This week, a pair of towers outside London's Victoria station won the 2017 Carbuncle Cup and children's clothes that grow with their wearers took home the UK's James Dyson Award.
Royal College of Art graduate Ryan Mario Yasin won the UK edition of the James Dyson Award for his pleated Petit Pli clothing. The children's garments are designed to expand in any direction, meaning they can "grow" up to six sizes larger.
"Crass" London development wins Carbuncle Cup 2017 for worst UK building
Meanwhile, the red-coloured Nova Victoria development, designed by PLP Architecture, beat nominees including Preston Railway Station and the Battersea Power Station to win this year's Carbuncle Cup. The prize is awarded annually by Building Design to the ugliest building constructed in the UK. Another winner this week was Es Devlin, the in-demand set designer who has created backdrops for the likes of Kanye West, Lady Gaga and U2. She was given the Panerai London Design Medal at this year's British Land Celebration of Design Awards.
Star Wars-inspired observatory will be built atop a mountain in Cyprus
In architecture news, Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects received permission to construct astronomical centre on top of a Cyprus mountain, which is visually inspired by the sci-fi buildings from the Star Wars movies.
Another competition was won by Dutch architects Mecanoo, which proposed 12 skyscrapers as part of a masterplan for a new commercial district in Shen...