This week on Dezeen, architect David Adjaye won the Design of the Year 2017 and a revamped townhouse with a patio that transforms into a reflecting pool was named the best house extension in London.
Adjaye won the Beazley Design of the Year prize for The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, with the judges describing the project as a "major turning point" in architecture.
Other winners included Nike's Pro Hijab and the MIT Self-Assembly Lab's Rapid Liquid Printing project, who won in the fashion and digital categories respectively.
Sun Rain Rooms was named London's best new house extension in Don't Move, Improve! 2018
The other big winner this week was architecture studio Tonkin Liu, which won the Don't Move, Improve! award for London's best house extension. The winning project, Sun Rain Rooms, features a concave roof that allows rainwater to help transform the house's courtyard into a pool.
Politicians back proposed bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland
In British political news, the Democratic Unionist Party supported a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland. It was proposed by architect Alan Dunlop in response to the UK foreign secretary's "Boris Bridge".
Cladding of Will Alsop's Chips apartment block has "non fire retardant" written on it
Staying in the UK, cladding panels labelled "non fire retardant" were discovered at the Will Alsop-designed Chips apartment blo...