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Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in UK - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to UK.
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Archiboo Awards 2025 revealed, including prizes for architecture activism and use of AI
Archiboo Awards 2025 are announced, highlighting Narrative Practice as winners of the Activism in architecture category this year, among several other accolades
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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McLaren Special Operations deals itself a winner with the Las Vegas-inspired Project Viva
We delve into the world of McLaren Special Operations, discover what the deal is with Project Viva, spec our own hypercar and explore the role of the Pure McLaren experience
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Backstage at the Old Vic is all about light, theatre and sustainable action
The theatre's new creative hub by Haworth Tompkins has completed, bringing a distinctly contemporary and colourful addition to the popular theatre space in South London
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Tempted to try building with stone? This project will convince you of its merits
Welcome to the Future Observatory's The Stone Demonstrator, a project conceived to show off the material's strong points, now on display in West London
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Step inside this Clerkenwell Rooftop, transformed into a minimalist urban abode
A Clerkenwell Rooftop has been transformed by Studio Felicity Bell into a minimalist modern home, featuring airy interiors and long views of London
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Richard Seifert's London: 'Urban, modern and bombastically brutalist'
London is full of Richard Seifert buildings, sprinkled with the 20th-century architect's magic and uncompromising style; here, we explore his prolific and, at times, controversial career
By Emily Wright Published
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The best new hotels to love without reservation
Explore the best new openings in the world, from a new skyscraping addition to the Dubai skyline to a retro address that taps into California’s midcentury style
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Last updated
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The new London restaurants to book now
This month, Ramsay revives a staple, Marylebone goes Mediterranean, and a Chinese dynasty returns
By Ben McCormack Last updated
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Rachael Gowdridge reinvents a Victorian public toilet as boutique suites
17 years after closing, a public loo on Oxford’s St Giles has reopened as a set of two richly decorated hotel suites
By Ali Morris Published
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New London restaurant Lagana drizzles Shoreditch with extra olive oil
Pachamama Group’s latest spot turns the namesake Greek bread into a philosophy, pairing childlike creativity with generous, unfussy cooking
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Meet Forefront, a cultural platform redefining the relationship between art and architecture
Forefront co-founder Dicle Guntas, managing director of developer HGG, tells us about the exciting new initiative and its debut exhibition, a show of lumino-kinetic sculptures in London
By Ewa Effiom Published
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Corten curves and contemporary flair transform this terraced house in London
Cagni Williams Associates’ sensitive refurbishment of a south London Edwardian house features a striking and sustainable Corten steel extension
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Tobi Masa lands at The Chancery Rosewood
Chef Masa Takayama’s debut London restaurant transforms modernist geometry into a space of ritual calm and culinary purity
By Ben McCormack Published
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You may know it as ‘Dirty House’ – now, The Rogue Room brings 21st-century wellness to Shoreditch
The Rogue Room – set in the building formerly known as Dirty House by Sir David Adjaye, now reinvented by Studioshaw – bridges wellness and culture in London's Shoreditch
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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London’s smash burger obsession goes haute with Supernova Mayfair
New York designer Sarita Posada taps into 1970s nostalgia and cinematic restraint for the group’s third outpost in the British capital
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Peek inside Uchronia’s celadon green suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
The Paris-based studio teamed up with Pantone to transform a suite at the storied hotel into an aquatic dreamscape. Here’s how to check in
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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The Chancery Rosewood: A new chapter for London’s modernist icon
After years behind closed doors, London’s most anticipated hotel opening finally arrives, proving that some things are worth waiting for
By Lauren Ho Published
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These London spas are relaxing urban escapes
These London spas offer transformative treatments in awe-inspiring spaces for total relaxation in the midst of the big city
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Vinyl, darts, and design: how Audemars Piguet reimagined the watch boutique for Manchester
Bespoke Partnership
The latest AP House from watchmaker Audemars Piguet displays design codes that nod to the legacy of its location
By Simon Mills Published
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The architectural innovation hidden in plain sight at Frieze London 2025
The 2025 Frieze entrance pavilions launch this week alongside the art fair, showcasing a brand-new, modular building system set to shake up the architecture of large-scale events
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This 100-year-old private members’ club in London feels young at heart
The Sloane Club unveils a stylish new rebrand and redesign courtesy of Russell Sage Studio
By Daven Wu Published
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RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 winner is ‘a radical reimagining of later living’
Appleby Blue Almshouse wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025, crowning the social housing complex for over-65s by Witherford Watson Mann Architects, the best building of the year
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Belonging’ – the LFA 2026 theme is revealed, exploring how places can become personal
The idea of belonging and what it means in today’s world will be central at the London Festival of Architecture’s explorations, as the event’s 2026 theme has been announced today
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The ancient and the erotic inspire Sessions Art Club’s Frieze London 2025 pop-up
‘I think food should hum beneath the skin, like a good painting,’ founder Jonny Gent tells Wallpaper* on the opening of his temporary restaurant-cum-art-installation
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Somerset restaurant Osip sets the table for a different kind of art show
Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson’s Michelin-starred restaurant hosts an artist-in-residence exhibition exploring form, materiality and the poetics of place
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Community and culture coincide at Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival
With this year’s theme focused on art and books, expect to see various literary moments around the Mayfair address
By Tianna Williams Published
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Join us on a first look inside Regent’s View, the revamped canalside gasholder project in London
Regent's View, the RSHP-designed development for St William, situated on a former gasholder site on a canal in east London, has just completed its first phase
By Ellie Stathaki Published


