum-tourist attraction

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Slashed stone, daylight galore and doors by Tracey Emin: the National Portrait Gallery’s £41m rebirth

Forty-five faces of women, scribbled by Emin, now beam out from bronze doors – all part of an astonishing revamp that has turned this once unloved London landmark into a great building

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National Portrait Gallery reopens its refreshed home

London’s National Portrait Gallery reopens with a design by leading architect Jamie Fobert and conservation specialist Purcell

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London Festival of Architecture 2023: the best free events across the capital this month — from street installations to studio lates

This year’s London Festival of Architecture, on from 1 to 30 June, will focus on community, equity and shared resources. Here are the highlights

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Who should win the 2023 Stirling prize? One of these…

Of the 131 RIBA regional award winners just announced, this year’s Stirling prize contenders ought to include a precision-tooled Isle of Wight house, the LSE’s latest addition and a farm in the middle of Belfast

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Force of nature: inside a sustainable home in the New Forest

Inspired design and clever attention to details ensures this enviable retreat complements its surroundings perfectly

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Refit for a family: expert friends help transform a tired Hackney house into a hard-working but playful home

Family homes often struggle to marry form and function. Here’s how one Hackney house was designed to work for everyone

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Lea Bridge library pavilion – lending new life organically to a public space

The tree-friendly, timber-lined extension to the east London building is a soothing haven that works in harmony with its surroundings

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RIBA London winners announced: NoMad London and Disneyland-inspired home renovation win top architecture prize

Today’s 42 winners include a 15-home development praised as a model for high-density housing and the transformation of an old Magistrate’s Court.

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