This week on Dezeen, the annual Don't Move Improve! competition named Nic Howett Architects' The Secret Garden Flat as London's best new home improvement project for 2023.
The flat, which is located in the borough of Southwark, was praised by the judges for showing "how a very high standard of craftsmanship can be achieved with a low budget".
It was chosen from a shortlist of 15 renovations revealed in April by Don't Move Improve!, an annual competition held by New London Architecture (NLA).
"The Secret Garden is full of surprises," said judge Marie-Louise Schembri. "This beautiful home in a very busy and dense urban part of London feels like an oasis and has consolidated existing neighbourhood and family communities." Neom designs presented at exhibition during Venice Architecture Biennale
We continued our coverage of the Venice Architecture Biennale with a story on the Zero Gravity Urbanism exhibition, which showcased designs for the controversial Neom project in Saudi Arabia and featured masterplans by Danish studio BIG for its octagonal port city Oxagon.
A number of studios also shared insights into their work on The Line mega city ? the most publicised of all Neom developments. Architect Peter Cook said its height is "a bit stupid" and questioned whether the project would be fully realised.
And Italian Studio Fuksas, which is also working on The Line, said it "does not touch the poetry of the desert" in an interview ...